Much Loved
Much Loved started as a simple idea, to photograph my son Calum’s teddy Peter Rabbit as a portrait. Then I thought it might make a good exhibition for my studio gallery, so I asked my clients to bring in their kid’s teddy bears. But what happened was a lot of adults brought in their cherished teddy and while they were waiting, they told their stories.
The exhibition was a success and I put them on my website. That’s when things got interesting.
Much Loved went viral. Buzzfeed picked it up and within a month it had 16 million hits. Every day I would come in to find it on another new site somewhere in the world. China, Australia, Russia, America, every day another country.
Then on the very day I first thought, I wonder if I could make a book of it, Abrams in New York emailed to ask if I would consider making Much Loved a book.
Much Loved the book
Much Loved was released in 2013 and was quite a hit around the world, selling over 50,000 copies and was translated into Korean and Japanese. It is now unfortunately out of stock on Abrams website, which I imagine means out of print.
Exhibitions
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong. 27th-30th Nov 2020 Group exhibition
MuchLoved at Over The Influence Gallery, Hong Kong. 28th May-27th June 2020 Solo exhibition
Teddy Bear Story, A V&A Museum of Childhood. The Ark, Dublin 2014. Solo exhibition.
Much Loved. Elemental Arts Festival, Limerick 2014. Solo Exhibition.
Hello Kitty Museum Exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles. 2015. Group Exhibition.
Sweet n Low, International Show of Cute, Bedford Gallery, California, 2017. Group Exhibition
Métamorphoses, ou que faire de son enfance, Besancon, France 2017. Group Exhibition
Novotel, Lyon Confluence, France 2018. Permanent Solo Exhibition.
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