Category Archives: Photography

Crash exhibition quicktime

15th
Aug. × ’09
The full scale Crash at a staggering 60m x 3m installed at New Art Gallery Walsall Sorry it has taken so long to get this slideshow of the show online (I blame the beautiful Spanish beaches!) Crash from Jonathan Shaw on Vimeo. CrashA photographic installation by Jonathan Shaw New Art Gallery Walsall, UK10 July to [...]
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Preview night at New Art Gallery Walsall

10th
Jul. × ’09
Well the preview went really well, the work seemed to be well received. It was my intention to shoot a bunch of photographs but I am afraid there was too much chatting, drinking and eating india nibbles to remember to take photographs, so I am afraid these will have to do!
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Day Three of installation at Walsall

9th
Jul. × ’09
The final push! We managed to finish with a couple of hours to spare. John and Sam even managed to find time to have a read the catalogue… A big thank you to all at Monster for their diligence and hard work in making this happen.
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Day Two of installation at Walsall

8th
Jul. × ’09
Monster sent in the re-enforcements (Sam & Ryan) today which so we are back on track! There are now only two walls left to paste and finish. It has been a very positive day and you can really begin to see how the overall piece will work.
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Day One of installation at Walsall

7th
Jul. × ’09
Documentation photographs of John, Jo and Christian from Monster beginning the installation of Crash at Walsall. Feeling a little nervous as it has taken the whole day to complete three out of the thirteen walls in the gallery. It looks like we will be running it to the wire for Thursday’s preview!
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Final Proofing at Monster

26th
Jun. × ’09
Final Crash proofs on the print bed. Signing off of the final proofs over at Monster Digital.
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Preview invitation

19th
Jun. × ’09
New Art Gallery Walsall, Gallery Square, Walsall, WS2 8LG Thursday 9th July 2009, 6-8pm Free. Friends, family & colleagues welcome. Birmingham-based artist Jonathan Shaw has consistently explored the way that light and movement can be represented through the photographic image. He frequently designs, builds and modifies camera equipment to produce unique and compelling interpretations of [...]
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Summer solo exhibition at New Art Gallery Walsall

18th
Jan. × ’09
Exhibition Visualisation at Walsall, UK Great news Jonathan has been offered a solo show ‘Crash’ at the New Art Gallery Walsall! The proposed exhibition will comprise of a single large-scale panoramic photographic image reproduced to the height of the gallery walls and wrapping it’s entire length. The image will be reproduced at a high resolution [...]
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Victoria Gardens selected for exhibition in Montpelier, France

15th
Nov. × ’08
Jonathan Shaw’s large scale work ‘Victoria Gardens’  has been selected to be included in the prestigious exhibition. The Big Picture – The Panoramic Photograph, from the 1840s to the Twenty-first century Pavillon Populaire, Montpellier, France: November 2008 – January 2009 The Big Picture is an exhibition that highlights striking, historically significant and innovative photographs selected [...]
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Photographic Mediations podcasts

15th
Nov. × ’08
The Podcasts for the symposium are now available online via the Coventry School of Art & Design, Media & Communication blog covmedia.co.uk or on iTunesU Or you can use the following direct links for each session; Sesssion I: Remediating Photographic Time Session II: Photographic Inventions and Interventions
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