It’s a good thing that critically acclaimed Brighton based band Cave Painting are good sports. Its an even better thing none of them are epileptic. In fact When Photographer Kenny McCracken pitched his concept of covering the band in buckets of paint, whilst firing high Read More...
With Brighton Fashion Week fast approaching, Create were asked to shoot this this year’s ‘face’, unique and edgy Betsy Pannell who impressed the stylists and designers at last years shows. Brighton Fashion Week chose her as their ‘face’ of 2012 as a result of her Read More...
A few weeks ago, Juice FM’s hardworking Dj’s Dan Gasser, Foxy and Jonno were in the studio taking promotional shots for their all new breakfast show. Thankfully for Create, the shoot began a little later than their normal 6am start to the working day (we Read More...
The 4th Photocopy Club exhibition is coming soon! This will be the 2nd London show since the Photocopy Club began in November 2011, and after a sell out show at Beach Gallery London, the venue is moving to ’71a’ brand new gallery space in the Read More...
The 3 day festival that is The Great Escape has just finished, and we have 3 very tired photographers in the studio today, but very soon we will show you a little edit. We were the shooting team for Spindle Magazine Read More...
As you may have seen in previous blog posts, we’re currently running a look book promotion for graduating fashion students to shoot their final year collections. The first of these bookings was last Friday, and if the standard of Naomi Partington’s knitwear collection was anything Read More...
One of Brighton’s most innovative catering companies, Egg and Spoon are fast becoming known for their delicious gourmet catering menus and unique style. Having produced food in castle ruins, historic houses, marquees and boutique hotels, Egg and Spoons creator and head chef Fran was in Read More...
Brighton Fashion Week has now firmly cemented its position on the fashion calendar receiving national and international media coverage last year, showcasing and providing a springboard for the work of some really exciting designers. Brighton Fashion Week originally approached us in early February to work on the visual branding of their advertising. Read More...
For those of you who haven’t yet experienced the 6 piece goliath of a musical connundrum that are Molotov Jukebox, your eardrums have been missing out. These guys have been traversing the globe to play festivals as far flung as Brazil in recent months, and Read More...
On Wednesday 9th May, the miniclick talks are linking up with the University of Brighton and Pecha Kucha Brighton to put together an evening of short talks by the MA Photography students as part of the Fringe. Pecha Kucha is a format of presentation whereby Read More...
May’s Blood of the young is an exciting one-off event to be curated by The Independent Photographers Union, a global collective of some of the most groundbreaking young curators working in photography today. Despite long-term mutual support, this is the first time that all collectives Read More...
The latest lookbook video by Create Studios – Spring / Summer 2012 for Fallow Denim. “It was a harsh but worth it 3.30am alarm time for everyone on the shoot which was taking place at Cuckmere Bay, East Sussex. We wanted to catch the Read More...
We are offering a lookbook/final collection deal for students who need images for their graduation shows and press release, if you are a student and want to book in with us then please get in touch hello@welovecreate.com or call us on 01273 601965. We are Read More...
Brighton Photo Fringe is now calling for submissions for OPEN 2012 – an “open submission solo exhibition opportunity for an emerging to mid-career photographer or lens based artist”. Selectors include Clare Grafik from the Photographers’ Gallery and Susanna Brown from the V&A. The selected artist Read More...
We are really pleased to be able to show you Eleni Mettyear’s work, who you can now book through the studio. Eleni is our youngest photographer here at Create, but she displays a natural ability to make beautiful images that would work well for any Read More...
Last month Create were invited on a one-to-one training day with internationally renowned underwater photographer Martin Edge, and we naturally jumped at the chance. Martin has been diving and taking pictures for 30 years, winning awards for his underwater photography. He is the author of Read More...
Brought to you by VICE and Incase, Picture Perfect is a video series dedicated to documenting the work and lives of our favorite photojournalists. PICTURE PERFECT In this episode of Picture Perfect, VICE visits Patrick Brown in Bangkok, to talk about the craft of photography, Read More...
Brighton fashion week has been steadily building its reputation over the past few years. Last year’s catwalk shows reached nationals with articles and heated debate on the controversial ‘road kill couture’ collection by Brighton designer Jess Eaton. This years fashion week will take place between Read More...
Museums at Night (linked with the European event, La Nuit des Musées), is a nocturnal celebration of arts, history and heritage taking place over a weekend in May, when hundreds of museums and galleries across the UK open up after hours to host an array Read More...
Brighton’s CoalShed restaurant has only been open for about six months, but it’s already causing a bit of a stir. It’s a great space on the site of the former bar the Full Moon on Boyce Street, Brighton. Time and care have clearly gone into Read More...
Legends of the electronic music scene, Orbital, have just released their first album since reforming in 2008. Recorded in a small studio in Brighton, ‘Wonky’ features vocals by Lady Lesurr and Zola Jesus, and was mixed by internationally acclaimed music producer Mark ‘Flood’ Ellis. In Read More...
Brighton based artist Jennifer Left (formerly of Gloria Cycles) is well on the way to the release of her first solo album. After wrapping the inside of a London pub in brown paper for a recent gig, and suspending origami animals from the ceiling, she Read More...
CREATE photographers Kevin Mason and Matt Martin have 2 new zine’s out this week which are both available to buy now. Printed by CREATE Publishing and curated by Matt Martin, Kevin Masons new zine “I have gone on tour with Matt Black and Donny Dagger!” Read More...
This months Source cover shot by Kenny Mc Cracken was for cellist with a difference Abi Wade, who’s intriguing one (wo)man combination of beats, strings, and vocals draw effortlessly together to create a unique and distinctive sound. Kenny loved the fact that when he had Read More...
The first Glug event of 2012 was held at Create last weekend and those of you among the 400+ people who attended have told us that you thought it was a fantastic night! Glug is a nationwide creative ‘notworking’ event, which aims to bring creatives Read More...
Create are excited two new tutors with and a fantastic new weekend course for 11-14 year olds Read More...
We were recently commissioned by Toni and Guy to shoot some looks for a national Colour competition that some of their stylists are entering. They wanted a very simple shoot, with a clean minimal backdrop and lighting that really emphasised shape and texture as well Read More...
Holy Ghost are a photography collective based in London. The concept behind their newest Exhibition "SIX SIX SIX" is simple but will no doubt result in a complex insight into the methodology of those involved. Read More...
London based producer and solo tlive act Anchorsong – AKA Masaaki Yoshida has come a long way from his home town of Tokyo (both in distance and style). Orginally the guitarist of a rock band, Anchorsong has found global acclaim with his unique style of Read More...
The first shoot for the source in 2012 and Kenny McCracken makes the sea come to him for the “sea monsters” festival founders, “one inch badge”. Here is the behind the scenes footage, enjoy. Footage shot and edited by Faye Fullingham Read More...
Images from Kevin Masons recent USA trip, covering 5,000 miles in 13 days and passing through Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa. Read More...
Last night Create photographer Matt Martin launched the first showing of Photocopy Club London. We slightly underestimated the numbers of people that would try and cram themselves in to Beach, London but next time, to misquote Jaws, ‘we are gonna need a bigger venue’. If Read More...
Having our own roots in Brighton, we’ve been particularly interested in the Brighton and Hove Photographic Collection. The Collection is a “people’s history” of Brighton and Hove, created by both professional and amateur photographers alike. Read More...
CRASH new work from Kevin Mason and Sam Hiscox, with styling by Heather Falconer, filmed at Create. Read More...
In May 2011, five Magnum photographers –Paolo Pellegrin, Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas, Alec Soth, Mikhael Subotzky – and a writer, Ginger Strand, set out from Austin, Texas, in an RV. Two weeks and 1750 miles later, they arrived in Oakland, California. Read More...
Wonderland Magazine have just posted an interview with designer Fam Irvoll. We really love the collection here at Create and Wonderland have used our shoot with Cottia from Profile Models, shot by Kevin Mason and styled by Heather Falconer, with hair and make-up by Ange Read More...
Tim Barber is a photographer and curator from NEW YORK CITY. His new book “Untitled Photographs” which was came out last month, looks over a collection of early work by the photographer. The exhibition and book signing will be on the 2nd of Febuary at Read More...
We recently shot another Lookbook for one of our more regular Brighton based clients, Sugarhill Boutique. They are a great team to work with, and we love the illustrated background they provided us with this time with its woodland theme. They have experienced a big Read More...
We have been shooting some model tests recently for girls in Development at Profile, a few studio shoots and some natural light film shots, to add into their books. Here are a couple of images from both Cottia and Mimi. We went on to shoot Read More...
In the summer of 2011, photographer Alex Wein began to document a road trip he was undertaking across the USA with Create photographers Matt Martin and Kevin Mason, the work has just been released on his site and is previewed here. Read More...
Create Studios presents A Car Park Kids Production ‘Tiny Dancer’. A short film by Sam Hiscox and Matt Martin. T.Dancer is the Lone Ranger of the dancing world. Hailing from the shady car parks of the South Coast, he has only been watched by CCTV Read More...
Introducing Matthew Ring our set designer and expert in set construction here at Create. One of the services we offer at in addition to photographers, lighting assistants and lighting hire is Set Design and Construction. Matthew is a trained and working Carpenter who is also skilled and qualified in Metal Fabrication. Read More...
In late October Create shot a promo video for Pulp Press author Danny Hogan’s novella “Killer Tease”. An edited version was shown at the Duke of Yorks cinema in Brighton as a trailer, prior to their Screening of Pulp Fiction. You can now see the Read More...
We are holding interviews for placements/internships next week on Monday 19th December so that we can allocate places on internships for the next few months. If you are interested in a position, please send us the following: *A CV of your RELEVANT experience *50 – Read More...
Photocopy Club launches this Wednesday at CREATE. The idea of one of our photographers Matt Martin, this promises to be a very eclectic and interesting exhibition. We have been looking through the entries and there is a huge amount of quality work submitted with a Read More...
We really recommend that you make it down to the Photobook show at WorkFlow Studio in Brighton. “A, is the first in a series of exhibitions which focus on the hand-made and self-published photobook. Our intention is to showcase a wide range of work, from Read More...
Kenny McCracken recently shot some innovative promo images for Brighton/London based band Thee Orphans in Studio one, involving a large black box and countless re-engineered party poppers. The shoot was filmed by Matt Martin. Set Design – Matthew Ring MUA – Tara Harley Styling – Read More...
Kevin and Kenny have been interviewed by James Kendall for Source Magazine about what makes a good magazine cover, and a little bit about the ethos and approach behind CREATE. The interview is good, but we are all even more in love with the images Read More...
When Miserable Rich’s James de Malplaquet approached Kenny McCracken and asked him to make the video for their new single “On a certain night”, he jumped at the chance. James had a strong vision in his head, which referenced the songs underlying narrative of “possession,” Read More...
Here at Create, we offer a wide range of excellent courses, from Holga and Diana workshops, right through to professional Fashion Photography courses. All our courses are taught by experienced, friendly industry professionals, with an emphasis on a hands on practical approach. We work hard Read More...
A preview from Kevin Mason fashion editorial shoot themed around Crash and Drive. Read More...
For those of you who made it to our launch party last week, you’ll know that it was an evening to remember. The Studios were a veritable melting pot of Brighton and London creatives for the evening, giving us the chance to proudly show off Read More...
a video lookbook by Sam Hiscox for Create Read More...
A short fashion editorial film by Create Read More...
A couple of weeks ago Kenny McCracken christened our brand new studios with a cover shot for the Source, featuring renegade dj's and music promotors Blah Blah Blah. Read More...
Over the past few months Create's own Kenny McCracken, has been using his expansive list of music industry contacts to shoot an ongoing personal project on the front-men of some well known bands. Read More...
The brainchild of photographers Matt Martin , The Photocopy club is an exciting new monthly contemporary photography exhibition with a difference, aimed at bringing back affordable art, and establishing dialogue between artists globally. Read More...