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Pee Wee Ellis FUNK: Foundation, Brighter Sound’s Artistic Director Series #009

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of photographing the legendary saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis as part of Brighter Sound’s 9th Artistic Director Series, FUNK: Foundation. Pew Wee was a major part of James Brown’s band in the 1960s and co-wrote several of the Godfather of Soul’s greatest hits. Alongside the supremely talented trumpeter Gary Winters, Pee Wee worked with a group of 15 young musicians over the course of 4 days to create a roof-raising funk-tastic one-off performance at Band on the Wall.

I’ve collated a selection of my favourite images from the residency in the gallery below for you to enjoy. Stay funky people!

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Eska: Are You Here – Cinemagraphs

Alongside my usual documentary-style photography of the ‘Eska: Are You Here‘ Artistic Director residency from Brighter Sound, I also took some footage to create the following cinemagraphs (featuring the hugely talented Tal Janes, Tomas Pocinho, Marcus Joseph and Joy Ellis).

Cinemagraph of a guitar player, guitarist, Tal Janes, at Brighter Sound Eska: Are You Here, Artistic Director Series, Band on The Wall, Manchester, Rachel Bywater Photography Cinemagraph of a saxophone player, saxophonist, Marcus Joseph, at Brighter Sound Eska: Are You Here, Artistic Director Series, Band on The Wall, Manchester, Rachel Bywater Photography cinemagraph key board player, Joy Ellis, Brighter Sound, band on The Wall, Manchester, Rachel Bywater Photography

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My Favourite Images of 2016

I’ve put together a collection of my favourite images from 2016, and what a year it was! I got to photograph Grammy award winners, Premiership footballers and Mercury prize nominees; I shot events  in museums, laboratories, tv studios, hidden gardens and amongst giant smoke machines; I travelled half way round the world and saw incredible cultural and natural wonders; and I got to meet and work with some truly inspirational people along the way.

I’ve chosen each of the images in the collection below for different reasons.  Some because they captured a unique moment, some because they are successful in terms of technique or composition, and  some because they transport me back to a special time and place in my life from the past 12 months.

I hope you enjoy looking through these images as much as I enjoyed taking them.

Thanks so much for all your support in 2016. Wishing  you all a happy new year and a fabulous 2017!

Rachel x

 

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My Music, My Manchester

My Music, My Manchester was an ambitious project from a collaboration of partners including My Hub, Brighter Sound and Manchester Camerata, to produce am intensive week long creative residency for a diverse group of young musicians and artists, led by singer, songwriter and activist Meklit , culminating in a very special one off performance at the BBC Philharmonic studio at Media City. You can see some of my favourite images from the workshops at Band on the Wall and the incredible final performance in the gallery below.

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Imogen Heap Residency with Brighter Sound

Earlier  this month I had the pleasure of working with Brighter Sound again, this time documenting their latest Artistic Director residency, with singer and composer Imogen Heap. Under Imogen’s guidance, in just 5 days a group of 10 talented young musicians, who had never met before, managed to write, produce and release a song, film and edit a music video, create the single cover art, produce an exhibition and put on a live show at Manchester’s Band on The Wall. It was an incredible achievement and a real privilege top document. They named their band Frink Frink and their song, Marble, is now available to purchase on itunes and all good online music stores.

You can see a selection of my favourite images from the residency below.

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Moovin Festival 2016

Last weekend was Moovin 2016, a little music festival tucked away on a farm at the end of small country park in Stockport. It was an amazing, if occasionally soggy weekend, featuring performances from Congo Natty, Beardyman, Finlay Quaye, Channel One Soundsystem, Honeyfeet, Extra Love, Dust Junkys, Riot Jazz and Mr Wilson’s Second liners, to name but a few…

You can see my favourite images from the weekend in the gallery below.

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Science in The City Late – Anna Meredith’s residency with Brighter Sound

Commissioned by Brighter Sound, Anna Meredith’s four-day residency with a group of young female musicians, visual artists and sound engineers, culminated in a special, one-off performance at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry as part of Science in the City Late. The music and art they created was inspired by graphene and the incredible Wonder Materials exhibition. The exhibition was open all evening alongside a range of weird and wonderful exhibits and stalls including opportunities to try 3d-printed chocolate and insect sushi.

You can see a selection of my favourite images from the night below.

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Anna Meredith’s residency with Brighter Sound

I’ve recently been working with Brighter Sound and MOSI to document their collaboration for the Science in The City Festival – A 4 day Artistic residency with composer Anna Meredith and a group of 16-25 year old female artists and musicians to create a special one off performance in conjunction with the opening of ‘Wonder Materials: Graphene and beyond‘ at MOSI.

You can see a selection of my favourite images from the residency below. The special, one-off performance at MOSI is this evening – you can find more information here

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Velvet Badger 2016

Last weekend was the 2016 Velvet Badger Festival. You can see my photos of the slightly soggy, but still entirely marvellous, weekend below.

If you’d like to feast your eyes on the wonderment that was the first Velvet Badger, you can do so here.

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Test Card Live, BBC Music Day

On Friday I had the pleasure of working with the ever-excellent Brighter Sound again, photographing Test Card Live – a showcase of audiovisual performances as part of BBC Music Day. The event started with a workshop in analogue electronics and graphical sound from Noise Orchestra, followed by performances from some hugely talented artists including Benjamen Finney and Michael-Jon Mizra, both Brighter sound commissions. You can see some of my favourite images from the night below.

 

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