Ryan Free
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Motion Enterprise

An ongoing Documentary project, inside a local hip-hop group based in Cheltenham.

I got to know Sketchster, Kadenza, Farai, Catchy P, Spit Milligan, General Hindsight, Stromboli, DJ NoMo and DJ Thug Jesus in October 2016. I started this journey on the street corners and in underpasses witnessing legal graffiti and rap battles, meeting some very talented artists along the way. I have immersed myself in this world of art made up of poems and paint, picking up on some very ordered morality and thought processes. Speaking to these artists and finding what roots they are flourishing from, getting up close and personal backstage; before sets and being allowed into the bedroom/studio of Sketchster (Producer of Motion Enterprise) and documenting how the group make their work. This scene holds some very important foundations for the development of a lone artist- Being able to articulate speech and thought in a clear coherent way that dances down the back bone of societies structures. Then also to envision these ideas and thoughts and to use the walls of the world as the canvas for creation, in the public domain. ​
I immersed myself in their world by being there and in this case smelling the paint on the walls, hearing the pitch of the music echo in my head and the feeling of being part of it all and adding to what they are creating with this very work. This group have found an avenue to really focus their soul, to paint the world with colour and fill the air with music, it is truly beautiful and these people will give you something to remember, A way of life, A morality and a vision of what you can be... the energy of the whole cosmos focused down to your eyes, hands and vocal cords. 

This work is being made in support of their work and generosity, they have allowed me to capture their journey and I want to give something back at the same level they are creating on... an archive of that journey from my perspective. 

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Wedding and bookings

I am available for Weddings, Festivals, Gigs, Band shoots, individual portrait shoots, family/ group shoots, videography, dance videos.


Being a Photojournalist I have been trained to work fast and accurately and along side the journalistic approach I am also capable of being able to create a project with you. The documentary side to my practice means that I have the patients and the vision of helping create long term projects, such as books, exhibitions, public talks, documentaries etc.

It is your ideas I am interested in. For a shoot if you have an idea, a vision, it is my aim to try and get as close as possible to what is in your head and bring it into reality. That way you are happy and we are all actively creating something new and meaningful.

Interested in creating something together? Unsure about something? Or simply want to ask me something photography related then give me a message, always motivated to listen.
  • Home
  • Artists
    • Local HipHop Scene (Cheltenham)
    • Naides
    • Rose
    • DeeJay Fade
    • Griz-O - Lucas
    • 'JPDL' (Jean- Pieere David Leognson)
    • Grove - Beth Griffin
    • The Mouse Outfit
    • Bboy - Victor Jay
    • Farai - Jack Steger
    • Two to a Room
    • Sketchster
  • Commercial
  • Wedding Services
  • Contact
  • Limited Edition Prints
    • Contact Sheet
    • Darkroom Prints
    • Digital Prints
  • Archive
    • L'Auberge (Calais Migrant Crysis)
    • The Mechanic (Piddington)
    • Keep Your Coins, I want Change (London)
    • Louis Parsons (Cheltenham)
    • The Landscape (High Wycombe)
    • Experimentation (Cheltenham) >
      • Large Format
      • Studio
      • Infrared
      • Pinhole
      • Self Portraiture >
        • Chronology
  • About/CV
  • Blog