Latest Editorial, Portrait & Commercial Photography Projects
A selection of my most recent commissions and ongoing projects.
The work shown here spans editorial assignments, portrait commissions, documentary projects and commercial photography for organisations and publishers. It reflects current areas of focus and the range of contexts in which I am working.
New projects are added regularly.
Travel in the time of Covid. An assignment for Transport for the North
Another great assignment for Transport for the North this time looking at the transport infrastructure in Liverpool and Sheffield and how it was dealing with the impact of Coronavirus.
Another great assignment for Transport for the North this time looking at the transport infrastructure in Liverpool and Sheffield and how it was dealing with the impact of Coronavirus.
Transport for the North exists to make the case to central government for increased transport spending in the North of the country and I’m proud to be able to contribute in some way to that necessary and long overdue aim. To use the existing infrastructure is to see it’s limitations, the age of the rolling stock, the lack of capacity a general sense of a system neglected and lacking the requisite investment over many years.
To use and photograph the network in these strange virus-disrupted times could have been expected to be a pretty depressing process, but the remarkable resilience and adaptability of both the staff and those using public transport during this period was heartening and impressive and made the shoots extremely enjoyable despite some occasionally catastrophic weather conditions - the story of a Northern photographers life!
These assignments marked my first commercial foray into video making as I made some short video sequences at each of the locations the schedule. I’m please to report that these sequences are being used along with my photography in recently released promotional and campaign materials.
To photograph these environments deserted or very sparsely populated as they currently are is an eerie experience as we’re usually fighting through a sea of people to reach our locations and seeing the networks struggling with the shear volume of commuters. Perhaps seeing the network in this disrupted state gives us a glimpse of what a properly invested in network would look like, reliable, punctual, spacious. We certainly have the people - if not the finance or political will - to make it happen.
All power to Transport for the North and the staff that keep us moving.
50 Windows of Creativity. An assignment for Wild in Art
This autumn, Manchester is hosting 50 Windows of Creativity, a showcase of the work of artists and makers displayed in a series of windows, venues, businesses and spaces across the city centre.
The displays feature multiple art forms from fine art and photography to ceramics, crafts, mosaics and murals curated by well-known and emerging artists and collectives – all with a connection to Greater Manchester.
Seashell Trust & Lauren Mullarkey Location: The Atrium, Library Walk (mixed media installation)
This autumn, Manchester is hosting 50 Windows of Creativity, a showcase of the work of artists and makers displayed in a series of windows, venues, businesses and spaces across the city centre.
The displays feature multiple art forms from fine art and photography to ceramics, crafts, mosaics and murals curated by well-known and emerging artists and collectives – all with a connection to Greater Manchester.
Artists and makers taking part include: Wellcome Trust prize winner Benji Reid, Manchester born mixed media landscape artist Sarah Connell and contemporary creative studio Lazerian.
All pieces on display will be available to buy directly from the artist or maker, giving a much needed boost to the city’s creative community.
The project culminates with an auction which will see a selection of pieces auctioned with proceeds going to their artists and makers, and to The Lord Mayor of Manchester Charity Appeal Trust – We Love MCR Charity which aims to help improve the lives and life chances of Manchester people.
It was a pleasure to work again with the wonderful Wild in Art after documenting their wildly successful 2018 Bee in the City project.
Find out more about Wild in Art at www.wildinart.co.uk
Phil Constable Location: Mackie Mayor, Coop Street
LeiMai LeMaow Location: On Yard and Coop, Hare St
Caroline Dowsett Location: Hatch, Unit 25, Oxford Road
MHHA - Manchester Hip Hop Archive Location: Royal Northern College of Music
Manchester Digital Music Archive Location: Royal Northern College of Music
Phil Constable Location: Mackie Mayor, Coop Street
LeiMai LeMaow Location: On Yard and Coop, Hare St
Hammo Location: Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports, Duke St
Atelier Bebop Location: Selfridges Exchange Square
Hammo Location: Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports, Duke St
LeiMai LeMaow Location: On Yard and Coop, Hare St
LeiMai LeMaow Location: On Yard and Coop, Hare St
Hammo Location: Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports, Duke St
Caroline Dowsett Location: Hatch, Unit 25, Oxford Road
Akse Location: Next to BAB NQ, Little Lever St
LeiMai LeMaow Location: On Yard and Coop, Hare St
LeiMai LeMaow Location: On Yard and Coop, Hare St
Tim Denton Location: Chapel Wharf, opposite Lowry Hotel
Benji Reid Location: National Football Museum
Phil Constable Location: Mackie Mayor, Coop Street
Hammo Location: Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports, Duke St
Caroline Dowsett Location: Hatch, Unit 25, Oxford Road
Ric Facchin Location: ChriSalon, Princess St
LeiMai LeMaow Location: On Yard and Coop, Hare St
