THE Harwich Festival has teamed up with local photographers to create an exhibition of lockdown photography.

The rolling online exhibition by Dovercourt Camera Club will feature images taken during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Lockdown Photography includes work by 50 photographs from the area and forms part of a number of community-related initiatives being developed by the Harwich Festival and Arts and Heritage Centre.

Residents will also be invited to send in up to five digital images of their own taken during their past or current lockdown activities for display on the ongoing exhibition page, which was launched on Saturday.

Peter Davis, artistic director of the Harwich Festival, said: “Following our very successful online 2020 exhibition during the first lockdown, we have once again initiated a community art project.

"This time the media is photography which we hope will be of interest to a wide cross section of local people.

"To facilitate the project we have got together with Dovercourt Camera Club who will submit a retrospective collection of images and will encourage more people to take part.”

Val Green, secretary of the Dovercourt Camera Club, said the group will be celebrating its 65th anniversary next year.

"We are delighted to be invited by the Harwich Festival Committee to take part in this exhibition," she said.

“The past year certainly hasn't been the one most of us expected.

"With holidays cancelled and travel restrictions in place we all had to think again about what we wanted to photograph.

"We have had to learn to look at the familiar and see it with fresh eyes as we sought to capture what is on our doorstep.

“The club welcomes anyone interested in photography, be they professional or amateur, where all skill levels are welcome."

The exhibition will not be restricted to any particular theme.

It is planned as the gallery progresses to offer professional tips and technical advice for budding or experienced snappers to try out when they take their pictures.

For information, go to the Harwich Festival website at harwichfestival.co.uk.