Caroline Rackham

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For Year of the Artist, Caroline Rackham from Mount Pleasant Media Workshop was artist in residence at the Aldershot Garrison, working with soldiers and their families from November 2000 to April 2001. She produced a series of documentary photographs of life at the garrison and also worked with soldiers and groups in the community to create installation work using photography and new media, exploring life in the military community and identity of the individuals inside uniforms.

The project culminated in an exhibition of photographs and other works created during the project at the West End Centre who had supported and administrated the project along with Rushmoor Borough Council. The Aldershot Military Museum also used many of the photographs to begin an archive of contemporary life in the military.