One of the suggestions I received from a Photo of the Day comment posted in response to the question ‘What would you like to see more of’ was to highlight more of the ‘behind-the scenes’ of the institution. So here is a shot of our photographic studio showing two of our curators working on a photographic shoot involving toys from the collection. We have photographed a range of objects in this studio of various sizes, the largest being this car.
Geoff remarks on this shoot “We were working on a series of playful toy scenes and this time we produced a range of studio shots involving tiny metal soldiers preparing for battle under a mocked-up ‘kitchen table’. As we recreated each scene we would reminisce about our own childhood experiences and invent scenarios, storylines and relationships within the scene.”
Photography by Geoff Friend
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0
