Alongside my usual documentary-style photography of the ‘Eska: Are You Here‘ Artistic Director residency from Brighter Sound, I also took some footage to create the following cinemagraphs (featuring the hugely talented Tal Janes, Tomas Pocinho, Marcus Joseph and Joy Ellis).
My Music, My Manchester was an ambitious project from a collaboration of partners including My Hub, Brighter Sound and Manchester Camerata, to produce am intensive week long creative residency for a diverse group of young musicians and artists, led by singer, songwriter and activist Meklit , culminating in a very special one off performance at the BBC Philharmonic studio at Media City. You can see some of my favourite images from the workshops at Band on the Wall and the incredible final performance in the gallery below.
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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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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.
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
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.
I Live Hip Hop was a special, secret event put on by Brighter Sound and Reebok at Manchester’s Wonder Inn. It was a series of creative workshops for 15-25 year old aspiring MCs, producers, DJs and vocalists assisted by some incredible professional artists including DJ Woody, Visceral, G-Kut, Jo Mo, 8 Gold Rings, Elizabeth Vince, Mul and Persia. The talent of the mentors and the participants was mind-blowing. It was a real privilege to watch them work and perform.
To top it all off, at the end of the day there was a surprise appearance from multi Grammy award-winning Hip Hop legend, Kendrick Lamar.
You can see some of my favourite images from the day in the gallery below.
Last week I had the pleasure of working with Brighter Sound, an organisation that produces creative music projects and events in Manchester. The project was ‘Young Musicians Week’, an opportunity for young people to work with some amazing musicians and artists including Richard Jupp (Elbow), Natalie McCool, Jenna G, InnaVoice and Burgaboy. You can see some of my favourite shots from the week below.
Brighter Sound also organised the Beth Orton residency last year (also featuring Natalie McCool) which culminated in a beautiful group performance at the end of a week of collaboration and songwriting – you can see my photos of their one-night-only gig here.
