TalkSeePhotography Vision & Music

The last TalkSeePhotography before the summer will see Colin Gray and Jannica Honey speaking about their collaborations with musicians. Music and Photography have a long standing relationship. From Blue Note to Bowie to Kendrick Lamar the meeting of the two form a zeitgeist for cultural production. In expertly shot Jazz portraits Gordon Parks, Novelist Ralph Ellison and Roy DeCarava visually manifested African American contributions to American culture. Robert Frank’s beatnik works which led to an album cover for the Rolling Stones, and a never released film, was dovetailed by the punk scene where Annie Leibovitz immortalised female icon Patty Smith. The transmissions between the scenes are rapid, fertile and interchangeable. Visually savvy artists like Beyonce sample art history and contemporary art, not the least photography for her video material, and working within the music scene is possibly one of the most attractive commissions a photographer can get. Please come and contribute to a foray into working with the visual scene in music.

About the speakers: Jannica Honey, has extensive experience shooting a wide range of subjects in arts, fashion, travel, food and interiors. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, the LA Times, Aftenposten, Svenska Dagbladet, The Scotsman, Vogue, Dazed & Confused, Tank, and Gaffa, Colin Gray is a photographer/artist/film maker based in Glasgow. Mostly known for his personal work which he made in collaboration with his parents, Colin will share the less known side of his practice with music photography. Nina Bacos will make an introduction to the theme.