"Your life is my vanity project" approaches at Garage Studios
April 26, 2010
Matt Halls’ view of the fast approaching exhibition ‘Your life is my vanity project’ by Kevin Mason
Having known Kevin and his work for quite some time it is with great excitement and interest that I wait for Vanity projects conclusion and presentation.
In the last few months all the normal planning and preparation for an exhibition has been happening here at the studio, scanning rescanning and retouching with a team of enthusiastic helpers joining forces to cope with sheer volume of work this project has produced. It is in this volume and the way in which the project concludes that I find a great interest.
Being a man that likes to understand everything nuance and detail of a subject before starting to discuss it let alone present my views or work on the matter. We are currently producing press release’s, preparing files for print and personally I am trying to visualize how to present the work in the studio. All of this whilst Kevin has yet to shoot Georgie Hobday for the last 2 weeks of the project, a way of working that would strike fear into me
But most importantly to me is the narrative throughout the last 30 weeks, where does it start, how does the viewer read a narrative and where will the project end as Kevin concludes with the final shot of Georgie on the day the exhibition opens.
I, like everybody else on the first nights opening will be eager to see from where this project started what it has become and what can be learnt from it about the photographer, the model and photography.
The exhibition dates will be:
Friday 7 May 6PM – 10PM
Saturday 8 May 10:30AM – 8PM
Sunday 9 May 10:30AM – 8PM
Saturday 29 May 10:30AM – 8PM
Sunday 30 May 10:30AM – 8PM
Bank Holiday Monday 31 May 12PM – 4:30PM
The exhibition is FREE entry and there will be a Invite Only Private View on Thursday 6th May. If you would like futher information about recieving an invite to the private view contact
