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FotoFreo 2010
This time last year I spent the month of April as a volunteer for FotoFreo. I feel like i’ve misplaced some photographs from the events that happened, mostly down to my visual memory being laden with all the great events, exhibitions and faces, in reality I didn’t take many at all it seems…
Landing into Western Australia early 2010 I was really unprepared as to what was happening photo wise. I had decided to travel back to Perth, where I spent some of my childhood growing up, with my dad who had been living there the previous few years.. College was over and I had no huge commitments to reside in Ireland, it was also an opportunity to hang out with the old man and see his side of life.. Upon arrival I spent the first few weeks sussing out the area we were living in and coming to terms with the slightly unbearable change in climate from -20 degrees to +40 degrees.. Through a family friend I found out about FotoFreo an International Photographic Festival hosting the finest photographers Australasia had to offer. This was the 5th year of FotoFreo, held every second year in the city of Fremantle, Perth and extended to Rottnest Island for 2010. I got the contacts and offered my services to volunteer, helping invigilate, assist workshops and also help at the end with the de-install. During the Festival I managed to get an exhibition space at Kidogo Arthouse in Fremantle the hosting city allowing fresh eyes see my work ‘what they didn’t tell you‘.
Throught out the festival I met some great people and seen some amazing exhibitions; highlights of both include Seng Mah, Cicely Binford, Brett Dorron, Claire Martin, Matt Bedford, Elizabeth McCaig, Lyle Branson, Brad Rimmer, David Dare Parker, Oculi, Laura Beilby, Amy Stein, there are really way to many to mention. . roll on 2012…
The Campsite
I found my first photobook made after leaving school… just of portraits of festival goers taken over four years… back when i had my trusted disposable black and white film camera… remember them?!
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Photography Workshops
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Some images i took in Brixton for the Embrace Photography Workshop I ran on the 19th March. I discussed digital capture and online methods of presentaion, introduced the concept of themes and after a shooting exercise we looked over the images we shot. The worksop conclued with demos on popular image hosting sites such as flickr and wordpress and how to benefit best from them
photo courtesy of Tim Arnold, you can see more images from the class here
Oopsies
I spent the middle of 2010 as an on mountain photographer in the snowy mountains of Australia. Photographing the daily skiing and snowboarding events, portraits and everything in-between that was happening… i also learned how to ski and snowboard, got bitten by the snow bug and met some of the best people… I’m sure if i keep trawling through the huge archive form the 2010 snow season i can find some more phenomenal ‘stacks’ but these will have to do for the time being…
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Clapham Common
This morning i’ve been out to Clapham Common for a walk to clear my mind and take some pics.. i seem to be spending a huge amount of my time at present doing research, filling out paper work and getting on with London life. I’ve recently finished up on a big job too which meant not applying time to taking any photos outside the realms of work and briefs. I was surprised by how much activity happens here in comparison to the public spaces and walk ways in Ireland… I guess it might have something to do with being a much bigger populated city!! Anyway the bright mornings and extended evenings of light are a welcome to me… i’ve not had a spring season since 2009 with all the traveling around i’ve done in the past two years and its been a joy to watch the earth’s rejuvenation even in an urban environment.
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I’ve just moved to London, bearing in mind the recent economic situation in Ireland, the press are keen to discuss the socio-economic issues that are affecting the current generation of Migrants. I done an interview for the bbc earlier this week and thought it an ample time to publish the body of work i done from my degree in 2009. If you have the time please check out David Monaghans blog on migration from Ireland, some great images and stories reflecting todays migration.
I used the text from the brochures of each individual development to detail the selling points of the locations. Each quote is a direct link to the development described in the brochures and each image is what i saw when i visited the develpments.
Solo Exhibition @ Kidogo Arthouse
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Some pics from my first solo exhibtion ‘what they didn’t tell you’. I was delighted that Joanna Robertson, Kidogo Director, opened the show for me. Joanna has been a family friend for over 20 years, and as a children growing up in Perth she encouraged my brothers, sisters and me to create and imagine with art. This exhibition is currently on route to Dublin to be included in a group show with PrettyvacanT.
Check out this link for further information on the work
BeLonGTo
I was asked by Michael, Director of BeLonGTo, to produce some images of the team for their new website and for press material back in 2009. One of the images subsequently become part of GCN‘s campaign in 2010 to promote their magazine, which i was very proud of!
Heres a little bit about BeLonGTo, please check out www.belongto.org for more info.
‘BeLonG To is a national youth service for Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) young people in Ireland. We believe that LGBT young people need to be respected and cared for on the same basis as all other young people, and that when they are safe and supported in their families, schools & society they will thrive as healthy and equal citizens.
To get there we provide direct youth work services to LGBT young people in Dublin and support LGBT youth groups all around the country. These are spaces where LGBT young people can meet each other, get involved in activities and see that their identities and selves are valuable and important.
Because we believe that the problems which LGBT young people experience are largely due to negative societal attitudes, we also work to change these attitudes. This is done by training teachers and youth workers, running awareness campaigns in schools and youth services and working with government departments to ensure that LGBT young people are heard so that positive social change occurs.’
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