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As I have never considered myself a professional photographer in any capacity the past two weeks have really got me questioning two things 1) have I been using my practice professionally 2) where do I want to take my practice. The later question is quite a difficult one to answer as when I applied to study my masters I thought I knew what I wanted achieve after, that was to go into education and teaching. As I’ve progressed through the masters and have challenged myself and my practice it becomes more evident that, yes I’d still like to teach, but I also want to exhibit and sell my work.

To date my photography has been a passion that I have been lucky enough to incorporate into my career, managing museums and gained a few commissions. There have been three key areas for me:

Curatorial:

• I created and curated the Architectural Photographer of the Year (APY) competition and exhibitions for the past two years.
• I curated a show for Clive Arrowsmith – Peter Gabriel Reflections. This was the largest scale exhibition for myself and the organisation I work for both in terms of prestige but also budget. It was real eye opener for me to work on something like this managing the exhibition budget and expectations of an internationally know photographer wasn’t always an easy task to say the least… https://hyperallergic.com/480967/peter-gabriel-reflections-the-museum-of-bath-architecture-clive-arrowsmith/

Commissions:

• Child Portrait shoots. I was approached to do these shoots by the parents at my sons school who where all unhappy with the images taken on the school portrait. There’s a good reason they say never work with children and animals…
• Album launch shoot for two musicians. I had free reign with what we did but this was early on in my practice so a bit of a missed opportunity as I really hadn’t put in enough research or planned the shoot well.
• World heritage street signs was as dull a commission as it sounded but my images were used at a number of national and international events.

Educator:

• Alongside the APY and Arrowsmith exhibitions I was able to utilise my skills and knowledge in running photography workshops for visitors and schools.
• I have also given talks on a number of photography related subjects to camera clubs and civic societies. The most popular is my talk ‘The history and uses of Architectural photography’.

Reference

Keane, T. (2019) Hyperallergic: British Rock Meets Modernism. [Online] Available from: https://hyperallergic.com/480967/peter-gabriel-reflections-the-museum-of-bath-architecture-clive-arrowsmith/ [Accessed 17/10/2020]