Oxheys Mill current exhibition

I took a studio in an old mill in Preston a while back and between myself and two others, we cleaned it up and have been turning it into a gallery space along with our own studios.

There was an open event a month or so back but the place opened officially last week with all resident artists ( 7 now I think ) putting up their work and rolling up the shutters for all to see.

The opening went well and it will be open during October for all to view. Info at oxheysmillstudios.com

My own studio has taken shape and looking good. I've been involved in a bit of commercial portraiture in there with the flash setup I'm running and also have a couple of irons in the fire which I'll explain as they start coming more together.

I'm also starting to build some new sites so my joekennedyphoto site may be due a bit of a revamp - I also found that I own joekennedyphotography.co.uk aswell so may do something with that.

Contrast group exhibition

Four of the prints in my Off Season project have been included in a group show concerned with contemporary analogue photography.

Although they are digitally scanned and printed, the shots were taken with my trusty Pentax 67 which although it unfortunately doesn't come out as often as in the past ( the 5D M2 sees to that ), it still has a quality that in my mind eludes digital imaging.

If you have chance to pop by - its in Standish near Wigan - have a look in as their promises to be some interesting work.

Coastal cubes

I've had a number of these made up - they're around 8" x 6", wooden and look incredibly cool with the seaside images inset.
They'll be for sale at the upcoming Liverpool Arts Fair and also online through here after this weekends event.
I can almost smell the fish and chips.....

More from the coast and slightly inland

Off Season 3

Another day, another forage through Lancashire's coastal towns.

Off Season 2

More from the coast.

Off season

Part of a new series which is slowly taking shape.

I live close to the coast of North West England and along the water's edge lie a number of seaside resorts that once fluorished from tourism.
Now with an influx of immigrants - ethnic and social - filling the hotels and the promise of investment these areas are slowly changing shape and purpose.
Even with the so-called staycationers remaining in the locale or travelling here and with pockets of the places creeping back in to vogue with a lick of paint, there remains an almost otherworldly appeal to these places.

Framing the sights in my 6x7 Pentax over these early months before the dogwalkers and street cleaners arrive in their low numbers and with the still-winter sun scraping through, there is something here which, although slightly stained around the edges, compels a person to look closer.