Tracks is a series of case-study-style publications looking at the professional and personal development of an individual. Published by Open Eye Gallery, Tracks considers where an individual and the gallery have intersected or continue to intersect; a record of shared values, learning and impact.
Tracks 01 features Sam Batley and his journey of overcoming self-doubt and using photography for creative self-expression.
Photography felt much different, like I had entered a different kind of dialogue with myself and the world. – Sam Batley
I arrived in Liverpool on the 2nd of September 2019, with a bag. Feeling scared mixed into a nervous sense of relief I walked over to the dock from Liverpool One Bus Station to have a look at the water. I’d been falling for years and finally landed. PJ Smith met me shortly after, the recovery lead at Damien John Kelly house, a recovery living centre for men in Wavertree that bases recovery around the arts, sport and culture. I was their new resident, this is the pivot point of my life, the boundary between before and after. One side addiction, the other recovery. Creativity is the thread that has joined them together.
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