compoundeye

I’m a self-taught amateur photographer with a strong desire to turn professional before too long. Originally from East Anglia, I’ve come to Lincolnshire via London and Tokyo and don’t want to leave again anytime soon.

My main influences come from the kind of dilapidated places I had free reign to explore as a child of the 70’s in rural Essex, the surreal architectural images that regularly punctuate my dreams, and a love of graphic lighting and strong scenic composition in films.

I’m conscious of wanting to represent subjects in a way they’re not usually seen. Often I find myself in the kind of places few people even know exist, or closing in on an object to the point where it is no longer an identifiable ‘thing’ but an abstract pattern instead.

My current works are based around the actual / photographic exploration of how light and shadows define the often derelict spaces they occupy… creating unique, often momentary, ambience which can either reveal or indeed reinterpret the nature of a place. Maybe through photography I can create my own ‘Imaginary Cinematic Landscape’…

I hope you will like my work and get in touch, or find a place in your home for one of my images…

EXHIBITIONS -

2008 – Spout Yard Art Gallery, Louth Lincolnshire – 4th July to 11th July

PUBLICATIONS -

2007 – The Hedonist’s Guide to Life
2008 – Mock The Flock [issue 1]
2008 – The Colorado Review – Fall 2008, Vol.35, no.3 [Front & Back Cover]
2008 – Mock The Flock [issue 3]
2008 – The Louth Leader [5th November issue]
2008 – Mock the Flock 2009 Calendar – ‘November’.
2009 – The Colorado Review – Spring 2009, Vol.36, no.1 [Front & Back Cover]
2009 – Crazy for Kanji
2009 – Practical Photography [Sept issue] – Dereliction photography feature, interview and full page written safety & dos/don’ts article.
2009 – The Colorado Review – Fall 2009, Vol.36, no.3 [Front & Back Cover]
2010 – Business First Magazine – Q1, Chronicle of a death foretold [title image]

OTHER MEDIA -

2007 – Everlea / Everlea CD [cover & inlay]
2009 – Jigsaw Counselling [trauma/assault/rape counselling & training packs/publicity]
2009 – Becky Brogan – The Mystery of Meane Manor [murder mystery computer game]

You will also find a gallery of my work here compound eye at Flickr.com

If you see like something there that I’ve created, and it’s not for sale on RedBubble, then drop me a line and I’ll see what I can do…

NEW FOR 2009***, my first ‘coffee table’ book ‘IN A LANDSCAPE’ 130 pages 117 colour plates, available here -

In a Landscape – a photography book by Paul Osborne