ARTIST & METAPHYSICAL MUSIC THEORIST
CURRENT PROJECT: THE FEEDBACK LOOP THEORY
‘SEE ALL LIFE AS A MAGNIFICENT PLAY OF ENERGY, THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR’
ALAN WATTS
PHOTOGRAPHY COMMISSIONS CLOSED
Studio Movements…
My current project is completing my 2nd book ‘The Feedback Loop Theory’. Please see The Theories tab for details. This is a live ‘meta tool’ essay to encourage people to make art, please share as you see fit…the continuation of the studio will mainly swing into theory writing and creative project system building from now on…
Photography Update..
Due to incidents detailed in the Sarah Ginn XX Sub Focus tab I’ve had to take an enforced retirement from photography for health reasons (in particular music photography). I have unfortunately had serious intimidation/career blacklisting complications (from the defendants Sam Neill of Kode Media & Worship Artists) carried out to halt (& hide public knowledge) of this civil dispute. Such civil claims often have retaliatory consequences, which is what occurred in this instance. This was a career ending situation for me within electronic music photography, therefore this page will remain up for ethical purposes.
This incident heavily compounded an already severe lack of bookings over an extended period of time (5 years). Mainly due to the media team outsourcing model of music photography coming into play with events, and subsequent gatekeeping arising from that (which adversely affected many experienced photographers). Despite extensive marketing (across all photography sectors), I’ve been unable to resolve it as I’m generally hired by women at a 80/20 percent split. Therefore this has caused a root disadvantage in what I’m offered in the first place, as it’s not entirely based on talent. I’ve approached many photographer collectives to find a way around it, but none of them want me to join them. I’ve also experienced sabotaging actions from these teams if I am booked for external clients such as branding work within events.
This outcome also came to pass via a very flattering assumption that I was always busy with offers, I wouldn’t do the job & I’d be too expensive etc, so people didn’t approach me. That stopped me getting any direct enquiries all together (which could have bypassed the aforementioned gatekeeping & the new team business model). So this area of my studio is no longer financially viable to continue practicing. The business has made a huge loss over the last 5 years at least, due to gaining less than one small booking every month for all this time. Ultimately these are varied reasons, some very good and others very bad. However, when experienced concurrently all at once, they aren’t good for my mental wellbeing (and have now caused a severe depression relating to my photography and the experiences I’ve had). I do still consider myself a photographer internally and always will. However, but these external forces have made any commercial shooting impossible, because I just don’t get booked (for which I have no solution). Subsequently the photography arm of my business has now been fully retired, as putting anymore energy into it isn’t the best use of my skills currently. My main aim will be a new 9-5 role and writing in my spare time which will build up my confidence again. However, my galleries will remain online as a celebration of my art within this field for people to enjoy :-)
The Future…
For any academic theory or XX project enquires which will now be the main focus of the studio and aims my energy into more positive areas. Please email sarah@sarahginn.co.uk. This is new work that I’m really excited to concentrate on and explore more, so look forward to hearing from you :-)
I have removed myself from all social media to enable me to focus effectively, therefore all communication must come through this one channel
My music photography work is available in the publications below: