See how the final year of Nottinghamshire’s last coal mine turned into an excellent photographic project, an exhibition, an A.V., and a book

(As well as access to the live event, you will automatically receive a link to the recording, valid for 28 days)

Follow the process from the initial idea and photographic work through to the resulting exhibition, audiovisual presentation, book and extensive publicity.

When Thoresby Colliery closed in July 2015, it brought more than 900 years of coal mining in Nottinghamshire to an end.

Chris Upton spent the final year documenting the colliery, creating a photographic record of an industry and community facing historic change.

He will explain how the project began, how he approached photographing the mine, and how the images developed into a major social documentary project.

Chris Upton is a Nottinghamshire-based professional photographer specialising in travel, landscape and social documentary photography. An Associate of the Royal Photographic Society, he was a Fujifilm brand ambassador for more than eight years. Chris is also an experienced photography tutor and speaker, leading workshops and photographic tours in the UK and abroad.