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Portraits of Regeneration

Matt Rowe
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Between 2006 and 2008 Matt Rowe photographed food businesses in the seaside town of Folkestone, Kent. Rowe's images document Folkestone at a moment before large scale regeneration. The depicted businesses have now been replaced with new food outlets meeting changing consumer demands.

Portraits of Regeneration was developed with the participation of proprietors and customers at The Diamond Cafe, Triangles Cafe, The Light Railway Cafe, Eleanor’s Cafe, Takis Kebab and Burger Bar, The Four Winds Cafe, Tontine Street Chinese Takeaway, and The Dome Cafe, Folkestone.

All images courtesy of the artist.

Matt Rowe

Matt Rowe often combines various disciplines — ceramics, model making, photography and textiles,­ to produce sculptural costumes, props and artifacts that play with notions of regional and local identity. He has developed new works for Make! Believe! Make! at Portsmouth City Museum, Aspex Gallery and the European Contemporary Art Fair, Lille. Matt is based in Folkestone, Kent and is director of B&B Project Space.