Documentary

On The Green

Photographer Poppy Matthews followed an indoor bowls club as they practised weekly in an indoor arena.

On The Green is a photography project that follows a Bowls club as they practice weekly in an indoor arena. The club has a history stretching back over 130 years and boasts more than 230 members, made up of full playing and social members, with matches held across the summer and the winter. The project aims to capture the spirit of the club, its people and their passion for the sport.
Player coats
Lockers
Players shoes
Pigeon hole
Bowls magazine
Bowls ball
Player in action
Counting the score
Player holding hands behind back
Rolling the ball
Bowls score card
Players hands
Team watching the ball roll
Watching the game
Game over
Players shaking hands
Enjoying a drink after the game
Empty drinks at the bar
Share

The photographer

Poppy Matthews

Poppy Matthews is a documentary photographer whose work focuses on environmental and sociological landscapes, exploring the connections humans have to them.

Other featured work

In the Dead of Night

Photographer Poppy Matthews provides a visual exploration of public green spaces, when the night has descended, and nobody is about.

Read More

Explore More

Quietly Getting On

Photographer Christian Doyle’s project beautifully captures the strength and resilience of 12 women born before WWII.

Read More

ZORBA

Spanish photographer Juan Galán’s documentary journey into existentialism based on Nikos Kazantzakis’ literary work – and its subsequent film adaptation, Zorba the Greek.

Read More

The Barracks

Colin Templeton’s project reveals the quiet beauty of a sprawling 1960’s brutalist housing estate in North Glasgow, known locally as The Barracks.

Read More

Light and Dark

Photographer Cary Jobe reacts to the current global political and social situation and posits the question – how do we heal our politics, our communities and ourselves?

Read More
Menu