Adam Murray is a photographer and lecturer at UCLAN. Murray runs a project called 'Tent' for young photographic practitioners in Manchester. Murray explained that he completed an MA at London College of Fashion, before moving into lecturing. The presentation emphasised the theme of making the most of your surroundings, and how you do not have to be in London/Paris/New York to produce successful photographic works.
Murray started his personal project Preston is My Paris, in July 2009, to generate residents excitement about the city. By photographing his home city, he also aimed to generate interest in non-residents.
Over the years, Murray has had different issues of this publication printed, each with different or new images within them. Murray emphasised on the fact that early copies were printed with a photocopier, as funds were low, but turned out to be aesthetically successful. The small zines were given to locals for free, to do with as they wish. As 15 issues were made, copies of these are widely distributed in Preston. Murray asked the question 'what could you do by the weekend?'. Using found imagery, it would be possible to create a cheap series of zines/booklets. The 2nd series was shot on 2 rolls of film, and sold for £2 to locals in the pub. This exposure and unordinary way of presenting work, became a feature in the British Journal of Photography.
Overall, the talk was inspiring, as it allowed me to see that you do not need much funding, or travel, to be able to produce a successful piece of work.
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