Ep28 - Norman McCloskey: Finding Purpose Through Photography Projects and Creating Books

Join Kim as she speaks with Irish landscape photography Norman McCloskey. Norman has a deep connection with his local county of Kerry and undertakes nearly all of his photography here. He also runs a very successful gallery business in the area and enjoys making photo books around projects he undertakes in Kerry. 

Topics Covered

• Journey into photography 
• Studying photography at art college
• Starting his own company 
• He experience at art college 
• The benefits he gained from his studies 
• Photographing his local area 
• Why County Kerry means so much to him 
• The comfort of photographing a landscape you know well 
• The importance of emotional connection in his images 
• Experiencing the landscape 
• Seeing the simple beauty of nature 
• Getting image inspiration through the windows of his home 
• Selling images in his gallery
• Getting emotion and feeling to translate into an image
• The benefit of seeing how others view your work 
• How he centres his work around his book projects 
• Shipping his images all over the world 
• His experience of running his gallery 
• Not allowing others views of his work to influence what he photographs 
• How his past experience helped shape his gallery business 
• Putting your work in front of the right people
• The difficulties of selling prints 
• His love for creating photo books 
• How creating a photo book gives you a purpose 
• Spending days by himself to create images
• Discovering his need for solitude and space 
• Going out with no planned location to photograph 

Connect with Norman:
Website: https://www.normanmccloskey.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/normanmccloskeygallery/

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