ABSTRACT
The first trial of Community Portraits took place in the spring and summer of
1999. The participating group consisted of three men and five women distributed
across five sites and three countries: Finland (four), Germany (two) and Scotland
(two). Three small groups were formed before the start; each group was made up of
participants from different countries, where possible, or at least from different sites.
The Community Portraits trial run settled down to two groups as the third group