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BBC News
05-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Stamps capture Manx photographer's five-decade career
A new stamp set celebrates five decades of the career of a Manx photographer who captured images documenting aspects of World War Two as well as post-war the Lens of Leonard McCombe features the photojournalist's work from his early days on the island, wartime images and later magazine work in the United on Thursday's 80th anniversary of VE Day, the set coincides with an exhibition at the House of Manannan focusing on his war McCombe, who helped to develop the set, said his father's work had captured the "images, emotions and history of a world recovering from World War Two". The eight images featured include a fisherman on a Manx vessel near the Calf of Man, a female ferry pilot of the Air Transport Auxiliary, who transported aircraft from the factory to the aerodrome during the conflict, and a Texan cowboy rounding up spring-born calves. Born on the island in 1923 and growing up in Port Erin, McCombe took up photography at the age of 14, with his early work including capturing images of those held at the island's only all-female internment camp in moving to England, he went on to cover the allied advance during World War Two before moving to the United States and capturing American cowboys and the Navajo Nation. His portfolio of work also includes images of Winston Churchill and several US Presidents, as well as the Apollo moon launch. The Isle of Man Post Office's general manager for stamps and coins Maxine Cannon said many of the images used for the stamp issue had "never been seen or published since the rolls of film were developed several decades ago".That was because in his later years McCombe, who died in 2015, had spent most of his time farming, meaning his "treasure trove of scrapbooks, writings, negatives, prints and books lay forgotten in his study", she added. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Final day of contemporary art exhibition in Peel
An exhibition showcasing contemporary art on the Isle of Man is set to close on Sunday. Six Ways of Seeing, which features work from Petrina Kent, Sally Black, Ongky Wijana, Ella Magee, Ellie Baker and Helen Faragher, is on at the House of Manannan in Peel from 09:30 until 16:30 BST. With more than 100 pieces on display, the work includes landscape paintings, stone carvings, ceramics as well as ink Sally Black said the display had "encouraged people to think about their creativity and the way they see the world around them". Ms Black brought the artists together for the exhibition after being approached by Manx National Heritage. "I have great admiration for the other artists and felt it was a great way of seeing all our work together," she exhibition was called Six Ways of Seeing, because "while we all are creative people, we all see things very differently", so the display showcased "how things can be expressed in a variety of ways", Ms Black who had attended had commented on "how wonderful it is to see several artists together who have different visions of the world around them", Ms Black said. A highlight had been seeing people get "such a lot" out of the exhibition, a visit from the Lieutenant Governor Sir John Lorimer and Lady Phillippa Lorimer and having people ask questions about the art, she added. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
