| Gavin's
interest in photography was born as he started to take holiday snaps
when he was about 7 years old. This soon developed into a love of
black and white photography and hours of his school career in the
darkroom, dodging and burning, with hands in the dev and fix.
At about 12, Gavin was introduced to Newbury Racecourse. It didn't
take long for him to catch the racing bug and become a signed up
junior member at Newbury and at Cheltenham. A spell in the mid-nineties
as son of a syndicate member took him to the core of the game at
many racecourses in southern Britain, where he even experienced
the thrill of the winner's enclosure. What remains are the photographs
of the wining horses in their frames on the wall.
Gavin received a 2/1 BA(Hons) in Photography, Film and Video from
the University of Westminster, the modern name for the respected
seat of photographic learning - Harrow College. He specialised in
Digital Imagery, combining photography, video and the relatively
early days of computer based imagery. This led to a creative position
at Two Way TV, the leading interactive TV pioneers based in London.
After 8 years there, experiencing how business can and can't succeed,
he finally felt ready to embark on turning his dream of becoming
a professional photographer into a reality. The natural area to
specialise in was, of course, horse racing... |
