By Kevin Mullins
The Kage Collective is five years old.
I wasn't here at the beginning, but I'm glad I'm here now.
Whilst I'm proud to be a member, I feel I'm an apprentice to the other great photographers in this collective.
I have learnt so much from them, not only through their imagery and storytelling but from our behind-the-scenes communication also.
I study their work constantly, as I'm sure you do, and every issue we publish I get a paroxysm of pride.
I envy their skill at storytelling, and I envy their curated stories. My work is very peripatetic. I move from wedding to wedding, lecture or talk to workshop and back to a wedding.
Often I feel there is little structure or coherence in what I'm doing long term.
I picked up my first ever camera in 2009. Back then, I shot with DSLRs and really, had no base idea of light, shadow and the relationship between them.
As I've moved through my journey, I find myself drawn to making images based on shadow, and light. It's the essence of photography, we all know that, but for me, personally, I try to use these base elements to try and make what may be a benign image, more powerful.
As we move into 2018, I'm hoping to have more curated projects. I often describe myself to my clients as "a curator of memories". I think that's true of all photographers, and the memories I curate are in the most part for myself, my own family and of course, other people's through their wedding imagery.
But one thing is standard. One thing is omnipresent, perhaps. And that's the love of the Kage.
Kage means "Shadow" in Japanese
