ILKLEY Grammar School photography students have had their photographic artwork included in an exhibition at the Impressions Gallery, Bradford.

The school, alongside 11 other local secondary schools, has been involved with the Hidden Schools Tour that took place in July.

During the summer the school turned its walls into gallery space with help from the Impressions Gallery at Bradford, as part of an initiative with Red Saunders, involving the installation of exciting large scale photographs around the school building.

These images were part of an exhibition Hidden by Red Saunders which was first shown at Impressions Gallery, Bradford.

The Hidden images were large-scale photographs showing momentous, but often overlooked, events in British history. Red Saunders’ epic photographs celebrate the contributions of ordinary people to improve freedom, equality and human rights, from the Peasants Revolt of 1381 to the Chartist movement of the mid-19th century.

They show an alternative or ‘hidden’ history, rather than the kings, queens and ‘great men’ that dominate official history.

The impressively large-scale works are meticulously detailed, atmospherically lit, and historically accurate. Each scene was recreated and posed by volunteer participants in costume, in the style of Tableaux Vivants, a French phrase meaning ‘living pictures’.

The resulting photographs show historical events that happened before cameras were invented.

The Hidden Art Project also included workshops with year ten art and photography students that have now formed the exhibition. Inspired by the work of Red Saunders the students have formed part of the exhibition with their inventive photographs, made in collaboration with artist Jonathan Turner. Who Do We Think We Are explores history, identity and what it means to play a part in society and is on show until Saturday, February 7, at the Impressions Gallery.