Press and Interviews

The Herbert Art Gallery interview Lucy about shooting rave photography as a teenager.

Lucy talks about her experiences shooting rave and club culture as a teenager and printing images in the school darkroom. She talks about the influence of club culture on 90s fashion. https://youtu.be/jZyq38BqJfU?si=Ui8aP5gstg_1W19E

Berklee College of Music: Interviews Lucy on the Able Voices Podcast

Lucy was invited to be a guest on the Able Voices Podcast at Berklee College of music. In August 2022, she was interviewed by Sophia Grech about her creative practice and how she has had to adapt to accommodate having 3 invisible physical disabilities.
She chats about the importance of animals, advocating for disability rights and advice for aspiring disabled photographers. https://youtu.be/Y_F2kprP-TE?si=b13TzCQVwvNl3UaD

BBC news article about Grown Up In Britain Exhibition.

A BBC news article features Lucy and other photographers who are involved in a new 6 month exhibition about what it means to grow up as a teenager in Britain. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61968340

Outside In Artist of the month: Lucy McCarthy

Photographer Lucy McCarthy began documenting the club and rave scene as a teenager, which led to her working as an assistant to photographer Rankin and working for clients including the RSPCA, Bloomsbury Ballrooms and Toni & Guy. Her career in photography however has been made more challenging due to three invisible disabilities. She talks to us about her campaigning work, working at Dazed & Confused, her favourite nights and tunes, the joys of Zebras, animal portraiture and working with The Museum of Youth Culture. https://outsidein.org.uk/news/artist-of-the-month/artist-of-the-month-lucy-mccarthy/

Huck Magazine. Photos capturing British teen life over a century

As thousands of public submissions began to pour in, a major exhibition chronicling British teen life over the past century began to take shape. Images drawn from personal collections hang alongside works by major artists including Ken Russell, Normski, Anita Corbin, Gavin Watson and Lucy McCarthy. https://www.huckmag.com/article/photos-capturing-british-teen-life-over-a-century

The Big Issue - 100 years of Teenage Kicks

New exhibition Grown Up in Britain: 100 Years of Teenage Kicks shows the spirit of rebellion
The word "teenager" was coined in the 1940s, but this exhibition in Coventry looks back over a century of youth rebellion, style and attitude in a series of powerful images of Britain through the ages. https://www.bigissue.com/culture/art/photography-grown-up-in-britain-100-years-of-teenage-kicks-coventry/

Depop Wear the Movement- The exhibition launch and clothing launch

In 2018 ,the fashion marketplace Depop commissioned Lucy to exhibit her work in an exciting project called Wear the Movement (WTM).
The project was multifaceted and consisted of: an exhibition, a clothing range and a short film.
The exhibition took place at Corsica Studios, London. For one night , the interior surfaces of Corsica studios were plastered in smiley faces and decorative 90's rave inspired flyers. Original rave clothing was showcased alongside some of Lucy's original rave photography. DJ for the evening was Denis Sulta.
Afterwards, all the vintage clothes were available to buy on the Depop website. When customers bought the vintage items, they were also sent one of Lucy's rave images featuring the same/similar piece.
The budget that Depop spent on the Wear the Movement project, was the biggest they have spent in the history of any of their projects. https://www.depop.com/products/wearthemovement-raver-coventry-lucy-mccarthy-1990s-3/

Sub Culture Archives

In 2017, Lucy was asked to showcase her imagery in Carnaby Street, London for nine months in an exhibition called The Sub Culture Archives. The Subculture Archives was a pop-up retail concept bringing Britain's evocative subculture and counterculture history into the hearts and hands of London's discerning shoppers and tourists. The store showcased a curated collection of iconic subculture and counterculture limited edition fine art prints, posters, books, gifts and clothing from a specially selected collective of independent artists, makers and photographers all housed within Carnaby Street, the birthplace of 1960s Swinging London and home to London's vast music scene from the Mods to the Ravers. http://www.youthclubarchive.com/exhibition-the-subculture-archives-carnaby-street/

Lost in Music Exhibition

In late 2015, 6 of Lucy’s images were selected over 55,000 submissions to be part of one of the largest exhibitions about the history of dance music. The exhibition was called Lost in Music. https://www.timeout.com/london/nightlife/lost-in-music

Lost in music film

How the Lost in Music exhibition was curated made by Full Bleed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6I6k6Li-Sg