Karen Strunks Professional Birmingham-based Freelance Photographer

Birmingham Cityscape….

This time in two weeks I’ll be flying over the Atlantic Ocean on my way to New York City. To say I’m excited about this is an understatement! Having the opportunity to photograph Manhattan’s icon cityscape will be a dream come true.

So in the run up to my New York adventure I thought I would share some images of my home town, Birmingham. I can feel that I am going to miss Birmingham and my friends already!

This is an uber busy period for me in preparation for my trip. It’s also 4am Project time again! I hope you can all take part where ever you are in the world on 17th October!

You can follow my New York city blog in the build up to my departure, and don’t forget to visit the 4am Project website too!

New date for the 4am Project!

I know I’ve been a bit quiet here, but not without a good excuse.

 I’ve been busy working behind the scenes and can now announce…….

It’s 4am Project time again!

Get ready for 17th October and set your alarms and take part in compiling a picture of the world at 4am.

Thanks to the support and funding from Channel 4 and Screen WM I’ve been able to work on some exciting plans for the project that will make it sustainable.

I’m going to be taking the project over to NYC for this event, but will do my best to organise something special for Birmingham again.

Also there may be a couple of sponsorship opportunities coming up, so keep your eyes peeled here and over at the 4am Project for announcements!

Proud to play a part in Birmingham’s City Of Culture 2013 Bid

After weeks of waiting and speculation, the results for the City Of Culture 2013 came in a few days ago with the news that Derry/Londonderry won the bid and the City Of Culture title. I lived in Derry when I was younger and my family are from there, so it kind of softened the blow Many congratulations!

Naturally there was some disappointment in Birmingham, but we seem to have very quickly gotten over that and recovered quickly and we are already making plans, with the word that the cultural events that were planned for 2013 will continue anyway.

I think the process of going through the bid procedure alone has been great for the city. It’s highlighted the cultural awareness of what is going on around us. We have tapped into creative talent and given it a space to bloom and I really hope that continues. The cultural creativity in this city is so vibrant and it deserves it shine.

I am proud to have played a part in Birmingham’s City Of Culture bid by organising a 4am Project event which was held at the Museums Collection Centre. This was part of the Birmingham 24 hour cultural blog. Thank you to the City Council for their support in making this event happen, and to Cllr Martin Mulaney for writing and speaking about the 4am Project too.

Video of the Birmingham 24 Hour Culture Blog

Birmingham City of Culture 24 Hour Blog from Birmingham Culture on Vimeo.

And the 4am Project video from the event:

Birmingham may not have won the title, but we are still a City Of Culture. So let’s get on with getting creative and showing the world we have got to offer