My Exhibitions

‘Girl with the butterfly eyes’ The editors at Lensculture portraits awards 2024 selected one of my street portraits to feature in their online gallery. @ lensculture.com/awards January, 2024.

'More then a River' 1 & 2, two of my Cityscapes in the Summer Salon @ the Islington Arts Factory, London. 21^st June to 12^th July, 2019.

'Street Portraits' A varied collection of interesting characters I have come across during my travels, taken over a few years in Hull, Leeds, London and N.Y. City @ my pop up gallery in Hull City Centre. July & August 2018.

'Lower Manhattan' N.Y. Cityscape @ the Ferens Art Gallery Open Exhibition, Hull. 17 February to 22 April 2018.

‘River Hull’ b/w print @ The Ferens Art Gallery Open Exhibition. 21 January 2017 to 12 March 2017. (Hull U.K. City of Culture 2017)

'Street Life' Capturing moments, a collection of my street photography taken over the past few years in London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Bradford, Scarborough, Leeds and my home City of Hull. @ The Islington Arts Factory, London. 6th - 27th May, 2016.

‘Spurn Point’ a series of landscapes/seascapes taken on Spurn Point, an area of natural beauty on the East Yorkshire Coast. @ Artlink, Hull. Jan, 2014.

'Leeds Canal' Cityscape. Northern Arts Uncovered, a collaborative show @ Gallery Munro House, Leeds. 21 April, 2012.

'Leeds Cityscape' @ Leeds City Art Gallery Open Exhibition 2005.

'Various Landscapes' @ the Eich Gallery, George Street, Hull. Part of the University of Lincoln. (Now the site of Trinity House Academy) 2003.

‘Poetry through the Lens’ this was a collaborative show with a writer friend of mine Brian Iles, I put together my visual interpretations of his poetry, a series of b/w images done on medium format film @ The Waterways Museum, Goole. 22 March-30 May, 2003. Also shown at Hull Central Library & the Plowright Theatre in Scunthorpe.

‘Coast to Coast’ various landscapes/cityscapes of New York City & San Francisco @ Room 58, Exhibition Barge, Hull Marina. 4 June-18 July, 2002.

‘Images of the Humber’ some of my early works, a series of b/w images taken along the Humber Estuary @ Sewerby Hall near Bridlington. Nov-Dec, 98. Also shown at the Waterways museum in Goole, and some other venues arranged via Artlink, Hull.

 

 

Short bio, introduction.

As an experienced photographer I use it to express my artistic vision. I sometimes indulge in City/landscapes. But my real passion is street photography/social documentary. I exhibit my work in both solo and collaborative shows. My last exhibition (pre lockdowns) was a collection of my Street Portraits @ my pop up gallery in Hull City Centre, where it was well received, lots of great comments... "I’ve enjoyed looking at your photos more then a lot of art I’ve seen" With street portraits I'm often drawn to people living on the edges of society, eccentric characters etc and I enjoy engaging with them in the process. I have some new projects in the pipeline, depending on funding. 

For me street photography is almost a form of meditation, while walking and exploring I get lost in my own world and thoughts. I photograph anything that inspires me at the time, be it a street shot, a portrait or a Cityscape. I don't like to over contextualize my work, it is what it is and I prefer the viewer brings their own experiences and interpretations, we all see differently. There is in my opinion an overuse of contextual concern in visual Art, I appreciate its often important to the subject but I believe any image or artwork should grab the viewer’s attention on many levels, without having to read endless and often pretentious contextual blurb in order to get it. "Art is not about something, art is something" - Sarah Bernhardt. 

I have been inspired by all the greats of photography, such as Henrie C Bresson, I like the surrealism influence in Bressons work, Robert Capa, Eve Arnold, Weegee, Ansel Adams, Sebastio Salgado, and Don McCullin to name a few.  

I use Instagram as an online gallery, all my new work can be seen there... @ Streetshootertim

 Contact info:

I am based in Hull, East Yorkshire, UK

Email: timev@gmx.com    Phone: UK 07434317998

Street Portrait

One of my recent street Portraits, a colourful girl in China town, London. Late September, 2020. I vary my tactics with street photography, sometimes I engage with people, sometimes I just grab the shot and carry on walking. Obviously with street portraits one has to have some kind of conversation with the subject. I find most people are happy to pose. I used a bit of flash for this one as it was getting dark, and it helped to bring out the colours more. Taken with a Canon 40D and a 24mm f2.8 prime lens, on the crop sensor of the 40D its approx 38/40mm focal length in 35mm film terms, which I like for street work. Though I use various lenses, inbetween 24mm to 80mm range, I dont have much use for long lenses and rarely go beyond 80mm