Gareth MCCONNELL
He was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland in 1972
He received his photographic training at West Surrey College of Art & Design and the Royal College of Art where on graduation he won the Painters-Stainers Prize for Photography. While studying for his Masters at the RCA he worked with Benetton’s legendary art director Oliviero Toscani and completed commissions for Universal Music. His third book a monograph of works 1995-2004 was co-published last year by Steidl and Photoworks. His most recent solo exhibition was earlier this year at Counter Gallery, London. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Wales’s Centre for Photographic Research 2004-05 and lectures at art colleges around the south of England. He lives in London and is currently working on his next book.