Inspired by Josphine Pryde’s exhibition, 'Embryos and Estate Agents: L'Art de Vivre' and linking to investigations in Dowling’s own practice, the residency with Wellington Primary School explored ideas surrounding time and place in relation to photographic process. The children looked at how they could use photography to record this specific time in their lives, both the physical and emotional. The week consisted of a series of experiments using contemporary and historical time-based photographic techniques and processes; this included working with pinhole cameras, medium format cameras, digital cameras, photocopiers and scanners. The photographic explorations were intended to highlight the cross over between science and art; give space to look at pose, gesture and performance within portrait photography along with context, use of and the sequencing and layering of images.