During his teenage years in Brora, Garry had his sights set on life
as rock’n’roll drummer*. A bit like Elvis in Guitar Man (though with a drum-kit, not a guitar), Garry relocated from the Scottish Highlands to
Glasgow in search of a band. Little did he know though, that despite
success making and performing music, his career would eventually lie in
the ‘snaps’ he’d been taking on his camera phone.
The Camera Phone Days (as they’re referred to fondly) are long gone.
Over the last six years, Garry has gone on to develop a strong and
varied professional photography portfolio across fashion, music,
portraiture and art. You may have seen his work published in independent
titles such as Slave Magazine, Milkcow and Fiasco among others. Over
the years Garry has established an exciting network of like-minded
collaborators and continues to expand an impressive catalogue of
corporate & creative clients. He runs a shared photography studio
in a secret cul-de-sac in Glasgow’s west-end and he’s even managed to bag
himself a BA in Photography in between times.
In tandem with his professional work, Garry (or YHFphoto as he’s
sometimes known) always has one or two personal art projects in
development. Garry’s exhibition debut, ‘Uninvited’, (a joint project
with friend and fellow robot enthusiast Neil Slorance), was celebrated
at Che Camille’s then loft gallery/showroom in Glasgow in Spring 2009.
Since then, he has shown a variety of work in some unusual locations; in
the city’s tiniest gallery, at a grand film house in Edinburgh, in a
fancy window display and on the walls of a super-swank hotel. Garry is
currently hosting his first online exhibit and will be hosting a series
of events in Autumn/Winter 2011.
