Photographer Kate Barclay is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From the project ‘Abstract – Urban’. To see Kate’s body of work, click on any photograph.
These images are from an ongoing project / collection I am doing on the streets of my local city, Norwich. They are all captured in my unique style using Intentional Camera Movement during a long exposure and in some cases combined with in camera multiple exposures. I feel the way I photograph my urban images captures more of the mood and atmosphere of the moment, adding movement, mystery and emotion.
Kate Barclay LRPS Kate is a landscape and ICM photographer originally from New Zealand but now living in the United Kingdom. She studied to become a costume designer and worked in theatre, film and Television for many years. Kate transferred her artistic talent to photography 20 years ago. First as a landscape photographer because of her love of the great outdoors, and then more recently as an abstract ICM photographer. ICM (intentional camera movement) is a photographic technique where a photographer purposely moves the camera during a long exposure creating intentional blur, giving one a feeling of freedom and creativity in one's photography. Kate moved to more abstract imagery because she wanted to create images that had atmosphere, freedom, flow and abstraction. She wanted them to invoke thought and discussion, she wanted to liberate the viewer from any preconceived assumptions about what they were seeing. This might be lot to ask of an image – but she feels that ICM gave her the freedom to do this. Kate transforms ordinary scenes, be they landscapes, seascapes, street scenes or woodland scenes, into captivating visual experiences by simply moving her camera in various ways during a single exposure. Her work is characterized by vibrant colors (but also black and white), intriguing compositions and a distinctive play of light and shadow. Kate’s photography has the ability to capture the essence of the subject in an abstract form evoking a sense of mystery and emotion. Kate’s work has been published in many magazines both digital and paper over the years and runs workshops in ICM photography.
All images and text © Kate Barclay
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These are great. I’ve never thought of using ICM with street photography before
Nice use of ICM!