About - Mike Kelly Photography

I’m a photographer based in Rossendale, just North of Manchester, currently studying for an MA in Photography at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Switching hats, I also advise businesses on change and technology strategy.

On display:

Gunpowder Tea (Collaborative work with MMU and poet Shadab Zeest Hashmi): South Asian Poetry Film Festival, Chicago, 2025.

Swanfall, Fables: Mall Galleries, London, 2025

SODA x Montag Residency Showcase: Istanbul, 2025

Keep Pushing: Circle Square Installation, Manchester, 2025

Unconformities: Viewpoints Festival, Manchester, 2025

Prosperity through Endeavour: Rossendale, 2025

Calico Works: Dark Peak Photography, 2025

Gunpowder Tea (Collaborative work with MMU and poet Shadab Zeest Hashmi): Imperial War Museum North, 2024

Remix //: Manchester Photographic Gallery, 2012

Lagos street scene: Fela! The musical, Broadway and The National Theatre, 2010

Willie Nelson portrait (collaboration with artist Malcolm Bucknall): the W Hotel, Austin Texas, 2010

Commercial photography clients:

The BBC

Lancashire Living

CALM Magazine

Bury Times

Warner Brothers Music

Fela Broadway LLC

Publications:

Unconformities Catalogue

Palings - an exploration of boundaries in Rossendale, Lancashire.

Idea 17 - a personal creative journal and companion piece to Palings.

Consulting clients:

The BBC, the International Olympic Committee, EDF Energy, Reach PLC, the University of Manchester, Cadent Gas, Thomson Reuters, the Co-operative Group, Siemens, NTT Data and many more.

Please get in touch for pricing and availability.

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