PHOTOGRAPHER, VISUAL ARTIST & METAPHYSICAL THEORIST

CURRENT PERSONAL PROJECT: THE FEEDBACK LOOP THEORY

‘NO ONE TO CHANGE BUT SELF’

Neville Goddard

STUDIO MOVEMENTS

To diversify within my visual work/photography and collaborate with radically different clients, I’m fishing for any kind of commissions or day jobs (in all other industries, particularly academia, hospitality, travel, corporate events and major brands) here and abroad. Which will take elements of my previous music work and apply them in different and more fantastical ways.

I’m ultimately looking for a client that wants to take on an XX project within any of these areas, & all of those example pitches are detailed in the Sarah Ginn XX tabs. This kind of work is what I call ‘hyperbranding’ and although they use music acts as examples, they have an infinite number of applications for potential clients in other industries. Especially those who are looking for a fully collaborative visual project with added academic theory.

My main personal project while I restructure the studio & move into a different client base, will be continuing to write ‘The Feedback Loop Theory’, which will be my second book. This will carry on my music related work via theory writing only, after my forced retirement from music photography.

This is due to events previously published on the Sarah Ginn XX Sub Focus page of this site, which detailed evidence of my IPEC civil claim of IP theft against Sub Focus’s manager Sebastian Weingartshofer & photographer Sam Neill. Unfortunately there have been a number of serious retaliation/intimidation incidents from the defendants. This included implementing a music industry blacklisting/smear campaign since March 2023, civil legal threats of defamation (never filed) & excessively making false reports to The Metropolitan Police accusing me of harassment over a period of 1.5 years. This intimidation was carried out in an attempt to hide/remove the evidence on this page & halt my civil case, which wasn’t successful. Now after being publicly viewable for over two years, this page is now private due to my civil claim officially commencing (as per legal procedure while the case is in progress). Full details will become public again when the case is published via court records.

These circumstances also worsened a chronic & severe lack of bookings/enquires for over 5 years, which was caused by an over saturated market & purposeful gender biased gatekeeping/bullying (from my largely male photographer peers & hirers). Minority creators often experience discrimination in the freelance world, and this is an inherent structural issue (which affects female DJs too). In my case, this glass ceiling has stopped me working almost entirely since 2020 in music photography. It was implemented due to the high quality of my work, that caused insecurity among other photographers.

I’ve not been able to overcome these challenges, and consistent marketing just hasn’t resulted in any bookings. Ultimately, I deserve to feel safe, respected, given equal career opportunities & paid in line with my experience & talents. Rather than having my civil freedoms violated for protecting my original concepts, & experiencing gender discrimination that has fully halted my event photography (from Sep 2024). So now my visual work will be trying out various experimental photographic processes instead. Creating new art that fits alongside my theory writing & expanding out my skillset is the most positive (& fun) way forward. It also uses my time effectively, to form unique and forward thinking pitches to aim at other industries. Becoming a more versatile & proficient photographer & in my personal time, rather than using it purely for income, also stops any pressure on radical experimentation. That kind of curious expansion is really exciting for me now. It enables me to put these negative occurrences firmly in the past. This new work will be shown in the Personal section of this site (so please check back periodically).

‘The Feedback Loop Theory’ essay is also available in The Theories tab for anyone to view until it is completed. I particularly welcome academic feedback and work opportunities from universities and research institutions interested in this work. Due to working extensively on this essay, which has been really enjoyable & productive, two new chapters have been added in the last month for you to read (Jan 26).

My historical music photography work from the last 15 years is available in print form, via the books below.

‘There is no try, there is just do’