Contingency Gallery opening

As all public spaces including galleries are closed our BA degree show was cancelled and we can only submit our work electronically for our final major project assignment. In an attempt to create an illusion of the the atmosphere of a physical exhibition my wife and I built a 1 in 12 scale model of a fictional gallery and I printed and installed scaled down versions of the images I had been planning to use. I had to photograph them for my assignment and thought they would make a useful addition to my website.

Exhibition poster and private view invitation.

Exhibition poster and private view invitation.

End of year show - Coleg Llandrillo 9th June 2017

Our end of year show will open at 6-30 pm on Friday 9th June 2017. The photographs will be exhibited in the Photography department classrooms, which are located on the second floor of the Alwyn Building in Coleg Llandrillo, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay and the show is open to anyone who would like to attend. For anyone unable to get to the opening night or who would prefer to come when it will be less busy, the department will remain open thereafter during college hours (9-00 am to 5-00 pm, Monday to Friday) until Thursda 22nd June 2017. 

Self portrait with wall

Self portrait with wall

Oriel Colwyn exhibition

A couple of images from our group exhibition at Oriel Colwyn, Colwyn Bay in January 2016.

These images are from a series of photographs of reflections and shadows on a white painted wall, click on the image to enlarge

Paris, march 2015

Paris March 2015

This image is a bit of an enigma. I was initially attracted simply by the colours and textures of the wall with the shaft of reflected light and only saw the red paint spatters when I was framing the photograph. I included some of the faded or partially washed off lettering in the lower right hand corner but really began to appreciate the possible significance of this when processing the image in Lightroom. The paint splatters look as if they have been deliberately created with a paintball gun and although the fading writing is in English, the photograph was taken in a back street in central Paris in March 2015. I now think this has to be a piece of street art perhaps made as a response or reaction to the Charlie Hebdo killings and there is even what looks like a signature on the pavement in the bottom left corner. I have no idea who the artist might be but would be interested to hear if anyone knows anything more about the piece. I have hesitated house the photo as I wouldn't want to be thought of as capitalising on someone else's work but he events of the last few weeks possibly make this a more profound, poignant and perhaps even prophetic image.  DC.