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Christopher Eccleston poses for young photographer, Amelia Wilson-Wood, in a recreation of his childhood photo as part of a new project entitled “Look at You Now” currently on display at the Lyttelton Lounge of the National Theatre.
“…Young people mentored by some of the UK’s leading professional photographers used iPhones to recapture a childhood photo of each of the sitters. This exhibition presents the original inspirational image alongside the new portrait in pairs throughout the building, presenting a unique visual living history charting where people start, and what they have gone on to achieve.
People featured in the exhibition come from a cross section of careers across the creative industries from actors to costume designers, playwrights to sound technicians. They all spent time with the young people talking about their work in theatre and the path their lives took since the original photograph was taken. The young people who took part in the project came from neighbouring schools and colleges and have gained skills in portrait composition, identifying shoot locations and photographic lighting through working with their mentors…”
Watch subjects discuss their journey from childhood to working artist below and learn more about the project here.
#i am ridiculously into this whole thing#look at that baby that's a smile of a future star#:P:P:P#also i've been staring and looking at the#revengers tag to try to figure the photo reverse question bat 😂😂#and I think it's the same ear - that baby ear we see sticks out in the same way as his left#like I told fleur - might need some powerpoints and laser pointers to figure this one out#ahh i love this#christopher eccleston#ft.#elsie eccleston#national theatre#look at you now#baby chris#eta:#meant to say it's like the hairy hand question all over again 😂