MATTEO DELRED

Group Exhibition - November 2021 to January 2022, Shutter Hub

In a significant period in European history, the postcards project sets out to document and share British culture through photographic images and create a dialogue between Great Britain and Europe. My work was featured in this exhibition as part of a series of pop-up exhibitions held in locations across Europe: 

• 05 March – 20 May 2020 / Hotel Lion d’Or, Haarlem, The Netherlands.
• Cancelled / Eurovision 2020, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• Cancelled / ViZit, Ghent, Belgium.
• Cancelled / DFDS Seaways, Newcastle to IJmuiden crossing, The North Sea.
• Cancelled / 5&33 Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• 26 July – 16 August 2020 / Bloemstraat 31, Groningen, The Netherlands.
• 06 July – 24 August 2020 / Bredasestraat 14, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands.
• 23 July – 31 August 2020 / Temporada,  Porto, Portugal.
• 01 August – 31 August 2020 / Besterdring 72, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
• 22 July – 30 September 2020 / Vlieger Thieffrystraat, Brussels, Belgium.
• 30 August – 23 September 2020 / AltaVista, Ponte de Lima, Portugal.
• 13 – 26 September 2020 / Crew Hassan, Lisbon, Portugal.
• 27 July –  27 October 2020 / Fujifilm Europe Manufacturing B.V, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
• 01 -20 September 2020  / Copenhagen Photography Festival, Cafe Altanen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 01 July 2020- 30 April 2021 / Les Alizes, St Gilles Croix de Vie, France.
• 09 October 2020 – 31 March 2021 / Bucharest Street, Calarasi, Romania.
• 20 March – 20 April 2021 / Bredasestraat 14, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands.
• 13 April – 01 June 2021 / Prinsekade, Maassluis, The Netherlands.
• 27 April – 27 June 2021 / Câmaras & Companhia, Rua Mártires da Liberdade, Porto, Portugal.
• 30 April – 30 June 2021 / Egelantiersstraat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• 30 April – 31 May 2021 / FuoriLuogo, Asti, Italy.
• 01 May – 01 June 2021 / Kruisnetlaan, Hoogvliet, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• 01 May – 01 September 2021 / Les Alizes, St Gilles Croix de Vie, France.
• 12 January – 25 February 2022 / POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN with POSTCARDS FROM EUROPE, Cambridge University, England.

This concluded with a book that was housed in the following archive locations:

• The British Embassy in the Hague, NL.
• The British Library, UK
• Cambridge University Library, UK
• DECK library, Singapore
• Historic England, UK
• Lightbox Photobook Library, Taiwan
• National Library of Scotland, UK
• National Library of Wales, UK
• Trinity College Dublin, IE
• Victoria and Albert Museum, UK

POSTCARD FROM GREAT BRITAIN: LUNCHTIME BY THE THAMES

London, United Kingdom.

There is a "strolling" culture, especially during the lunchtime period. It's when you are supposed to get your coffee from the local Barista and wrapped sandwich "on-the-go" to keep up with the fast-pace of the city, and you find "your spot" to eat and drink before returning to the office. I found myself living in London doing anything possible to reduce the amount of time I spent on the crowded tube and started walking between the tube stations and further afield. When you are on the tube you don't look too closely at the people sharing your journey, but you notice their shapes and motions and that's what I wanted to capture through these "identifiable types" of silhouettes of those strolling along by the river.