"Wari Wari." Photograph

My original aspiration was to become an illustrator. During the initial stages of my degree course it became apparent, while not bereft of skill in the discipline, I did not possess the 'extraordinary' talent to do that. However at that point I had already become seriously interested in photography, which was an integral part of the course. My previous experience of the medium had been enjoyable but extremely limited therefore I had not realised the creative potential it offered me. Photography was a revelation to me. I was encouraged down that route by lecturers, visiting professionals and a sage technician all of whom I will remember forever with fondness and gratitude for their generous natures and really 'big' brains! My professional work predominately encompassed social and portrait photography and involved world wide travel for a period approaching twenty years. I had many wonderful experiences during that time and remain priveleged to have had them but ultimately I found myself creatively suffocated. Alternative opportunities presented themselves and sufficiently intrigued I progressed into areas not directly involved with photography where I have remained since. These have included, but are not limited to, auctioneering, art gallery sales and management. More recently I felt an undeniable and irrisistable urge to re-engage with photography. This site is just part of a process I have embarked on to achieve that. "Photography is a medium of formidable contradictions, it is both ridiculously easy and impossibly difficult." - Edward Steichen.