Photographer Simon Murphy will give a talk on his work as part of the ‘Urban Potentials’ exhibition currently on at the RGI Kelly Gallery.
Simon Murphy is a Glasgow based portrait and editorial photographer. Simon’s career has enabled him to travel extensively shooting human interest stories in countries such as Bangladesh, The Democratic republic of Congo, Rwanda and Cambodia. His portraiture subjects range from individuals such as the Dalai Lama to musicians and actors including Noel Gallagher, Bobby Gillespie and John Hurt.
Simon’s RGI talk will focus on images from his project “Govanhill”, some of which are being displayed in the “Urban Potentials” exhibition. He will discuss his practice of approaching strangers in the street and producing portraits than form a documentation of the community.
The portraits have arisen through a close connection the photographer has to the place and the people he strikes up a conversation with – the photographic portrait in this sense is a collaboration and it is based on communication. The project as a whole underlines the vibrancy as well as the diversity of the area, and is a body of work which is becoming an ongoing chronicle of change in the area.
This event is FREE. Booking first come, first served. Masks are mandatory in the gallery space.
Talk: Photographer Simon Murphy | Saturday 30th October
Date: Saturday 30th October
Time: 2-3pm (SOLD OUT) & 3:30-4:30pm
Location: RGI Kelly Gallery, 118 Douglas Street G2 4ET.
Tickets here
Photographer Simon Murphy will give a talk on his work as part of the ‘Urban Potentials’ exhibition currently on at the RGI Kelly Gallery.
Simon Murphy is a Glasgow based portrait and editorial photographer. Simon’s career has enabled him to travel extensively shooting human interest stories in countries such as Bangladesh, The Democratic republic of Congo, Rwanda and Cambodia. His portraiture subjects range from individuals such as the Dalai Lama to musicians and actors including Noel Gallagher, Bobby Gillespie and John Hurt.
Simon’s RGI talk will focus on images from his project “Govanhill”, some of which are being displayed in the “Urban Potentials” exhibition. He will discuss his practice of approaching strangers in the street and producing portraits than form a documentation of the community.
The portraits have arisen through a close connection the photographer has to the place and the people he strikes up a conversation with – the photographic portrait in this sense is a collaboration and it is based on communication. The project as a whole underlines the vibrancy as well as the diversity of the area, and is a body of work which is becoming an ongoing chronicle of change in the area.
This event is FREE. Booking first come, first served. Masks are mandatory in the gallery space.
Tickets are available here.