Keepin' It Rhyl by Mark McNulty

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    These photographs were originally shot for Plastic Rhino magazine and it's 'Keepin' It Rhyl' issue which was a guided walking tour of North Wales' finest resort. The issue of the magazine was originally to be called Twin Towns and was going to be split between Berlin and Rhyl. However, somebody (Tony Crean) came up with the title 'Keepin' It Rhyl' and not being able to decide something as good as that for Berlin, we decided to run with Rhyl throughout the whole magazine. Since then I've been back at different times to photograph the crazy golf course for my 'Rocketships & Windmills' book and to use the place as a backdrop on fashion and bands shoots. The latest news is that Rhyl's notorious West End is due to be regenerated so I'm about to start going back to continue with these photographs and maybe even produce a book at some point in the future. Thanks Mark McNulty

Exhibitions

September 14, 2007

700

Got to apologise but I still haven't been able to get the last
photographers work into the eighthundred gallery due to
various technical complications etc. It will be up soon!

September 05, 2007

Lucky for some.

This is a photograph of Colin Lowe and it was taken by Mark McNulty as part of the Eighthundred project. The location was Brunswick Place, off the dock road in Bootle.

Colin was my 12th subject of the day and the photograph was taken at 9.30am. Whilst a lot of the day was cloudy and overcast, early morning and evening had great sunshine so there was a great enthusiasm to get as much as possible at these times. The odd thing about this photograph is that Colin was just visiting and the colours of his jacket are a complete coincidence.

Mechanic

September 03, 2007

A word for our sponsors

Thank you to our main sponsors who are Paul Rooney Partnership, Merseyside ACME and Paul O'Hare Interiors because without them we would not have been able to build this whole project. I'd also like to thank Black & Ginger who did all of the design work , Albert Dock who gave us the space for the 2 weeks and the Culture Company for helping us promote the event.

Dock

September 02, 2007

Liverpool Stories

As well as the slight stress of taking a hundred photographs in a single day, some of us were also followed by Tim from Liverpool Stories who has produced this great little video of the project.  And once you've had a look go check some of his other great features out at Liverpool Stories.

September 01, 2007

752

Here's a quick shot taken the other day of the exhibition being put together. I've just been down to the visit the site and there's loads of people turning up which is great to see and I'm looking forward to spending a day down there just seeing how people react to the show. However, somebody has commented down there that we haven't shown eight hundred photographs. What we have actually shown is 752 photographs but those 752 prints feature portraits of 800 people! The show runs until next Sunday so please come down and see if you know anyone.


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August 29, 2007

It's nearly over

Well the photography is. I'll blog about this properley when we've hung the show but thanks to everyone who did the photographs, hellped the photographers and thanks to everyone who was photographed. This is my last one of the day.
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Finn, Paul and Eden on Crosby Beach at 8.30pm.

Copyright Mark McNulty

August 22, 2007

1 week to go

This project is now very officially happening with much valued support from it's sponsors Paul Rooney Partnership Solicitors, Paul O'Hare Interiors and Merseyside Acme as well as incredible support from Black & Ginger, Albert Dock Company, Agent Marketing and The Culture Company.

The photographers taking part are...

Benjamin Ball
David Colbran
Helen Palmer
Imke Oppenkamp
Mark McNulty
Matt Ford
Matt Wardle
Pete Carr


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