SARAH GINN STUDIO
CLOSED DUE TO HARASSMENT & INTIMIDATION INCIDENTS BY SAM NEILL & WORSHIP ARTISTS
CURRENT LIVE WORK: THE FEEDBACK LOOP THEORY
Please note the Sarah Ginn XX Sub Focus tab is now open and available to view due to filing an civil IP infringement claim through the Intellectual Property European Court against photographer Sam Neill (of Kode Media) & music management team Worship Artists - www.kodemedia.com & www.worshipartists.uk - this recommenced on the 21/03/2025. Due to an intense music industry blacklisting/smear campaign against me & what I consider serious intimidation/bullying incidents (including legal threats of defamation that were never implemented) instigated by Sebastian Weingartshofer of Worship & Sam Neill, I am now on a exile from the music industry for personal safety concerns & ongoing ill health caused by these threats. In my opinion this was to hide the plagiarism of my work from public/industry view and to halt the filing of my case, which would have been published as is standard with civil cases. Therefore I have completely closed my studio/removed all my photography & and a vast majority of my writing online. This is bar The Feedback Loop Theory for the use of artists around the world and something I will return to at a later date. This closure is also due to a severe lack of bookings over a 4 year period due to only women on the whole booking me/recommending me. Photography is generally male dominated due to this structural discrimination. This was made substantially worse by the aforementioned blacklisting (a common occurrence in the creative industries) which has effectively destroyed my career in music photography. So giving the main reason as to why I’m just not shooting anymore seems perfectly viable to state on this site.
This page will now remain up for public reference of my personal experiences/opinions and as a warning not to approach this team under any circumstances. It will also be the only legacy page on this website along with this landing page furthermore. This is due to Sam Neill and Sebastian Weingartshofer accusing me of Harassment with Intent to Harm (for which I was not charged for) via The Metropolitan Police on the 7th July 2024. This was only 3 days after my civil pre-court filing settlement offer expired on the 4th July 2024. Therefore in my opinion down to timing, they both used police force to intimidate & harass me as a last resort not to continue the civil proceedings, despite telling me to contact their lawyers back in 2023 (see Sarah Ginn XX Sub Focus tab for email). Sound Advice LLP are also now denying they are Worship’s legal council. So it seems although they legally threatened me and invited a resolution this way, when I actually decided to file a civil case they went back on their offer. Deciding instead to make continual false reports to The Metropolitan Police for a period of 4 months, until I was questioned in an effort to halt my civil action.
I now consider it ethical to expose those incidents, publication/filing of such civil cases & reporting on plagiarism/contractual issues is widely accepted in the music industry/music press (with many examples over the years). Please see below for a link to Four Tet’s civil case with Domino Records, who if they had followed the same track as Sam/Worship would have reported him for harassment (particularly as he was incredibly vocal on social media about the dispute). However Domino know that civil cases are a human civil right to file (& publicise), they also knew it was an entirely separate entity to criminal law (so reporting in this way wouldn’t stop civil proceedings). Therefore they didn’t report him to the police in an effort to silence/intimidate him. But they did remove his album streams for some time in protest, so filing civil cases regarding these matters still has certain risks.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/20/four-tet-settles-royalty-rate-dispute-domino-records-keiran-hebden
In my opinion, I personally advise that if you feel Sam or Sebastian have carried out similar crimes against you, to log those with The Metropolitan police (particularly to the borough of Newham where they reported me). So please share this website as you see fit so others do not go through such experiences.
Currently at this time, I am still being continually reported to the police by Sam & Sebastian due to this website and the evidence contained within it (an entire 6 months after the matter was fully investigated). These multiple reports aren’t actioned as I’ve not committed a crime, but in my opinion I now consider them harassment (by proxy) and of malicious intent (and count as perverting the course of justice). It is an effort to silence me and remove my experiences with Sam & Worship from public/industry view via this site/stop my civil case. Adding to this, both parties have chosen not to offer me an NDA regarding this matter and/or a damages settlement (NDA’s or gagging orders are ultimately civil matters and very common in the music industry). As I’ve not been offered an NDA or signed one I’m allowed to openly speak about what happened to me. Ironically as some of the most successful managers in music, it’s also not something they couldn’t afford to implement.
Subsequently, I have now decided to completely withdraw/close and go on an extended hiatus. I can’t financially afford to now keep a full website, run a business, upgrade my kit, or have time to put anymore energy into my art/writing while this civil dispute is ongoing (& of course aforementioned safety concerns/structural discrimination/blacklisting - resulting in no work). My main aim will be to recover, find a new positive job/career and to use any extra income to progress my civil case. Which I hope is concluded very soon as this is an experience I want to leave behind. Ultimately I have too much innovation to offer the right people to dwell on it any further.
So this is the plan. I’m going to gain my faith & creativity back in time by using the book ‘The Artists Way’ and aim myself into another completely different industry once I feel positive, well & inspired again. I’ve unfortunately not had any desire to shoot/write much at all in the last 8 months, even just on a personal project level. As I can now no longer photograph electronic music I also can’t continue my music theory writing either currently, as I need to be out in the field to do so. Both feed into each other in that way, but I will attempt to continue writing music theory periodically. ‘The Artists Way’ encourages the morning pages so I’ll remove that block via those means. Maybe…I’m also just extremely burnt out. I’ve written & researched over 80’000 words on music theory, released an anthology photo book and also created entirely new projects/systems within music photography over the last 4 years. At the same time as this creative spurt I’ve come up against huge opposition: intensive bullying, discrimination & isolation resulting in a severe lack of money/work opportunities despite wildly innovating. So now my artists well is completely dry. I’ve effectively existed on a desert island which has led to a lot of artistic breakthroughs (so big plus points), but that work has been so forward thinking I’ve been left on my own entirely with no support. This has been very frustrating, detrimental to my mental health and stopped me working completely. So it’s now time to go dark and nurture myself & that artist within me in my own way until I find my people. I also know they will find me.
‘When you are feeling depreciated, angry or drained, it is a sign that other people are not open to your energy’
Sanaya Roman
So my new artistic direction is uncertain, but its exciting to think of the different possibilities I have in the future in a more forward thinking, kinder, equal and ethical place. One that wants to employ me, interact with me and celebrate my talent. I’m generally an optimistic person and I need to regain that as soon as I can. My imagination is my greatest tool here, in my imagination I can create absolutely anything and any outcome I desire. So it’s now time to tap into that frequency of the opposite to the above issues. Because new opportunities are everywhere & this will be resolved in my favour in time. The main thing to do right now is to protect my equilibrium and therefore that state will show the right door to open. Creativity does not thrive under these negative feelings and constraints so this plan seems the best way to move forward. Rest and reset, I definitely need it.
Nothing is impossible, even these current circumstances at the end of the day, everything is always moving and changing and in flux.
‘Nothing rests; Everything moves; Everything vibrates’
The Kybalion
I have now left UWE after a brief 10 week tenure as Accommodation Manager. Although I learned an awful lot in the role & enjoyed the work, it was not the right job/team for me. So I’m currently looking for other 9-5’ role with immediate effect. I’m also immensely thankful I now have my time freed up again for work that is much more suitable for my personality and my varied, valuable and expansive skillset. Please contact me should you have any interesting jobs or studying opportunities.
My photography archival work & writing in book form is available via the links below and will be the only record of my work in the public sphere. Links to my photography are available on request should any enquires arise.
I’m in general, on hiatus from social media. The main reason being so my energy isn’t scattered. All enquiries/communications must come through my email only from now on