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Brighter Sound – Young Musicians Week

Last week I had the pleasure of working with Brighter Sound, an organisation that produces creative music projects and events in Manchester. The project was ‘Young Musicians Week’, an opportunity for young people to work with some amazing musicians and artists including Richard Jupp (Elbow), Natalie McCool, Jenna G, InnaVoice and Burgaboy. You can see some of my favourite shots from the week below.

Brighter Sound also organised the Beth Orton residency last year (also featuring Natalie McCool) which culminated in a beautiful group performance at the end of a week of collaboration and songwriting – you can see my photos of their one-night-only gig here.

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MMC Weekender 2016

I headed on down to Rebellion on Saturday night to shoot my friend’s band, Barbarian Hermit, who were playing a set as part of the Manchester Metal Collective Weekender. It was such a bonkers night and awesome fun. Here are some of my favourite shots from the night.

You can see more of my gig and music photography here and if you’d like to hire me to shoot your gig or event please just get in touch. Prints are also available to purchase on request.

Edit: Due to popular demand I’ve added some more images – enjoy!

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The Travelling Band, Supported by Walk, Chorlton Arts Festival

Images from The Travelling Band’s gig at Chorlton Arts Festival, with support from Walk.

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O’Hooley & Tidow, Chorlton Arts Festival

Images of folk duo O’Hooley & Tidow’s performance at St Ninians last night, as part of Chorlton Arts Festival 2015.

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Always watching…

There was a beautiful half moon over Manchester last night and I was inspired to have a bit of fun in photoshop…

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Always watching…

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Chorlton Arts Festival 2014

I’ve been photographing Chorlton Arts Festival for a number of years now and it’s always a blast. This year saw a great range of music, theatre, comedy and spoken word events, plus exhibitions and workshops across the M21 postcode. My personal highlight was the Blues & Gospel Tram, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of Muddy Waters, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and others playing an incredible live show at Chorlton Train Station in 1964.

This year I had the pleasure of shooting Rachael Dadd, John Smith, Bells in the Birches and Paper Aeroplanes, as well as the wonderful Blues & Gospel Tram. Here are a small selection of my favourite shots.

(You can see the full galleries for each of these events by following these links:  Rachael Dadd & John Smith, Bell in the Birches & Paper Aeroplanes, Blues & Gospel Tram)

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Quantic @ Band on The Wall, 9th May 2014

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You can view a larger version of this gallery here

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Yellowman & Dillinger @ Band on the wall, 8th March 2014

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You can also view full-screen versions of these images here

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Bonobo @ The Albert Hall, Manchester, 28th February 2014

As promised, here are my images from Bonobo’s epic gig at Manchester’s Albert Hall. The blog gallery is a little on the small side so if you’d like to view larger versions of the photos you can do so here.

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Bonobo: A Sneak Peek

Last night I shot Bonobo at the Albert Hall in Manchester. It was an incredible gig – beautiful venue, amazing music, fantastic atmosphere and a truly lovely crowd. I’ve never had so many friendly gig-goers ask me where they’d be able to see my images before so, whilst I’m still editing the bulk of them, here are a couple to whet your appetites…

 

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