Bradley Brook is a project exploring the impact of engaging with nature through photography. Bradley Brook is the culmination of 3 years of practice-led research examining the themes of interacting with nature, mental health and wellbeing, and revisitation through photography. The resulting work was exhibited as a solo show at Prestwich Arts Festival and Internationally at Tulipe Mobile in France.
The work also inspired the creation and the delivery of a pilot 'green prescribing' workshop in partnership with The Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s Nature and Wellbeing Team. Built around the '5 ways to wellbeing', each session enables participants to take a few hours away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, to spend time in a natural setting, meeting new people whilst learning and sharing new skills in photography and natural history. The outcomes are documented through a wellbeing questionnaire using the Warwick-Edinburgh scale. The ambition is to create a workshop template that can be rolled out nationally as a green prescribing offering.
Funders: UKRI
Partners: Lancashire Wildlife Trust
Researcher: Tristan Poyser
Image credit: Bradley Brook, Tristan Poyser.
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