WARWICK GOW | The Freelancer

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WARWICK GOW // PHOTOGRAPHER

I was studying to be a paramedic out of school but spent more time shooting so [I] switched to journalism. I travelled, ran a magazine and then came home and hustled.

I love the space photography takes up through bringing down barriers, the places you visit and the people who open up to you. My ethos is to be honest and create safe spaces for other people to be their honest selves.

All of my work has either been postponed or cancelled for the foreseeable future. Pretty well all my friends are either in hospo or creative industries, so we’re all in the same boat.

I guess my career is on hold until further notice but it’s also allowing me some downtime and to push my self-portrait work, editing those forgotten shoots I never got to when I was working, and reading that stack of books that’s been staring at me for months.

Even though you’re alone, the world’s scary and probably broke we’ve never been more connected or equipped to deal with this pandemic. Then going forward we need to start seriously dealing with wage disparity and climate change.

I’m pessimistically optimistic about most things. Overall, I believe people are good and try to be good. We’ve made big changes and advanced so much that all things are possible... I just hope people can see that.

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