Starvinartist shoot

© Lewis Williams 2011

In late August Starvinartist and I embarked on the penultimate shoot for his sirens project. We photographed four models in total from which Starvin' will produce his unique pencil drawings for his exhibition that is happening somewhere at somepoint in the future (sorry for the vagueness). These two images are my favourites shots (Agnė Lastauskaitė and Eva Jakubiak) and the ones I chose to give a little post-production to. They are not necessarily the images (or models) that  Starvin' will use as he has his own particular needs. On a technical note, they were more…

Another Collaboration.

StarvinArtist

Thursday the 7th April saw myself and StarvinArtist shoot  a series of images that will, eventually, blend studio photography with Starvin's unique style of pencil drawing. The resulting images will be an initial pitch for a well known popular clothes label. It was a fun few hours creating crisp neat images followed by a few crisp cold pints in Electric. We got a good few shots down and now the leg work (or pencil work) is up to StarvinArtist... Can't wait to see the results.   more…

‘Sounds of The Downs’, A collaboration.

Sounds of The Downs

After a long while in our minds the 'Sound of The Downs' project has finally taken its first tentative steps into reality. On a particularly sunny and windy day on the South Downs myself and co-collaborator Tamsin Williams set up a basic strobe setup to photograph the dog walkers and their dogs on the South Downs. The shoot was primarily a test to see what we could do with the lighting and how we would like the photographs to look. It was an informative experience that we both learnt from and was also very promising as it delivered that sometimes illusive thrill of more…

strangers part III

© Lewis Williams 2010

A Cornerhouse Micro Commission, supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Project update: Slightly delayed by Christmas, I am eventually out and about shooting, having had a good response from the kind people who have volunteered their services. Having photographed 6 people so far I am now able to take stock of the resulting images and the manner in which I am making decisions about location, subject and lighting. My ‘art’ photography always has a conceptual beginning: an idea about how/what the images communicate (or don’t). In much of my personal work more…

Anatomy of an Institution, an exhibition.

Gavin Parry and Dave Penny using the 110-year-old camera.

On Anatomy of an Institution and having my portrait taken by an aged camera. This was not my first encounter with this camera. I first saw it several years ago when, some what neglected; it lifelessly occupied a corner of The Manchester Metropolitan University’s (MMU) photography department. I remember seeing it as a bizarre looking piece of furniture, a cross between an 19th century table and an accordion. Back then it was a mere curiosity, an ornamental relic and a taker-upper of valuable space. On entering the Holden Gallery the 110 year old 12” x 12” camera is more…

strangers part III, A call for participants for photographic arts project.

A test image created with kind help of Angela (the model).

Strangers part III. A Cornerhouse Micro Commission, supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Over the next three months I am embarking on a photographic portrait project commissioned by Cornerhouse (Manchester) and supported by The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. To succeed, this idea needs your help… The project, currently titled ‘Strangers’, will realise a series of portraits photographed on location within the city of Manchester.  The sitters (i.e. those who are photographed - not necessarily sitting!) are to be recruited through on-line adverts and will be unknown to me more…