Philip entered an international competition with an image of the Mucem in Marseille, viewed across the dockside on his iPhone. He WON the mobile category and was featured in the ‘coffee table’ book. The competition was sponsored and organised by CBRE, the international property consultancy. Extracts from the book are shown below along with a 70x70cm print on aluminium hung at his home.
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In 2022 Philip joined a large group of RPS photographers and contributed images to a new book entitled Peri-Urban. Sample pages below. Philip looked at the impact of the M5 motorway on the environment.
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In July 2022 Philip was lucky enough to attend the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in his home city, Birmingham, UK. He captured this image of the Brum Bull surrounded by hundreds of athletes and flags at dusk. This has been Philip’s most popular (unlimited) image and has sold dozens already across the UK.
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In 2022 Philip entered two images from his series The Pause Project into the West Midlands Open at New Art Gallery Walsall. He was selected to show both pieces. The link to the catalogue is here. The images show the hollowness of a space that was once busy with punters in a lively pub, but no more. The traces of life are seen in the seats; you decide as the viewer.
In February 2023 Philip’s image, above, was selected for the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists’ gallery exhibition. The RBSA Photography Prize Exhibition is hosted biennially to celebrate photographic art. Now in its fifth year since launching in 2015, the Photography Prize invites entries from all artists creating work using photographic processes.
Featuring 100 works from over 70 artists, this exhibition showcases the best of contemporary photography with the inclusion of both established and emerging photographers. A wide range of styles, techniques and practices are on display, such as modern DSLR, medium format film, 35mm film, collage, cyanotypes and more.
Can’t See The Wood For The Trees - series 2023
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It was a pleasure to work with a client who chose to buy a series of images. We liaised over the choices and locations of six images in the main living spaces of the home. I then organised printing onto aluminium and hung them all in the precise positions agreed.
One very happy client who had enjoyed the full curating service.
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In early 2023 Philip was elected to the Birmingham Art Circle, based at the RBSA in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, the Circle was established in 1879 and describes itself thus;
”The Birmingham Art Circle has an elected membership covering all disciplines: painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and mixed media and represents some of the best artists in the Midlands.The objective of the Birmingham Art Circle is to bring together artists of all disciplines to share ideas and constructively discuss their art. It encourages professional development and provides an opportunity for members to exhibit their work”.
The Member’s exhibition was held between 31st October and 11th November 2023.
At the judging of the exhibition, Philip’s image was selected to be Highly Commended - see him in front of the image at the gallery below.
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In November 2023 Philip created and produced an Open Call to photographers in the Birmingham region to submit up to 6 images to the Prism Photo Network presentation that was held at Digbeth First Friday, courtesy of Centrala Space. The YouTube video is here. In total there were 26 submissions.
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Philip has continued his casting experiments. This image, below, shows 6 translucent images (printed onto tracing paper) as part of his series ‘cantseethewoodforthetrees’ cast into resin then photographed with a back light.
