If you were asked to suggest a photograph representative of the Bradford district, what would it be?
Haworth village in winter? One of the festivals in summer? The moment of victory for Bradford Bulls, Bradford City, or a cricket team?
The National Media Museum wants ideas like these to complement an exhibition of photographs called We English by Simon Roberts, commissioned by the museum and planned for public showing in March, 2010.
Pictures already included in the exhibition feature race goers at Ladies’ Day, Aintree, picnickers at Bolton Abbey and para-gliders over the South Downs.
Mr Roberts said: “I’m looking for ideas that provide an interesting snapshot of England and the Bradford district in its own right.
“These suggestions are crucial to the success of this commission. They can be anything from Sunday league football and religious festivals to family traditions and bizarre rituals; from the ordinary and everyday, to the unique and the extraordinary.”
Mr Roberts will make a shortlist of the suggestions, then visit the locations. The photograph he then takes will be part of the exhibition.
It will be the culmination of his project which began in 2008 and has taken him all over the country.
We asked several people for their suggestions, and Canon Frankie Ward, of Bradford Cathedral, said: “We are having a Muslim/Sikh tour of the Cathedral on Sunday, November 15, at 11.30am. That might be a good photo opportunity.”
Acts of Kindness photographer Tony O’Connell, whose work featured in the T&A this year, said: “I think people from different backgrounds doing something together – the clean-up of Leeds Road organised by the Ahmadiyya mosque would make a good picture.”
Ideas for subjects – which must take place in the Bradford district between now and January 2010 – can be submitted via nationalmediamuseum .org.uk/simonroberts or by completing a form available at the NMM. The closing date is November 30.
e-mail: jim.greenhalf @telegraphandargus.co.uk
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