Stephen S T Bradley

STIMULATION

A sense of isolation mixed with an innate passion for creative and intellectual stimulation using multi-platform creativity coupled with new creative insights, drives me forward.

COMMERCIAL BACKGROUND

An experienced commercial and editorial photographer for four generations, I began my fine art photography practice in 2015 when I submitted myself to the natural elements of Ireland, the country of my birth, and Georgia, USA, where I lived for 6 years – resulting in an immersive connection with place, as I engage with the primordial soul of the skyscapes and everyday things I explore.

MINIMALIST LEANINGS

Inspired by the minimalist, yet detailed, writings of American author Cormac McCarthy, the surreal visual tableaus of painter Salvador Dali, I committed to make art in this vein after being exposed to the dreamlike skies of the English painter, JMW Turner, when I saw the Mike Leigh movie, Mr Turner.

My work reflects an ideal world, where man and the elements engage as equals and where cloud-like spirits dance and play in celebration of life, beauty and existence itself.

IN CONSTANT FLUX

Visual texture, contrast, and drama in my work are metaphors for change, transformation, and
growth. They also speak about the e...

Belfast College of Art and Design; Photography

The Troubles and Beyond (group), NMNI (National Museums Northern Ireland) - 2025

Moscow International Foto Awards, Moscow - 2020

Prix De La Photographie Paris (PX3) - 2019

IFAC, NYC - 2017

1608 Gallery, Bushmills, N. Irl - 2018

Yard Gallery, Hollywood - 2019

RUA 2016, Belfast Museum (group)
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017

Ulster Museum Permanent Collection - Nov 2017

World Press Photo (annual) - 1981

NI News Photographer of the Year (1981 and 1982)