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2015 Look Back

WOW well what a year – my haven’t touched the ground!! Here are some of the hi-lites.

GLORY-xmas-cheers

The GLORY has been open just over a year now and so much has happened there – love my role as one of their in-house photographers!

GLORY-lipsynch-1 

  GLORY-last-summer

GLORY-mr-glory--pool

GLORY-man-up

GLORY-pussy-faggot-rachel

GLORY-mr-glory-promo

GLORY-.lipsynch-ted

GLORY-mr-glory--winner  GLORY-xmas--jacqui

GLORY-mr-glory-1  GLORY-pussy-faggot-bm

here’s a video I made for their New-York collaboration ‘Pussy Faggot’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw17lAi7TCQ

   GLORY-xmas--sizzle

GLORY-last-summer-promo

Working on characters with Jonny woo is literally a scream!

jonny-halloween-myrtle  jonny-halloween

I have developed new relationships with performers such as Jacqui Potato

jacqui-goth

jacqui-water

jacqi-grain3

jacqui--lolita

jacqui--colour-block

and photographed her maker; Julien smith’s fashion collection

julian-bm-fashion

jacqui--yellow  jacqui--pink

julien-bm-fashion-long

I spent a glorious week on residency with Scottee in Margate over the summer working on his project Luck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbq73pSzDws

scottee-margate-pier  Scottee-margate-coat

Scottee-margate-interview  Scottee-margate-amy

we stayed at Amy Redmond’s (co-founder of sink the pink) wonderful new space Margate Arts Club

https://www.facebook.com/Margate-Arts-Club-345023989002926/

Amy's-margate-7-15

I have continued to work closely with David Hoyle and his team documenting his London shows and developing work for an upcoming book

future-perfect-s

 DH-beauty

DH-abra-1  DH-abra-bum

DH-abra-sing  DH-future-2

DH-abra-fragile  DH-bgwmc

DH-future-blue

DH-future-stage  DH-wholly-2

DH-abra-smoke

dh-wholly    DH-utopia

and of course Scottee and the gang travelling around the country as he takes over the universe!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBvVFP9iyzrxPEwEN6JN1e7YjdOORl9im

CAMP-bestival-gang

CAMP-xmas-scottee-lift

CAMP-bestival-sal    CAMP-bestival-ginger

                CAMP-bestival--theo  CAMP-bestival--jonny-bum  CAMP-bestival--titus

CAMP-bestival--jonny  CAMP-bestival--barbara

CAMP-xmas-scottee-pink

CAMP-xmas-scottee-hand  CAMP-xmas-jess

CAMP-xmas-jayde-adele

CAMP-xmas-gang

I did the promo and docu for Duckie’s blockbuster Border Force

DUCKIE-border-force-promo

DUCKIE-border-force-queen

DUCKIE-border-force-wives

DUCKIE-border-force-india  DUCKIE-border-force-borders

DUCKIE-border-force-vijay DUCKIE-border-force-swan

and ended the year with one of their wonderful community projects ‘Hackney Honky Tonk’

duckie-hack-honk-1  duckie-hack-honk-4

duckie-hack-honk-3  duckie-hack-honk-2

I’ve been working with Bird la Bird a lot too this year on some videos for the V and A digging up hidden or erased queer histories in its collection… (video link coming)

BIRD-v and A

Studio SHOWOFF is my latest pop up – a drop in photo studio

SHOWOFF s

D.A.R.C. (documentary action research collective) is an exciting new group I am part of, we received arts council funding to develop a website and pilot the initiative and are due to officially launch early 2016. Part of the pilot was a collaboration with Spill festival doing some of their promo images. Here’s a link to our website http://www.darc.media

IMG_6616  IMG_6259-crop

and finally I finished a project!! TRANSformations will be exhibited early this March…

SCOTTEE-297-SECS

THANKS FOR STAYING WITH ME!!

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