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The Lifeboat Chronicles, July 2021
What a treat to be offered so much space in the July issue of Country Living
I love the title of the piece too: The Lifeboat Chronicles.
Now on a magazine shelf near you!
20th April 2021
It was great fun speaking with Alex Henry about the things that make me happy or, rather, keep me on course for achieving my goal of level contentment .
We talk about family, community, happenstance, social media, kayaking and, of course, The Lifeboat Station Project and the work of the RNLI:
A film celebrating RNLI communities across Scotland
Autumn and Winter 2021
Seventeen portraits and two audio recordings from the project have been incorporated into Launch!
Directed by Shona Thomson Screen Argyll
Launch! premiered at Mareel in Lerwick, Shetland on 20th June 2021 [pictured above] and it’s now touring cinemas across Scotland throughout the Autumn and Winter of 2021.
Cinemas screening the film are collaborating with local RNLI stations to celebrate the important work of their volunteers. Each event is different so look out for special extras like additional films of your local lifeboat, or an in-person discussion afterwards with RNLI crew, or a pre-recorded blether with the folk involved in making the film.
Take a look at the film’s dedicated website for full details of the upcoming cinema tour:
what3words
April 2021
I’ve been a huge fan of what3words
To be clear, no money is involved — just belief, passion and respect for our mutual endeavours.
If you’ve yet to discover what3words, it’s a simple way to describe and talk about location. It’s being embraced by all kinds of emergency services, organisations and individuals the world over.
Download the app and/or visit the what3words website to learn more:
Stateside Conversations
Jeffery Saddoris is an established podcaster based in Washington DC — “a serial conversationalist” as his About
Jeffery and I clearly have a lot to discuss, so we’ve started hooking up more regularly after the success of our first conversation in February 2021.
Click below to catch up with the chats we’ve had so far:
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Riders on the Storm, 4th July 2015
Saturday 13th March 2021
Leah Hunter from Whitby RNLI lifeboat station featured on the front cover of The Yorkshire Post Magazine as part of a piece about The Lifeboat Station Project.
The original glass plate was also selected to be part of the Great Exhibition of the North in 2018 in Newcastle upon Tyne’s Great North Museum, so this portrait has certainly enjoyed some prestigious exposure since making it in 2017!
Click here to read the piece [premium content behind a paywall]
Clovelly, 24th January 2016, 7pm, BBC1
Programme link expired 29th February 2016
22nd January 2015
Click to view the post by Instagram on their own feed… Blog post by Instagram: ‘Documenting the Brave Crews of British Seas with @lordlowe’
Friday 3rd May 2019, 7pm, BBC1
VIDEO
A conversation between Jack Lowe and Daniel Meadows, hosted by Tom Broadbent
15th March 2021
“Happenstance and serendipity, that’s been the richest thing about being alive on this planet.”
Hosted by fellow photographer Tom Broadbent, this is yet another one of those wonderful career milestones — talking with fellow documentarist Daniel Meadows about our mutual love for community projects and connections.
You’ll need to become a member of The LSP Society to see this one. Full membership starts from £1 per month (simply pledge whatever you’re comfortable with) and then you can have instant access to this conversation on Webinars
Town and Country section, 6th January 2021
“It is even more surprising that it’s still the highest-resolution photographic process ever invented. You can see it in the images. The stresses of working on a lifeboat—the wind and the waves and the salt and the cold—can be seen in the cracks and marks on the boats and their crew.” — James Fisher
by David Carroll, December 2020
I can’t help but feel a deep sense of honour to be considered a worthy note on the timeline of the Dunmore East RNLI lifeboat maritime community. Huge thanks to David Carroll and Dunmore East RNLI lifeboat station.
Brand Ambassador
Jack Lowe, creator of The Lifeboat Station Project and Dometic Brand Ambassador
February and April 2020
The project’s 5th anniversary commemorated in The Skipper, February 2020 My ‘Women of the RNLI’ photographs featured in The Skipper, April 2020
5th Anniversary, 11/12th January 2020
The First Sea Lord’s Award for Best Use of Digital Media
Certificate of Merit, 31st October 2018
Jack was awarded a Certificate of Merit by The First Sea Lord on 31st October 2018. It reads:
“For his dedication in his project to photograph all 237 RNLI lifeboat stations in the UK and Republic of Ireland, presenting the volunteers in an interesting and unique way, using photography on glass plates. The website is easy to navigate, modern and fully responsive. The project has a defining quality which captures the core values of courage and commitment in volunteers who risk their lives daily to save others. “
Even more coverage here: