VISUAL
LOUISE BICHAN
I graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, in 2011 with a BA (Hons) in Visual Communications, specialising in Photography. Growing up in the northern Scottish archipelago of Orkney, I had a keen interest in art since a very young age, proudly bringing home from school many a toilet-roll sculpture or tattie-print masterpiece.
My 2015 project 'Out of My Own Light' was the first to marry my passion for music and visual art. It depicts the story of my late Grandmother, Margaret Bichan (nee Tait), who travelled to Canada in 1950 to solve a dilemma of the heart. After retracing my Grandmother's steps, I wrote music to accompany a body of photography and, working with photographer and book maker Lachlan Young, I created a short run of hand bound art books.
I came to the USA in 2015 to study music at Berklee College of Art. Now based in Maine, I travel and play music all over the world and when I’m not playing shows, you can find me working in various creative mediums including photography and videography, printmaking, painting and drawing, graphic and website design, embroidery, stop-motion animation and alternative print techniques, such as cyanotype.
PAST CLIENTS
Over the years, Louise has had the honour of creating visuals for over two hundred artists including multi award-winning folk band Lau, 2015 IBMA Momentum Award winners The Lonely Heartstring Band, Canadian Folk Music Award winners Genticorum, Canadian & US National Fiddle Champion Shane Cook and Jake Charron of Juno award winners The East Pointers, as well as multi-award winning Scottish trio Talisk.
BBC Performing Arts Fellow and Horizon Award nominee Rosie Hood and BBC Radio Scotland’s Young Traditional Musician of the Year winners Robyn Stapleton, Rua MacMillan, Dan Thorpe and Claire Hastings, and Highland Young Musician of the Year Graham Mackenzie.
FATEA awards Male Vocalist of the year Alistair Ogilvy and Scott Wood of UK chart-topping band Skerryvore, Jazz musician and prolific producer Euan Burton, award-winning English singer and fiddle player Bella Hardy and powerhouse Scottish fiddle band Session A9.
She has photographed many an MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Award winner, including Musician of the Year and Scots Singer of the Year Iona Fyfe, Gaelic Singers of the Year, Kim Carnie of Manran and Mischa Macpherson, who was also a winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, and three-time winner of Best Singer Siobhan Miller, who also won Best Traditional Track at the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Testimonials
“This all looks utterly fabulous! Thank you so very much for your creativity, professionalism and quick work!”
PHOTOGRAPHY
I absolutely love to take portraits and have had the honour of photographing so many talented musicians over the years. Here is a small selection of some of my favourite photographs.
Brendan Hearn
Maurizio & Ethan
Kim Carnie
Genticorum
Maura Shawn Scanlin
Laura Wilkie
Jacob Drab
Hannah Rose Baker
Matt DeChamplain & Jason Anick
Dan Houghton
Lula Wiles
Galen Fraser
Andrew & Noah
Session A9
Talisk
Steven Blake
Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground
Rosie Hood
Rua Macmillan
Graham MacKenzie
Robyn Stapleton and Claire Hastings
Mischa Macpherson trio
The Lonely Heartstring Band
The Friels
VIDEOGRAPHY & STOP MOTION ANIMATION
Here is a selection of some of my videography work, including live music videos, some stop-motion animation and some synced music videos.
ART & DESIGN
I really enjoy working on the visuals for a new body of music. I’ve put together album art for many great musicians, both using photographs and other artistic mediums (sometimes my own and sometimes the work of other artists.)
Web design
I enjoy creating visually appealing and easy-to-navigate website designs for clients using Squarespace. I work primarily, but not exclusively with musicians. As a touring artist myself, I understand which information should be prominent on a website, what content to include, and how to best present you to potential fans and bookers. A successful website design begins with strong photography, artwork, or a clear aesthetic that represents you as a musician or band.
WORK WITH LOUISE
louise@sassafrashillproductions.com
424-346-4119
I would love to work with you to bring your creative project to life. Please click the appropriate button below, to fill out the appropriate form, or shoot me an email and we can talk about how I can help you.
I tend to work with a lot of musicians, so these forms might seem aimed a little more at musicians than otherwise. If that’s not you, I’d still love to work with you, and I hope I have left enough space for you to convey the info to me. If not, you can email me, and we can talk about how I can help you realise your vision!