Heartbeat: Students impressed with Windrush exhibition – which is Here to Stay
December 4, 2018
Students from Sandwell College recently took a tour of the photograph exhibition Hear to Stay which captures the Windrush generation nurses who have worked in the NHS.
The group visited the exhibition in the Education Centre at Sandwell Hospital where the Here to Stay collection is on show and will remain for the foreseeable future.
The pictures were taken by photographer Inės Elsa Dalal. They celebrate nurses, past and present, who have worked at our Trust and other NHS organisations, and is a way of thanking them for their contribution.
Donna Mighty, Co-Chair of the BME Staff Network, invited the second year HND photography students to the exhibition.
Donna, who is also Assistant Primary Care Liaison Manager, said: “We want to ensure that members of the community are able to see these very important photographs which acknowledge the Windrush generation.
“We are grateful to all the participants for agreeing to be involved in the project, for giving their time and sharing their stories with us. So it is only fitting that we are able to share their experiences with others.
“It is great news that we will now have a permanent home here in the Education Centre and as a result we will be organising more viewings of the exhibition. We are urging those who are interested in seeing the collection to get in touch.”
David Waldron, Photography Tutor, said: “Our photography students were very interested in seeing the exhibition.
“I think they portray a real warmth of the individual in each photograph. There’s a lot of photography nowadays which is serious and those featured look very separated from their environment. But here, everyone looks very proud, happy and comfortable to be photographed.
“We teach photography students how to work on projects and sets of images and so getting a collective together like the Windrush generation pictures, is an ideal example for them.
Student Elliott Smith, 20, added: “It’s a really nice exhibition with a nice set of portraits. I think their stories are well told with just the pictures alone.”