Creative Midlands Articles

Creative Midlands Articles


Contemporary Lens Media graduate Dan Medhurst

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 04:37 AM PST

One of our successful CLM graduates from 2005 BA (Hons) Contemporary Lens Media, Dan Medhurst, is currently doing very well in London having recently photographed the Vans campaign and was also stills photographer for the Adidas video featuring tennis player Andy Murray, boxer David Haye and pop musician Example.

Last year Dan returned to Lincoln and visited the course as guest speaker and hopes to visit again in 2012. Dan always had a strong creative flair for fashion photography and a keen interest in extreme sports. He has developed his portfolio and experience to be one of our most successful graduates and we are very proud of him. Dan talks below about both projects.


Vans / Office shoes Campaign - Images running nationally. This week Vans and Office shoes launched their 2011 "Classic Tales" collaboration campaign. Vans have been working with Office on a range of footware that is exclusive to Office and only available in their shops. They are classic Vans styles but have been created in new colour ways and fabrics. I shot the 2010 campaign and was hired again to shoot this years. If you're in London head down to the flagship store on Carnaby street or Westfields to see the shoes and some extravagant visual merchandising involving 12 LCD screens with my shots running on a revolving slideshow. The images will also be on display nationally at larger stores around the UK.


Adidas - Andy Murray, David Haye and Example get to grips with Brazilian street tennis. Under strict secrecy instructions I was invited to photograph tennis champ Andy Murray, heavyweight boxing star David Haye and pop musician Example playing Brazilian road tennis for Adidas in a secret warehouse in Shoreditch. They were all there to try the game for the first time and launch the promotion of the new Adipower Barricade 7.0 trainers.

"Introducing them to the game was current world champion Sylvain "Lama" Barnettone. It was the first time I had heard of or seen Brazilian road tennis and the first time Andy, David and Example had played too. It was all very relaxed in between games but as soon as the competition started the competitive element kicked in and they all had something to prove. Unsurprisingly Andy Murray won it and looked by far the strongest player with lightening quick reactions. Click here for the video that Adidas produced.

You can see more of Dan's work at his website http://www.danmedhurst.com/photography/1/1

Porte Cochere Project, Milton Keynes

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:27 AM PST

Iqbal Aalam posted a photo:

Porte Cochere Project, Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes Gallery arranged a competition for school children to design the painting/decoration for Porte Cocheres on Midsummer Boulevard. Four designs were chosen from 200 entries and these are now in place and challenging the famous 'Bad Van the Raw One' dictum "less is more" and bringing few smiles on Christmas shoppers tired faces.

Porte Cochere Project, Milton Keynes

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:27 AM PST

Iqbal Aalam posted a photo:

Porte Cochere Project, Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes Gallery arranged a competition for school children to design the painting/decoration for Porte Cocheres on Midsummer Boulevard. Four designs were chosen from 200 entries and these are now in place and challenging the dictum "less is more" and bringing few smiles on Christmas shoppers tired faces.
MK Gallery in the background often changes its appearance. The present 'clothing' and the nearest Porte Cochere are a good match. There are also lots of children and adult art and craft activities centred in and around the gallery. The standard of art exhibition within the gallery is remarkably high.

Chosen sees B Card initiative by city council

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 04:19 PM PST

Moseley-based branding agency Chosen has seen its successful B Card local shopping initiative extended by Birmingham City Council.

an_magazine: RT @emiliatelese: good articles this month on @an_magazine about how artists can cope with recession. Sad to hear SCC went bust though. ...

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 04:45 AM PST

an_magazine: RT @emiliatelese: good articles this month on @an_magazine about how artists can cope with recession. Sad to hear SCC went bust though. ...

an_magazine: RT @machidewaard: very excited to be in AN magazine!! RT Subscribers can now read view the Dec/Jan issue of @an_magazine online at: http ...

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:30 AM PST

an_magazine: RT @machidewaard: very excited to be in AN magazine!! RT Subscribers can now read view the Dec/Jan issue of @an_magazine online at: http ...

an_magazine: We'll be tweeting live from the Turner Prize ceremony next Monday! Stay tuned for our coverage, interview with the winner etc #turnerprize

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 03:05 AM PST

an_magazine: We'll be tweeting live from the Turner Prize ceremony next Monday! Stay tuned for our coverage, interview with the winner etc #turnerprize

an_magazine: RT @alicebradshaw: @an_magazine has also arrived. Feat a little mention about the work we're doing on @incidentalknow More info here: ht ...

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 02:30 AM PST

an_magazine: RT @alicebradshaw: @an_magazine has also arrived. Feat a little mention about the work we're doing on @incidentalknow More info here: ht ...

ace_eastmids: RT @ace_national: Arts Council and Creative & Cultural Skills publish guide on internships in the arts http://t.co/TLv9tH5c

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 02:29 AM PST

ace_eastmids: RT @ace_national: Arts Council and Creative & Cultural Skills publish guide on internships in the arts http://t.co/TLv9tH5c

ace_eastmids: RT @ace_national: Deadline for expressions of interest for The Space is next Friday - 9 Dec #thespacearts #digicaparts #artsfunding http ...

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 02:29 AM PST

ace_eastmids: RT @ace_national: Deadline for expressions of interest for The Space is next Friday - 9 Dec #thespacearts #digicaparts #artsfunding http ...

Plans to "re-energise" Northampton Museum and Art Gallery go on display to the public

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST

Wide-ranging improvements designed to turn Northampton's museum into a "big city" venue have gone on show in a project which is expected to be completed in 2012.

In Pictures: Part Two of monumental sculpture show Beyond Limits at Chatsworth

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST

Damien Hirst's winged Pegasus and Marc Quinn's Burning Desire are overseen by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire in the second part of our series fromthe stately house.

In Pictures: Splendour of Chatsworth in Derbyshire hosts top sculptors in Beyond Limits

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST

Damien Hirst, Marc Quinn, Lynn Chadwick and Barry Flanagan are among the stars in a show of monumental sculpture at the stately home. Here's part one of our picture special.

Leicester's German Expressionist art gems resurface at New Walk

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST

A new permanent gallery, Expressionist Spirit: Early 20th Century German Art, reveals a 350-work collection initiated by collectors and artists fleeing Hitler's National Socialist Party.

Tattershall Castle pierces the serentiy of Lincolnshire with its biker friendly artwork

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST

The National Trust is about to unleash Dark Materials, a Gothic, biker friendly sculptural installation at their Grade I-listed property Tattershall Castle.

Sir David Attenborough launches Dinosaur Gallery at Leicester's New Walk Museum

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST

The broadcaster launches a gallery which includes ancient fossils from the Charnwood Forest which has starred in his BBC shows, enormous dinosaurs and meteorites.

Dino podcasts released as New Walk Museum prepares to launch new Dinosaur Gallery

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST

Nine films focusing on the stars of the museum's new Dinosaur Gallery are being released daily in the run up to its opening on September 3.

Snibston Discovery Museum predicts a return to toys like Action Man and Tiny Tears

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST

Experts from Snibston Discovery Museum, the Leicestershire home to a fine collection of toys produced at the Palitoy factory in Coalville, are predicting a return to the toys of yesteryear.

Laughter buttons send titters through gallery as Ha Ha Road opens at the Quad in Derby

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST

A gaggle of the most entertaining artists from across the world descend upon the Quad for new exhibition Ha Ha Road in Derby.

Hijacking Natural Systems and Touch and Trace duet at Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:42 AM PST

Two innovative and original exhibitions in Derby, courtesy of science art on the cells which cause hunger by Jo Berry and works fusing digital and traditional art from Kate Smith.

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