Image of the week is a portrait of Stephen Balmer-Walters
This image is just one from a series created from a commission by Stephen. I’ve photographed Stephen a few times, having met him on a shoot a few years ago. He came to me about creating some photos of him where he could celebrate his skin, his colour, his age, his confidence in his body image and he wanted to do this by making himself as vulnerable as he could be - he wanted to be naked.
So we spent an afternoon creating a series of images, just the two of us and I will be eternally grateful that Stephen chose me to make these with him. It was such an honour. There’s honestly so many images from this session and I was so over the moon from Stephens reaction to them. This session, the outcomes and Stephen’s belief in me to bring his ideas together are something I will cherish for ever.
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Image of the week. Amy.
This was from a shoot with my dear friend and long time collaborator Amy Woodman. I wouldn’t call it a test shoot as such, more a chance to get together, raid the vintage and preloved rail and just make some work for the sheer joy of it. Catch up, chat about the world and add yet another shoot to the many we’ve done together over the years. If you’ve followed my work for a while you will be well used to seeing my work with Amy. What we didn’t realise at the time when we started working together and share our creativity - pool it if you like was that what we would go in to build is a body of work which celebrates our creative collaborations…our friendship. At some point I’ll collate these in to a curated body of work…
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Image of the week - BECCI.
I shared an image from this shoot as last weeks image of the week but I enjoyed looking back through them so much I saved this one to share this week. Maybe it’s the onset of darker days, the fact the world feels quite heavy is making me long for sand, blue skies and the feeling of sunnier times (in more ways than one). If you missed last weeks image of the week you can see it/read about it here.
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Image of the week BECCI.
This weeks image of the week is from a shoot with Becki Ball wearing a piece from her final graduate collection which she used to create her own brand BECCI.
Becki is a 2020 graduate so we all now how her final months at uni went… and we shot this in August as things opened up again but social distancing was still a major thing. Shot outside on a norfolk beach this was the day I needed - creativity, a chance to explore, new surroundings, the challenge of working with someone new and communicating at a distance… This day created so much work which I’m still incredibly proud of when I look back on them with a 2022 gaze.
Becki was incredibly easy to work with and her pieces were beautiful to photograph. I just feel like we made so much work that day, such a productive time. I also took some footage to create some video art.
It felt amazing and freeing to be out under the beautiful Norfolk blue skies and work with the sand under my feet. *Note to self - visit the beach more. It’s good for the spirit.
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Image of the Week. Eto.
We made this image just after we’d finished the shoot for Disorder Magazine . Eto is wearing a piece made by Jack Wildish. We’d used another piece of Jacks work in the shoot and when I was chatting to Jack to plan the shoot they said they had another piece which was a new piece they were working on and so after the Disorder shoot, we switched it up created a new scene and made some work with this amazing piece. I’ve always taken a gender neutral approach to fashion and when I saw Jacks final graduate collection ‘Sad Boys’ I was really keen to work with his pieces. This image and the Disorder Shoot was styled by Alex Hill - a creative I love working with.
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Image of the week - Music Producer Piers AKA Skinny Boy Tunes.
A portrait of Skinny Boy Tunes to create some imagery for him to promote music and general promotion. Here’s a link to his music because sharing is caring. He’s also delight to follow on twitter/instagram/facebook if you want to check him out.
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Image of the week - KTZ SS18 London Fashion Week.
Another runway shot, maybe I’ll have a mooch through the archives and see of theres any others jumping out at me to share from various shows. Maybe once I get looking I’ll be inspired to create some new edits, or notice images worth sharing which I may have missed in the rush to shoot>edit>send to the person who commissioned this work. Fashion week is a crazy fast pace. I shared another image from this show and wrote a few musings over on last weeks image of the week post which you can read here if you missed it.
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Image of the week KTZ SS18 London Fashion Week.
I’ve got A LOT of runway stuff in my archives but I don’t share it that much anymore as it’s not the side of fashion week I like best and so I tend to throw the backstage images out to the universe, maybe so I can manifest more opportunities or because that’s the work which has my heart more?
However, when I did shoot runway I was lucky enough to working for an online fashion platform The Glass Pineapple (sadly now defunct) and Alex who ran it, gave me a large amount of creative control to photograph things my way. So yes with runway there is the huge pressure to capture ALL the looks but Alex also allowed me the space to document the shows, try to record the energy rather than just capture a model walking.
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Love looking back through the scenes backstage at this show so this weeks image of the week is Vin and Omi SS20. Once again a reminder that i pick these image of the weeks at random so I share whatever catches my heart/eye/brain at the time of choosing and I don’t cross check if I’ve already used an image as an image of the week so there maybe repeats, if so this just goes to prove I curate these posts with emotion not a detached methodology. Which probably sums up my approach to making work in general.
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Image of the week - music artist Finn Doherty.
I LOVE getting together with creatives to work on creating an image library. This was such great session with Finn. I created a few different ‘scenes’ and the result was a library of images Finn could use to promote his music across socials, promo material, poster art etc.
To have a chat about building your own image library to promote and share your amazingness then get in touch and we cat chat ideas, bring your own concept for me to work with or if you’re stuck or unsure I can work with you and we can come up with a concept/plan together.
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Backstage at the ‘Best Of’ Show at Graduate Fashion Week 2017.
I’m picking these images of the week quite at random, so it’s possible there will be repeats, I’m just sharing what I’m drawn to from my archives or the hard drive I’m working through at the time. I seem to spend a lot of tome looking back though work made a little while ago. Fresh eyes and all that.
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Movement Artist Amy Ollett photographed for my Norwich Fringe Commission - The Disco: Room 2021.
I really hope to be able to get more funding and commissions to make more work like this. It ended up being a such a mammoth body of work using photography, installation, video… a digital exhibition because the timings meant Covid didn’t allow an in person event.
However because of the restrictions in place at the time of making this work and putting it all together, I think it became bigger than it would have been - I felt really challenged and pushed by the restrictions rather than limited.
Forever thankful to the Norwich Fringe team for believing in my application. You can read more about the project here - https://www.kerrycurl.com/8957460-the-disco-room-2021
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Matt Hales at Norwich Shoe Factory May 2021. I was lucky enough to have a week long residency at the Factory, which is a redundant shoe factory in Norwich. Until it’s sold for redevelopment it’s being used as an art space.
During my residency I created several pieces of work, I felt really inspired by the space and had an urge to make make make. Part of my time there included getting Matt in for a couple of hours to grab some portraits and just play within our surroundings. I’ve photographed Matt once a year since 2017. We haven’t managed a shoot this year yet though…
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One of my portraits of Music Artist Finn Doherty is currently on display in an online exhibition organised by Shutterhub.
The exhibition ‘YEARBOOK’ features work from over 300 photographers from across the world. It’s a very varied show with lots of styles and subjects. You can take a look here
I also have work exhibited in another exhibition with Shutterhub over in France if you are that way. You can read about that here.
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Image of the week - Artist Bishy Barnabee.
A little piece of video art to share on this VERY hot day, when we all wish had a pool (it’s a roasting summer here in the UK!) and the best most of us can manage is some DIY club tropicana vibes and dreams…
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BROKE June 2022.
ALL THE ENERGY at this bands gigs - both mental and physical. It’s all going on. Link to their music if you fancy a listen. *Hint - it’s best blasted LOUD… https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/br%C3%B8ke/1603910797
I’m available for live gigs, band work, album art ideas etc so feel free to get in touch.
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Broke, playing at Voodoo Daddy’s Norwich. June 2022.
Feels Good to be getting back in to photographing music again. I took a break to focus on other areas a few years ago and was due to pick it back up March 2020…and then we all know how that year went, especially that month… safe to say that come back didn’t happen which was a shame as it was a small intermit venue in Norwich which has since closed.
Since the pandemic I’ve been mainly Norwich based but if you’re not playing in Norwich then I’m happy to travel so please get in touch to discuss booking me to document your show.
As well as recording it to show your grandkids just how cool you are, having your gigs photographed also gives you options for content for your social medias and I’m also happy to work with you on other ways you might want to use the images such as posters for promo, merch, tshirts, album art etc.
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Image of the week. London Fashion Week SS20 (2019)
I’m thinking I might dip my toe back in to backstage fashion work at some point in the future but for the moment I am, as always enjoying sharing the work which already exists because like a garment shown at fashion week, the imagery really must last beyond a season. I’m not in to the idea that an image is old and out of date because it was taken a few seasons ago. It exists in the now.
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What a treat to photograph The Molee Shakes at Norwich Arts Centre. Featuring the voice of a gently husky but sweet smokey toned cow girl that is Morwenna Farrell and the bluesy guitar vibes of Lee Dickerson the set was a a lovely thing to behold. I’m still not over how good it is to be back watching and hearing live music again after the lockdowns.
We’re incredibly lucky to have such a strong indie music scene in Norwich but everything is so changeable, venues close, bands just can’t make the music and life work as one… and so it’s REALLY important to support your local music scene as much as you can. Go to a gig if you can, even if you can’t go then hit like and share the event and their music on your socials (I can’t tell you just how much creatives appreciate you sharing our stuff), buy the music, buy the merch etc.
You can hear The Molee Shakes on Spotify (my personal fave which I’m listening to as I type is High Horse) and follow them on Instagram
I’m always open for commissions to photograph music artists, wether its portraits, band shots, album art work, live performances or you want content to share and connect with your audience via social media etc, so get in touch if you think my style of work is what you’re looking for.
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Image of the week is a behind the scenes shot from a commission for Lalita’s Wardrobe, featuring Sid.
As well as photographing the latest collection I also created a series of behind the scenes which I’ll share in a separate journal entry. I always feel having some behind the scenes really adds to an image library, not only are they fun to look back on and share but it also helps document another side to the project/photoshoot.
I’m happy to take commissions to work along side a photoshoot team and be your ‘behind the scenes’ photographer, so if you already have your main photographer booked but would like some extra images/content, get in touch.
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Images of the week. A look back to a super amazing shoot with Lauren to update her portfolio with Crumb Agency. Lauren brought a bag of clothes with her so this is all self styled - I LOVE working this way and it’s something I do a lot.
If you want some new portraits, portfolio updates, promo shots get in touch.
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Louis for Crumb Agency.
I absolutely loved Louis’s style. He’s completely self styled and was a dream to photograph. These were taken to get some updates shots for his portfolio. If you need some updates work or feel there’s something missing from your portfolio which my style of working can help fill for you then get in touch. I’m always happy to chat ideas.
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The Gala Show Graduate Fashion Week (GFW) 2017.
I haven’t been back to GFW since 2019, it’s good to see it continuing post pandemic albeit in a slightly different format for these new times. Maybe I’ll return next year for a look…
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I’m picking these images for the ‘image of the week’ at random most of the time so it’s going to be interesting to look back after a few years and see if any got duplicated, which I’ll take to mean I was repeatedly drawn to certain images.
This portrait of Ramzan Miah was taken in Dec 2019. I love working with movement so much. Lots more commissions involving movement please! I find it endlessly fascinating to see how people shape their bodies and move to a sound or even just a feeling.
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JUBILIQUE, 13A St Augustine’s Street, Norwich
In Norwich there’s a cool quite varied little street called St.Augustine’s. It’s in what’s commonly referred to as ‘the creative quarter’ (unless you are an estate agent - they call it the ‘Silver Triangle’. I don’t know of anyone who calls it that except estate agents…)
On this street is an array of indie businesses including a vintage shop at 13A called Jubilique. Abbi, Jubilique’s owner is going to take a mini break from her physical shop space whilst she has her baby and so when Abbi put the call out to see if anyone would like to temporarily use the space whilst she was away, I jumped at the chance.
If you’ve followed me on instagram for a while you may have seen lots of work I made in a studio space just a few doors up the street. If you saw any of my posts/stories around October last year, you might also have seen that the lease on that building came up and the owners wanted to repurpose it for another use so no more art studios.
So myself and Brian Korteling a painter I was sharing the space with packed up our stuff (there was so much stuff…) and to say farewell we held an open studio, which was a successful event (thanks to everyone that came by) and then the final push of leaving the studio was moving more things like set design pieces including 100’s of metres of fabric and a sofa.
Because I only needed to move the sofa a 6 minute walk up the road I was convinced I could just push it from A to B. This turned out not to be one of my best ideas and although I made it and so did the sofa, it was v touch and go at several moments of that journey…
We have a big problem with lack of creative spaces/studios in Norwich. There’s never enough, a huge building made up of units I would love to have been a tenant off looks set to go if/when that area gets redeveloped. What we need are council run subsidised studios or organisations which can take over a building and let the spaces out to creatives like some other parts of the country have.
But for now I’m back on the same street, different shop, different space but same route in to my ‘studio’ for a little while. It’s temporary and so I’ve really thought about that when I’ve been brainstorming how to use the space.
So I’ve come up with ‘in residence at…’. I’ll be spending the next few months not just making new work in the shop space - so treating it as a petite studio but also getting some work up on the walls and holding some open studio days so once again you can just swing by and see some of my work - some will be work I’ve made before going in to Jubilique, for example I’ve photographed lots of people over the years and it would be nice to show their faces. If you know my work you’ll know I’ve got a lot of backstage fashion imagery which might be nice to show a bit more of, or there’s other projects it might be worth getting printed and out in a physical space.
I’m quite open to sharing WIP so it might be that some days the doors open and what I’ll be putting on walls or video art I’m showing won’t be an end result but a work in progress. It’s all pretty much ‘lets see how it develops.’
I’m hoping that over the next few months I’ll also be joined by some guest creatives and I’m chatting to a someone about collaborating with them and their poetry. My mind is alive with ideas for ways to collaborate other artists.
The shop has a really lovely big window and so even when the studio isn’t open and I’m busy working away inside, I’m aiming to have some kind of work up in the window - so there’s something to see as you pass.
It’s an old shop, it’s quite a raw space and so don’t expect framed work and clinical precision. I like working from more quirky spaces. It will be nice to be back in one and to respond to the room. I want the way work is shown shown there to feel curated DIY style, organic. I want to embrace that I’m passing through, a temporary stay.
In the mean time if you are walking that way you’ll see posters like this with various images I’ve taken and a few words explaining how I’ll be using the space whilst Abbi takes a break.
Ultimately I’m looking forward to have a space to create in again but also being able to use the shop to hopefully create an interesting little project people can swing by and visit.
Jubilique remains online until Abbi returns to the shop. You can visit the Jubilique instagram here
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