![]() ![]() ![]() Jack will also publish a stunning book once he has completed The Lifeboat Station Project. If the venue is large enough to accommodate an all-weather lifeboat too, then all the better! ![]() Never one to think small, Jack dreams of exhibiting the project in a high profile venue with Neena (his mobile darkroom) as a centrepiece so that visitors can see where all the photographs were made. His audio recordings will accompany the photographs, taking the audience on a sonic coastal journey too. Jack’s ultimate vision is to show the photographs in geographic order around a huge gallery space as the audience stands in the middle of the venue and looks around, the sensation of looking out to sea from coastline of the UK and Ireland will be extraordinary. However, the true glory of such an endeavour will be realised in bringing around 1000 photographs together as an exhibition and book. Patrick ‘Patch’ Harvey, Penlee RNLI Coxswain, September 2015, 12×10 inch Clear Glass AmbrotypeĮach glass plate - known as an Ambrotype - is a beautiful standalone artwork. The Lifeboat Station Project remained Jack’s full-time occupation throughout and he was finally able to return to lifeboat stations in March 2022 once receiving the go-ahead from the RNLI.Īlthough it has certainly been a huge relief to resume his coastal journey, these remain very challenging times and Jack is asking for more people to join The LSP Society so that he can continue to weather the storms and see this historic odyssey through to completion. The Lifeboat Station Project is Jack Lowe’s epic odyssey to photograph all 238 RNLI lifeboat stations on glass, relying on the support of his online community to keep it on the road.Īfter 150 stations and over 5 years working on the coast, Jack’s station visits came to an abrupt pause when the Prime Minister announced the first social distancing restrictions on 16 th March 2020. The organisation has been entirely funded by voluntary contributions for nearly 200 years. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the incredible charity of brave volunteers who save lives at sea in the UK and Ireland. This report can help catalyze greater efforts to understand and protect mesophotic deep reefs, as a key part of United Nation efforts towards achieving the Sustainable Development Agenda.“ I never embarked in any one thing to which I have so entirely devoted myself, and to which I have devoted so much time, thought, and labour, and on the success of which I have staked so much reputation, and to which I have so largely committed myself and those who were disposed to place faith in me.” - Isambard Kingdom Brunel Their ability to do this depends on how well we manage them. ![]() We are just beginning to understand MCEs, but they have provided a glimmer of hope that, in some locations, they may resist some of the most immediate impacts of climate change, and may be able to help re-seed damaged or destroyed surface reefs and fish populations. While MCEs are deeper and more remote than shallow coral ecosystems, they are still subject to some of the same impacts such as bleaching and habitat destruction. MCEs are one of the few remaining ecosystems on earth that remain largely unexplored. This report is based on one of the recommendations from the 2014 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) "Scientific Workshop on Coral Reef Resilience in Planning and Decision-support Frameworks" to address the question can intermediate depth reefs serve as "lifeboats" for increasingly stressed coral reef ecosystems? This question was addressed by bringing together thirty-five MCE experts from around the globe to document what is known about MCEs, the threats they face and the gaps in our understanding. ![]()
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