Photomobile is born…
The Aware unit in storage before we took it over
This is probably the nearest thing to Photomobile’s birthday - 3rd October 2006. The charity Aware Photographic Arts from Liverpool is winding up, and that evening the trustees voted to transfer ownership of the “Mobile Photogaphic Unit” to Redeye. We’re hoping to give it a new lease of life under its new name, with a refurbishment and some new features. Credit is due to the various midwives involved in the birth - in particular the Aware trustees Roger Kirk-Smith and Phil Gorry, Will Carr from Arts Council England, Ben from The Phone Book Ltd and Chris Leyland for expert advice, and of course we pay tribute to Colin Thomas, funder of Aware, who built the unit.
Paul Herrmann, Redeye