Twenty Years of Brighton Source Magazine exhibition

Posted on 27th Sep 2018 by lomokev

Source Magazine is celebrating it’s 20th birthday with photo exhibition of it’s cover photos, live music photos and some of my street style photos. For 15 years source was Brighton’s local listing magazine but it was so much more than that, lots of Brighton based photographers and writers made it one of the best local mags I’ve ever seen. Sadly Source magazine printed is last paper edition in December 2013 but it continues on the web. From 2010 ’til the last issue I shot street style montage portraits of people on the streets of Brighton on one of my trusted Lomo LCAs.

Street style montage portraits

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Brighton Naked Bike Riders take over the British Airways i360

Posted on 8th Jun 2018 by lomokev

This morning I had one of my stranger shoots. The British Airways i360 had invited some of Brighton’s naked cyclists for a free ride in the pod before morning opening. The cyclists will be taking part in the Brighton Naked Bike Ride on Sunday (10th June). Every year people strip off to take part in the World Naked Bike Ride in different global cities, their nakedness highlights the vulnerability of cyclists on urban roads. The Brighton Naked Bike ride has been taking place since 2006, I photographed it in its inaugural year and you can see my images from the first ride in this Flickr album.

Below is a little selection of naked riders viewing the city they will be riding though on Sunday (click images to view fullscreen). Images below contain full fontal nudity, if that’s not you thing don’t scroll down or click Continue reading.

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Three interviews with Panthalassa, Pleece & Co and Lomography

Posted on 1st Mar 2018 by lomokev

You know what they say interviews can be a bit like buses no one wants to talk for ages then suddenly three Interviewers rock up all at the same time. In the last month I’ve had three interviews published in three different places each focusing on something different.

Three interviews with Kevin Meredith

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Brighton Swimming Club Members In The Snow

Posted on 9th Feb 2018 by lomokev

The last time we got a decent amount of snow in Brighton was 5 years ago in January 2013. This week we got only a pathetic dusting of snow over night that was melted away by mid morning. I always like to get photos of my fellow Brighton Swimming Club members in the snow whether it’s a pathetic amount or not. Usually I like to get shots of members walking across a snowy beach but there was not really enough snow for that. Instead I used the snowy beach as a back drop for some portraits, I shot them after they came out of the water. I shot some of these after my swim while still in my trunks on the beach and I still managed to hold the camera steady! You can see how much more snow there was in 2013 on my blog and see a selection of my snowy swimming photos from over the years in my portfolio.

Sarah - Brighton Swimming Club member in the snow

Sarah

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I will be give a short talk about shooting the construction of the i360 at ‘Modern Brighton & Hove’

Posted on 10th Nov 2017 by lomokev

On the Wednesday 29th of November I will be giving a short talk about my work documenting the construction of the British Airways i360 at ‘Modern Brighton & Hove’. I will be joined by fellow photographer Rob Orchard who will be talking about his project were he  photographing every single pub in Brighton and Hove. In all there will be four short talks which will be followed by a panel discussion Kate Cheyne (University of Brighton), Claire Potter and Architectural Photographer Jim Stephenson (founder of MiniClick).

Construction of the British Airways i360 taken July 2015

The event takes place on Wednesday the 29th of November at 6pm at:
PLATF9RM
Hove Town Hall
Tisbury Road
Hove
BN3 3BQ

The event is free to attend simply register here.

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Photos from Lady Diana’s Funeral 1997

Posted on 6th Sep 2017 by lomokev

Twenty years ago today in September 1997 I went to London with my mother to Lady Diana’s Funeral (obviously we did not go the ceremony at Westminster Abbey). Instead of jostling for a position on the funeral cortège’s route, we decided to head to Hyde Park where big screens had been erected to show the funeral service.

Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales

Crowd in Hyde Park for Lady Diana’s funeral. I’m assuming the lady on the right and guy in all denim are mother and son.

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Martin Parr’s Beach Therapy at the Rocket Gallery

Posted on 17th Jun 2017 by lomokev

This week I went to the opening of Martin Parr’s new exhibition ‘Beach Therapy’ which show cases Parr’s latest work documenting the beaches of the UK, Italy, Spain and Argentina. In the past three years he has been utilising a telephoto lens to shoot subjects from a distance, this is quite a departure form his usually way working. The use of a telephoto lens flattens the perspective and creates playful juxtapositions with blurred subjects in the foreground to create something quite different from his previous work.

Martin Parr GB England Kent Isle of Thanet Broadstairs 2014

England Kent Isle of Thanet Broadstairs 2014.© Martin Parr / Rocket Gallery

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‘British Airways i360: How it was Built’ exhibition

Posted on 5th May 2017 by lomokev

An exhibition charting the construction of the British Airways i360 has opened at the British Airways i360. The British Airways i360 is the tallest, most slender moving observation tower in the world and was designed and built by the team responsible for the London Eye. Along with Photographer Gary Eastwood, I documented the construction of the i360 from June 2014 until it was completed in August 2016.

British Airways i360 spherical panorama by Kevin Meredith

360 spherical panorama of the i360 taken from Brighton beach during a low tide. This image is on display as a 2 meter square print, definitely worth checking out in the flesh even if I do say so myself!

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