Photography
was his first love! But Adam Regan was lured into the world of advertising, one
in which he nevertheless stayed for over two decades, making his mark as art
and creative director for agencies of the likes of TBWA, JWT and The Ball
partnership in major global cities and creating award-winning works for Nissan,
Philips/Norelco and Gallery 15, among others.
But
the charm of the camera never quite faded. “I think it was probably growing up in the sixties and being
exposed to so much great photography in publications like ‘Life’, ‘Time’, ‘The
Illustrated London News’ and the ‘Sunday Times Magazine’,” says Adam of his
abiding interest.
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Taking to the craft by 2008, his
distinctive style and theme was to win him several awards including the Lucies
and the most recent one by Communication Arts and American Photographic
Artists.
“My biggest influence in the past four or
five years has been the sea and coastal regions. I like the fact that you can
create an image using three different elements – earth, water and air, that are
all being randomly tugged and changed by wind, tide and gravity. I’ve
lived by the sea for the majority of my life, and I find it a good place to
explore this theme,” avers Adam of the theme which has been central to the
collection of pieces in his current show ‘Son of a Beach’. ‘My inspiration
currently is both the structure and randomness of nature,” he reiterates.
His claim is made more credible by the fact
that his most awarded images are a series shot at Hastings Amusement Park on
the seafront in UK.“One of the images was chosen for the front of the
Communication Arts Photography Annual, which was more than I expected and
extremely flattering. Two of the images from that series are still in the
show,” he reveals.
The title of his latest show ‘Son of a
Beach’ alludes to this love of the sea. “It is an umbrella title for several
interconnected projects I have shot over the past four years in South Goa, Kent
and East Sussex in the UK, New York and Connecticut in the USA. The images all
come from coastal areas that are very similar in many ways, but also very
different. I was originally thinking of showing the pieces without titles, so
that people would have to have a closer look to work out where some of the
images are from, but it was an impractical idea,” he reveals of the 25 pieces
on exhibit. The Goa dimension sprung from his love of the place after he came
to visit old friends here. “It has added an extra dimension to the photographs
which were previously just shot in the UK and USA. Now most of the images come
from Goa.”
To the man who loves the sea, ‘Son of a
Beach’ is perhaps his biggest tribute yet!
(‘Son of a Beach’ will launch today at Carpe Diem, Majorda and
will remain open till December 10, 2015 from 10am to 7pm)
