Rob Halliburton – The Camera Donation Project
Season 2 Episode 5
Founding the Camera Donation Project and the Joy of Gifting (and Receiving) Photography into your life.
In this episode I’m talking with photographer Rob Halliburton. We talked about how and why he founded the Camera Donation Project, and the joy of gifting and receiving Photography in all its forms.
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About Rob
Photographer, Rob Halliburton, was gifted his first camera by his mother at the age of 6, in 1970. It was a 120 Conway Popular box camera, loaded with colour film. He knows this, as it was a special occasion – his grandmother was being inaugurated as Mayor of Wallsend, his home town in the north east of England in the UK.
It was the very first time he was allowed to take photos by himself, of anything he wanted. He still has that camera, and still uses it. That ‘gift’ of photography has stayed with Rob, and has been the main driving force behind his Camera Donation Project. His aim is to pass on that gift to others in schools and community groups in the North East of England.
When it comes to his own photography his joy is using traditional film cameras, documenting the people & places he loves; markets, the streets, and gatherings – especially the Durham Miner’s Gala.
(Robs Profile Photo is copyright and curtesy of Jonathan Keys)
