Photographer celebrating local history with Dear Kitchener project
Posted Oct 14, 2016 04:48:16 PM.
Last Updated Oct 14, 2016 04:52:02 PM.
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A local photographer is hoping to take us back in time with a new project.
Dear Kitchener is looking to unearth some of the untold stories throughout our region, taking us back to moments in our city’s history.
You might recognize Dear Kitchener creator, Taylor Jones from his project Dear Photograph, or his photos of the historic moment of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meeting U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in March.
Jones is now asking us to find old photos and to return to the spot they were taken, to superimpose that moment.
“The idea is to tell the story of our community, and also tell stories that haven’t been told yet,” says Jones. “With this being the 100th year of us being ‘Kitchener’, I thought it was a great time to finally bring this to fruition.”
You can sign up for email updates and submit your photos through the Dear Kitchener website.
“This is going to be a collaborative project with everyone in town. The Kitchener Public Library has thousands and thousands of photos, but I know people around the community also have thousands and thousands of photos,” says Jones. “Some that we may not have seen over the last 100 years, that may bring out stories that haven’t been told yet.”
Jones says he hopes to get people excited about local history.
“I think there is a gap. The younger people in the community right now, aren’t totally in-touch with our past,” says Jones. “I think it really needs to be celebrated because the reason why we’ve become so successful is because we’ve had this entrepreneurship ingrained in our blood living here.”
“There were successful moments, there were moments of failure that we learned from, and that’s why we’re here today.”
Click here to listen to the full interview with Jones:
