Exhibitions - Kaleel Zibe https://kaleelzibe.com Award-winning filmmaker & photographer | music producer | photo safari leader Wed, 24 Oct 2018 19:54:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://kaleelzibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20240906-Kaleel-Zibe-selfie-in-Kenya-in-front-of-the-campfire-with-a-whisky-dawa-300x300-1-66x66.webp Exhibitions - Kaleel Zibe https://kaleelzibe.com 32 32 BBC Town Moor project https://kaleelzibe.com/bbc-town-moor-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bbc-town-moor-project https://kaleelzibe.com/bbc-town-moor-project/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:07:58 +0000 http://www.kaleelzibe.com/?p=6979
An image form a couple of weeks ago, taken in anticipation of the project

BBC Town Moor commission: An image from a couple of weeks ago, in anticipation of the project. This shot of a black-headed gull in fantastic morning light was taken from Cow Hill on the Town Moor, looking across to the town centre. Newcastle United’s St. James’ Park football ground (right hand side) is sited on the Moor itself

It’s been a while since I last blogged: I’ve been rather busy. Firstly, I’ve gone back to running the family business – Multichem in Hexham – after a break of eight years. But I’m still doing my professional photography too. All designed to keep me off the streets and out of trouble, no doubt! I’ve got a few irons in the fire that I hope I can tell you about soon, but one has definitely come to fruition just now.

I’m delighted to announce that the BBC has commissioned me to take photographs for a project called The Secret Life of the Town Moor. I’m very excited about this as I’ve teamed up with two very special people: firstly world-renowned sound recordist, Chris Watson (of BBC Blue Planet fame) and secondly, photographer Jacky Longstaff, who teaches the foundation degree in Commercial Photography at Newcastle College.

Jacky already has some fantastic photos of the Moor that she took for her book “Room:”.

Chris and I will be photographing / recording new material over the next 12 months (starting in March) for the project to show the many faces and hidden features – both past and present – that make this open space both unique and intriguing.

It’ll be a very diverse range of subjects, from what we believe is the largest urban skylark population, to the Hoppings fair, with dung beetles, circus performers and the Park Run all fair game. There are so many facets to this amazing piece of protected land that I can hardly begin to list them. Did you know for example that on a clear day you can see The Cheviot from the top of Cow Hill? Or that Cow Hill itself is the spoil heap from the construction of Newcastle’s Central Motorway and was originally supposed to be a practise ski slope?

I hope you’ll join me as we record the changing face of the the Town Moor across the seasons, releasing an image and radio broadcast a month, culminating in an installation and gallery. BBC Online are hosting the project and various locations around the north east have been mentioned as possible gallery locations.

Exciting times indeed.

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]]> https://kaleelzibe.com/bbc-town-moor-project/feed/ 3 Giant Red Kite Takes Flight https://kaleelzibe.com/giant-red-kite-takes-flight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=giant-red-kite-takes-flight https://kaleelzibe.com/giant-red-kite-takes-flight/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:24:57 +0000 http://www.kaleelzibe.com/?p=2395 Yesterday, the exhibition of pictures I’ve taken for the Flight of the Red Kite project opened at Gateshead’s Civic Centre.

Below is today’s Newcastle Journal with an article by Tony Henderson and there are better quality versions of some of the images here.

today’s Journal article by Tony Henderson

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]]> https://kaleelzibe.com/giant-red-kite-takes-flight/feed/ 1 Red kites like you’ve never seen them before https://kaleelzibe.com/red-kites-like-youve-never-seen-them-before/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=red-kites-like-youve-never-seen-them-before https://kaleelzibe.com/red-kites-like-youve-never-seen-them-before/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:32:31 +0000 http://www.kaleelzibe.com/?p=2180 Now then, that’s a big bird!

Red kites have been an important thread running through my wildlife photography for years. The RSPB originally commissioned me to get shots of the end of the reintroduction project here in the north east. Once the reintroduction had completed, the project handed over the baton to Friends of Red Kites (FoRK). For the past several months I’ve been doing a commission for FoRK: we had a 22m wingspan red kite to photograph at strategic landmarks around the North East. Here are a few of the resulting images which will form part of a roving exhibition.

Birds on the radio

BBC Radio 4’s Living World presenter, Trai Anfield did an excellent recent piece on our local kites. It was lovely to hear Trai and FoRK’s Harold Dobson talking about these magificent birds – 46 kites on a pylon no less!

Trai also works with us on our safaris.

Newcastle Gateshead Quayside

Gibside Chapel

St. Mary’s Lighthouse

Angel of the North

Marsden Rock

Sunderland International Glass Centre

Newcastle Gateshead Quayside – lots of people under a 22m red kite!

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