Harris HospisCare

David has been writing poems for most of his life. Over the last year, he has put together a book of his poems, each one illustrated with a photograph, as well as create a paper maché cat, known as Samson, who sits majestically in Harris Day Therapy Centre. The following poems written by David are based around the theme of cats!

Ivy sits for her portrait in her favourite pie and mash shop in Orpington. Click on the image to reveal other photographs from her series, including Ivy's short story.

David goes to fish for carp at his favourite lake in Crawley Down. Click on the image to reveal other photographs from his series, including David's poem.

If: a film by Neville Oates >>View the film

Neville Oates brought together some of his favourite sunrise photographs that he took after he was diagnosed with a chronic lung condition. Neville used his digital camera to record the beautiful morning skies from his home in the Kent where he spent much of his time outdoors enjoying the fresh air. Neville included in his film extracts from the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling, which he came across in 1948 whilst serving in the Navy. The poem captured his imagination and he introduced the poem to his children and his grandchildren. The sequence of images inspired Neville to choose Rachmaninov's piano concerto no.2 from his huge collection of classical music.

"Dancing Leaves"

This animation project involved almost everyone has played a part in it's creation! First we collected as many different varieties of leaves that we could find. Then we used pastels and chalks to make rubbings on paper and cut out each design. Before we stuck the designs down on paper to make a collage, we decided that we could make an animation of them dancing, just as they would, blowing around in the wind. We chose a piece of classical music from our library here at the Hospice, a movement from Dvorak's Symphony No.8 called Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace

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Don Randall's love of running began at school after he was introduced to the local athletics club, The Southgate Harriers. He discovered that he had an above average level of natural ability and this led to winning the Southern Counties Juniors Championship and the Middlesex Juniors in 1950. Within two years, Don had been called up for National Service, during which he represented the RAF in various competitions. After two years National Service, Don continued to run at a national level, for his County and the Harriers. This montage is a collection of photographs taken during the ten year period covering Donís middle distance running career.

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"The day I met Ruby Wax" by Francesca Farrow

"People laugh at me because I say the most outrageous things"

Francesca is a natural comedienne, so the day she met Ruby Wax, was the day she met her match! In this film Francesca recounts their first meeting at The Royal Marsden and then their subsequent adventures together.

Rosetta Life artist Sarah Bourne

Sarah is a documentary photographer with experience working in the field of photojournalism, especially features and reportage. She studied fine art at Camberwell College of Art.  Following a post graduate diploma in photography, she began her career as a freelance photographer in June 2000.

Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Royal Academy, the Photographers Gallery and the Brighton Festival. As a freelance photographer, she has worked with various community arts projects, education authorities, theatre companies and musicians to produce a variety of publicity images.