Page 21 - Trends

17

GEORGE KAVANAGH
Lives and works in radford, chipping norton, oxfordshire, Uk
 www.georgekavanagh.com
artist contact
 george@georgekavanagh.com
George studied Graphic and Visual Communications at the University by human usage. His photographs often use the artifice of night
of Wolverhampton, graduating with First Class BA Honors. His initial to show the surrealistic quality of contrast and unanchored forms,
inclination towards graphics was pushed aside when he started giving an evocative other-worldliness to them. George’s genius is in
freelance work as a photojournalist where he discovered a new his calculated ambiguity and systematic approach to design offering
love of photography. Upon moving back to London he continued in us a kind of timeless atmosphere full of wonderment. Since the start
photojournalism by shooting for The Independent Newspaper and of his career some of his clients have included, Financial Times,
the Daily Telegraph. Over the next 5 years he steadfastly built up Independent Newspaper, Daily Telegraph, Architecture Magazine,
his portfolio containing his unique personal work. At the young age United Airlines, Mercedes-Benz, Smirnoff, Orange Mobile, American
of 24, he was given his first advertising commission for American Express and Shell Oil. His images have been published in books to
Express which catapulted George into his commercial career. His coincide with his past exhibition for Arthur Andersen at the Design
images are described to be lyrical mosaics of line and color with Museum called “View 92” and through “ together with guest Terence
light and deep shadows that incorporate the nocturne and its’ Conran. Great Ormond Street Appeal. This collection was exhibited
sense of mystery. He uses the grand scale of the landscape to at the Museum for Childhood and Hamiltons Gallery in London,
form graphic forms of areas that have been designed and shaped alongside David Bailey and John Claridge.

dePTH And reFLeCTIOn, 2006 Fine art pHotos, size a1