NZ Professional Photographer of the Year 2017

Published on 28/7/2017

Richard Wood - Photographic Life Journey

I left school in 1996 not knowing what to do with my life. Well…. I’d really wanted to be a vet. Unfortunately the discovery of other distractions in my 6th and 7th form years didn’t quite let me deliver the marks required to take on that 5 year challenge on.

So I embarked on a three year bachelor of business studies, majoring in marketing. I met an English girlfriend in my final year who was crazy about photography. I never paid much attention to it to be honest apart from having to deal with the camera always coming along with us to everything.

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