The Dogs of Ryebank Fields: How pets could help in the protest against development
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe campaign to save Ryebank Fields has been bubbling along in Chorlton for some time now, with many different community groups campaigning in their own way to save the fields.
One campaign, by Chorlton resident Jay Clarke, is currently free to view at the Manchester Open exhibition at Home MCR and brings together the importance of nature, art and dogs.
Jay is an amateur photographer who specialises in capturing images of nature. Read more:Protesters camped out on Ryebank Fields for nearly a year to stop a housing development have now built their own home However, during the first lockdown she swapped trees for dogs and created ‘the dogs of Ryebank Fields’, a collage showing the pooches of the parkland.
Jay explained to the Manchester Evening News that she started photographing dogs during the first lockdown to show just how many people use the fields.
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