Indonesian Travels, Part 1: Ubud, Bali

October 27, 2016 by admin | Comments Off

I don’t get to travel as much as I’d like, but when I do I take a LOT of photos. Here are the first set of images from my recent wanderings around Indonesia, starting with Ubud, Bali.

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Imogen Heap Residency with Brighter Sound

October 20, 2016 by admin | Comments Off

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of working with Brighter Sound again, this time documenting their latest Artistic Director residency, with singer and composer Imogen Heap. Under Imogen’s guidance, in just 5 days a group of 10 talented young musicians, who had never met before, managed to write, produce and release a song, film and edit a music video, create the single cover art, produce an exhibition and put on a live show at Manchester’s Band on The Wall. It was an incredible achievement and a real privilege top document. They named their band Frink Frink and their song, Marble, is now available to purchase on itunes and all good online music stores.

You can see a selection of my favourite images from the residency below.

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Posted in Bands, Documentary photography, Events, Gig Photography, Music Photography Tagged Band on the Wall, Brighter Sound, Concert, Event Photography, Frink Frink, Gig, gig photography, Imogen Heap, Manchester, Marble, Music Photography |

House of Suarez Icon Ball @ The Invisible Wind Factory

October 19, 2016 by admin | Comments Off

October 2016 marked the 10th Anniversary of the House of Suarez Vogue Ball, which they celebrated in style with the Icon Ball at Liverpool’s Invisible Wind Factory. It was another vogue-tastic night of incredible outfits and amazing dance moves all wrapped up in sexiness, sass and tongue-in-cheek humor. You can see some of my favourite images of the night in the gallery below.

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Moovin Festival 2016

September 1, 2016 by admin | Comments Off

Last weekend was Moovin 2016, a little music festival tucked away on a farm at the end of small country park in Stockport. It was an amazing, if occasionally soggy weekend, featuring performances from Congo Natty, Beardyman, Finlay Quaye, Channel One Soundsystem, Honeyfeet, Extra Love, Dust Junkys, Riot Jazz and Mr Wilson’s Second liners, to name but a few…

You can see my favourite images from the weekend in the gallery below.

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Science in The City Late – Anna Meredith’s residency with Brighter Sound

August 4, 2016 by admin | Comments Off

Commissioned by Brighter Sound, Anna Meredith’s four-day residency with a group of young female musicians, visual artists and sound engineers, culminated in a special, one-off performance at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry as part of Science in the City Late. The music and art they created was inspired by graphene and the incredible Wonder Materials exhibition. The exhibition was open all evening alongside a range of weird and wonderful exhibits and stalls including opportunities to try 3d-printed chocolate and insect sushi.

You can see a selection of my favourite images from the night below.

Posted in Documentary photography, Events, Gig Photography, Music Photography, Places, Uncategorized Tagged Anna Meredith, Brighter Sound, Graphene, Manchester, MOSI, Museum of Science and Industry, Science in the City, Science in the city late, Wonder Materials |

Anna Meredith’s residency with Brighter Sound

July 27, 2016 by admin | Comments Off

I’ve recently been working with Brighter Sound and MOSI to document their collaboration for the Science in The City Festival – A 4 day Artistic residency with composer Anna Meredith and a group of 16-25 year old female artists and musicians to create a special one off performance in conjunction with the opening of ‘Wonder Materials: Graphene and beyond‘ at MOSI.

You can see a selection of my favourite images from the residency below. The special, one-off performance at MOSI is this evening – you can find more information here

Posted in Documentary photography, Events, Music Photography Tagged Anna Meredith, Brighter Sound, Eleanor Meredith, Graphene, Jack Ross, MOSI, Science in the City |

Velvet Badger 2016

July 16, 2016 by admin | Comments Off

Last weekend was the 2016 Velvet Badger Festival. You can see my photos of the slightly soggy, but still entirely marvellous, weekend below.

If you’d like to feast your eyes on the wonderment that was the first Velvet Badger, you can do so here.

Posted in Bands, Documentary photography, Events, Gig Photography, Music Photography Tagged Beware Monsters, Caulbearers, DJ Xander, Festival Photography, Gideon Conn, Henge, Massive Badgers, Microfestival, Mr Wilsaons One Liners, Mystic Brewery, Paddy Steer, Public Sector, Publik Sektor, Rik Warren, Thing, Tim Jones and the Dark Lanters, Travelling Light Circus, Velvet Badger, Velvet Badger 2016 |

Test Card Live, BBC Music Day

June 6, 2016 by admin | Comments Off

On Friday I had the pleasure of working with the ever-excellent Brighter Sound again, photographing Test Card Live – a showcase of audiovisual performances as part of BBC Music Day. The event started with a workshop in analogue electronics and graphical sound from Noise Orchestra, followed by performances from some hugely talented artists including Benjamen Finney and Michael-Jon Mizra, both Brighter sound commissions. You can see some of my favourite images from the night below.

Posted in Bands, Documentary photography, Events, Gig Photography, Music Photography Tagged audiovisual, BBC Music Day, Benjamen Finney, Brighter Sound, Event Photography, Gig, gig photography, MadLab, Manchester, Micael-Jon Mizra, Music Photography, Noise Orchestra, Test Card Live, Texture |

Ren Harvieu & Romeo Stodart, Chorlton Arts Festival 2016

June 1, 2016 by admin | Comments Off

One of the highlight’s of this year’s Chorlton Arts Festival was a performance from Ren Harvieu & Romeo Stodart (of the Magic Numbers). It was an incredible gig, full of warmth and intimacy, and well deserving of the rapturous standing ovation it received at it’s close. You can see some of my images from the evening in the gallery below:

Posted in Bands, Events, Gig Photography, Music Photography Tagged Chorlton, Chorlton Arts Festival, Concert, Event Photography, Gig, gig photography, Magic Numbers, Manchester, Music Photography, Ren Harvieu, Romeo Stodart, St Ninians |

The Switchover, Chorlton Arts Festival 2016

May 23, 2016 by admin | Comments Off

Yesterday I got to play along with ‘The Switchover‘, a Theatre Exterior production by The Larks theatre company for Chorlton Arts Festival. Part theatre and part game, it involved travelling around the local metrolink network looking for clues and talking to various colourful characters. As is usual in Manchester, we started off with glorious sunshine and ended with a torrential downpour but it was a lot of fun for everyone and a great and was a great experience for young and old. Here are my images from the event.