The Visual For Business Catalogue 2009/2010

This afternoon I visited the Arts & Business office in Manchester to deliver my work for the forthcoming Visual For Business group art exhibition at Salford Business School. The exhibition is being installed tomorrow and will run for six weeks until June. A selection panel consisting of over twenty members of staff at Salford university looked through over 200 pieces of artwork to consider for this exhibition. I have three framed photographs featured in the exhibition (‘Aloha From Blackpool’, ‘Starlings Above South Pier’ and ‘The Wave’) and I think they represent a nice selection of photographs from my personal and commissioned portfolio.

While I was at Arts & Business I was able to get my hands on a copy of the Visual For Business catalogue for 2009/2010. The catalogue profiles all 157 artists represented in the Visual collection and shows a small sample of their work. All of the artists were carefully selected by experts from Arts Council England, Tate Liverpool, Arnolfini, De La Warr Pavilion and Ikon Gallery. The collection covers a broad range of creative practices including fine art, photography, digital media and contemporary craft.

This is the first time that I’ve had my work printed in an art collection catalogue and I’m really pleased to be featured alongside so many great emerging and established artists. As soon as I arrived home I took a few photographs of the catalogue for my own records and to share on my blog for all to see. If your interested in purchasing your own copy of the Visual For Business catalogue you can order one by visiting their website.

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One of my favourite places to take photographs in Madrid was in the vast landscape of the city’s largest urban park Casa de Campo. The park was originally a royal hunting estate and covers more than 1,700 hectares. According to Wikipedia, in 1936–39, during the Spanish Civil War, the front lines of the Siege of Madrid ran through the Casa de Campo when the Republicans had halted a nationalist offensive in November 1936.


Taken at 03:20pm in Casa de Campo, Madrid. Thursday 1st April 2010.

The day before I took this photograph I had travelled above Casa de Campo on the cable car ride. Being in the cable car gave me a fantastic view of the park and the beautiful snow covered mountains in the distance. I’d seen tree plantations and vast areas of land dedicated to regenerating the park from the air and I decided to take a closer look and take some photographs on foot the following afternoon.

I climbed a rather steep path up a hill in order to take this photograph, but I certainly think it was worth the extra effort in the end. The playground hidden amongst the trees and tree plantations in the lower right of the photograph go someway in showing the scale of human intervention for regeneration against the vastness of nature.

Technical Information
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM
ISO: 125
Focal Length: 105mm
Shutter Speed: 1/125th sec
F-Stop: f/16

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A screenshot of my artists gallery on the ARTISLA website.

While I was in Madrid last month I received an email asking if I’d be interested in becoming a new artist with an up and coming artists platform called ARTISLA. The website features a selection of interdisciplinary artists from around the world and provides an international platform for young artists to show and sell their artworks (at no cost). It also provides art lovers with a place to find and buy the highest quality artwork from emerging artists at affordable prices as well as give them the chance to discover new artists, understand, meet, and discuss with them.

ARTISLA presents selected works from the finest emerging artists after a thorough review of their portfolio and potential. Once the artists are selected and each artwork is reviewed, it is then presented on the website by the artists themselves. The price of the work is set by the artist or gallery, and ARTISLA adds a 15% mark-up that helps to keep the page running.

Mareike Müller, who is an artist scout for ARTISLA, is always on the look out for talented individuals to join and sell their work. If your interested in becoming a member of ARTISLA you can apply by visiting their website.

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In the early hours of Saturday morning I arrived back in the UK after six wonderful days exploring and photographing the Spanish capital of Madrid. Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing a selection of documentary photographs that I took while encountering life on the city streets and wandering in Madrid’s largest urban park Casa de Campo.


Taken at 03:04pm in Tribunal Metro Station in Madrid UK. Tuesday 30th March 2010.
(view the Madrid Metro Stations gallery)

While I continue to make my way through processing and editing the 900 photographs I shot during the trip, I thought I’d start things off by posting a short series of six portraits taken in Madrid Metro Stations. The metro is one of the quickest modes of transport in Madrid, yet there are plenty of passing moments which take place at station platforms that reflect a more tranquil side to the city’s busy cosmopolitan image.

Technical Information
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM
ISO: 1600
Focal Length: 105mm
Shutter Speed: 1/100th sec
F-Stop: f/4.5

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