LONDON.- Launched at The Book Club in Shoreditch on 7th September 2017, ‘Reverberation’ is a new and unique body of work created by legendary Photographer-Director Dean Chalkley and Creative Director Ciaran O’Shea from studio Discordo.

A series of large images inspired by The Beatles seminal album ‘Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band’ is being presented at the venue, with many of the subjects contained within ‘Reverberation’ being friends and associates of Chalkley and O’Shea. This dynamic and exciting exhibition has developed 'with a little help from their friends'.

Chalkley and O’Shea have created a collection of work that does not stop at a safe or retrospective interpretation. Instead the show is a progressive, and at times abstract, reflection of the album, exploring the thirteen celebrated album tracks from a renewed and personal perspective, from ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ to ‘She’s Leaving Home’.

The work employs a range of different approaches; whether in colour or monochrome, pure photography, amalgamations of print, text, painting or collage, these adroit and unexpected routes to image-making reveal the dexterity of the show.

Considered by critics and music lovers to be one of the greatest records ever made and a major cultural moment not only for this country but globally, at 50 years from inception the reverberation of this tremendous work continues to resonate and inspire.

Dean said: ‘Although I’d heard the album probably hundreds of times it was like I’d never really listened to it, this triggered something inside of my head that catapulted my imagination and the need to enjoy it in a whole different way.’

Dean Chalkley first met Ciaran O’Shea in 2006 when shooting ‘Southend’s Underground’; a series that focused on the scene around Junk Club. This also lead to their first collaboration, in the form of a moving image piece ‘South Alluvial’. Since 2006 Chalkley and O’Shea have worked on many projects from advertising campaigns to artwork for bands such as The Horrors and the groundbreaking exhibition Return of the Rudeboy in 2013. Chalkley was the first artist to present an exhibition at The Book Club back in 2010 ‘The New Faces’ was a great success and firmly established the space as a place where art, culture and good times can all be enjoyed.