Abergavenny livestock market days

I moved to Abergavenny 2 years ago from Oxford and regularly walked past the market as it was right in the centre of town and very close to where I live.

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Instinctively I started to photograph it as I had never lived so close to such a spectacle: Rural life and a regular reminder of where our food comes from right in the middle of town, twice a week. Soon I found out that the market was closing and a campaign to keep it open had finally failed.

A last sale date was set and I increased the time I spent photographing at the market during the last few months, getting to know some of the farmers and auctioneers, and spending lost of time talking, eating and drinking tea 50p in the market cafe. Most of the shots that finally made it into my edit were taken during the 2 penultimate sales.

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This was the period when people at the market were used to me being around and taking photographs but before the final week when lots of media and curious people descended on the market for the spectacle and nostalgia of the very last sale. It now hangs in my kitchen.

Prints of the work are available at jamesahudson. I would like to use some prints to display in The Farmers Arms Abergavenny — is there is any possibility that I would be able to acquire or buy some of the James Hudson prints?

Look forward to your reply. Many thanks, Denise Tabernacle.

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