Winning the Eugene W Smith Grant really helped him, it set him up to travel for another year and Kodak young photographer of the year opened a load of doors as well, this guy has been extremely lucky on a few occasions, but he's definately not taken the easy route. Did fashion shoots in the beginning to pay the bills and part time bar work. He went out travelling to take photos and built his portfolio from just that.
Winning the Eugene W Smith Grant really helped him, it set him up to travel for another year and Kodak young photographer of the year opened a load of doors as well, this guy has been extremely lucky on a few occasions, but he's definately not taken the easy route. Did fashion shoots in the beginning to pay the bills and part time bar work. He went out travelling to take photos and built his portfolio from just that.