From The Shadows

Well it feels like forever since I last posted, a mix of taking some time out, university work getting heavy for a while and some success which seem to be gaining a momentum all of its own. But first I think I'll show you the images from the very first shoot of a new project.


From The Shadows (working title)


I started on this last week, I seem to have been doing everything over the last 6 months to do with photography but had very little time to actually start a new project... anyway I'm setting that right.


The premiss of this body of work is to depict the discovery of something new in or about someone we thought we knew. I think we fall into an idea of what someone is and then are amazed when we find something out about them that we just never thought possible or even conceived of...

My children very kindly volunteered for this shoot, I plan on taking it out of the studio and moving into locations and using flash heads to create a similar effect with a good mix of different models. While the effect is still a little rough it gives me a really good starting point although to be honest I can pretty much guarantee that the final images will be very different... but I'll keep you informed and up to date with more regular posts.

Successes:

Wow the last 6 months in particular this month has been mental. Following on from my publication in Eyemazing magazine Winter Edition 2011, I was quickly picked up by PH Magazine and F-Stop Magazine (I'll give links in a bit). I then found out one of my images was selected for exhibition in Sample 12 by the Print Space in London (still running if you want to see it), quickly followed up by an exhibition in Liverpool at the WCS called 'Fixation' in which I have two bodies of work (again still running). I've also had a number of blogs publish me and my work... To be honest I have been completely overwhelmed by my success and I am so grateful, I love being a photographer/artist.

Anyway, check out the articles etc:

Minute by Minute:

http://www.eyemazing.com/

Faces:

http://www.phmag.ca/

Altered Realities:

http://www.fstopmagazine.com/groupexhibition.html

I'm also represented by Eyemazing Editions:

http://www.eyemazingeditions.com/photographers/casey-carlin/106/1

Don't forget you can see my portfolio and projects at:

http://www.eyemazing.com/

Working Title

A few weeks ago now, I did a shoot for a collaborative of artists who go by the name 'Working Title'.  They were in Runcorn Old Town producing an interactive piece of work using an abandoned garage. The idea was to allow the public the control a remote control vehicle with a camera and mic attached, when pointed at the actors (each of whom was an historic figure from Runcorn's past) they would perform.

You can see more about this here:

http://workingtitleuk.ning.com/

Or at their blog:

http://workingtitleartistscollectivecrea.blogspot.com/

But rather than show you the shots of the actors I made good use of having access to an abandoned garage... here's some of my favourite shots:

Whispers

Sometimes there is a beauty to be found in the young and old, a life that I don't remember or am yet to experience...

Exhibition!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well tomorrow is the last day of the exhibition, that would be Saturday 18th June. It's been such a good experience, an amazing diversity of images and a pleasure to have exhibited and studied with my fellow students!

The opening night was awesome, a complete blur that went by in the blink of an eye. But what a night!

So what now.... I am left feeling at a loss. Time to move on to another project me thinks....

BUT, if you couldn't make the exhibition, here's all 17 images (on my website!):

http://www.caseycarlin.co.uk/gallery_428192.html

Enjoy!

End Of An Era

Well I finished my journal for 'Minute by Minute', everything is ready for the end of year exhibition...

While I'm happy that another project has been completed, one that I am truly happy with, this one is twinge with a bit of sadness as well. Its my final project for my degree, and signals the end of an era....

But when one thing ends, another begins!

Chuffed!!!

I'm over the moon, my image has been chosen by CUBE for their press releases and website to represent my years exhibition...

It was decided blind, they didn't know who's picture was who's...

You can see the image at the website: http://www.cube.org.uk/exhibitiondetails/bloom/54

This is what it looks like:

To Stop.... And Face Up To The Music

This last project has been hard, both mentally and emotionally. Its drained me but maybe not so much in a bad way... BUT I had hit a wall, the kind that life throws at you that seems insurmountable, only to be given a reprieve at the last minute (thanks AJ and Marc).

I felt that perhaps I was stuttering, rehashing the same thing in different ways... no one wants to see the shit rehashed, the last thing I want to do is bore people. Anyway, AJ and Marc gave some advice... each in there own way, but it basically came down to the same message... I am avoiding the real issue by skirting around the edges!


I make no bones that I have issues, this project has become one of facing up to myself, stripping off all the crap, so there's nothing to hide behind.... so thats what I did.... strip.

It was just me and the camera. This is some of what I created, it may or may not be used:

Each means something to me, I feel a bit shaken by the impact of the effect it has had upon mw... but they are personal things I will talk about another time... or not.