'The Last Parade'
Sheena Dean
(photography by Gordon Burns)

Available as a signed
limited edition giclee print.

Edition size 20 prints,
size 20" x 40"
Price £250.00
(contact Skylight Publishing)

High Definition Large Format Photography
for Community Art Project (Swindon 2010)

This high definition photograph was created for a community arts project conceived and managed by artist Sheena Dean. Swindon based users of the mental health services were asked to participate in a project designed to give them an expressive outlet for their inner feelings about their various states of mental health, and their experiences of the mental health services. Each participant created a costume that expressed some aspect of their feelings, and the group were then brought together by Sheena for a photograph in a staged set scene at the Post Haste Gallery in Swindon.

The photograph was produced by Gordon Burns of Skylight Publishing using a stitched panoramic process similar to that he uses for reproducing large artworks. The scene was photographed in 12 overlapping sections (6 along the bottom and 6 along the top). These were stitched together on the computer later and produce a file which was printed 4' x 8' onto perspex. The image is now on permanent display at the Post Modern Gallery, Swindon, and will go on a UK wide tour.

Sheena Dean website: www.jungleshine.co.uk