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gavin o'neill - photographer

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art........ Leonardo da Vinci

About Me

im a self-taught photographer from New Zealand. Im based in paris, but regularly work in london, sydney, germany, spain, etc,........and wherever else life takes me. i love shooting beauty and also working with the body. love my work, my girl, and trying to save the planet.
apart from that, i believe in destiny.........completely! every person, every place, and every picture......

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My Interests

taking pictures!!! travelling, music, intuition, ma tortue, retouching, yoga, people-watching, vegemite sandwiches, going organic, sushi, watching rugby, scrabble, flying in helicopters, all things new zealand.......and anything with chocolate on it, in it, or around it! :)

I'd like to meet:

whoever im supposed to meet.......

ps. if you send me a freinds request and your profile is set to 'private', please send a quick message aswell so i know who u are, or i wont accept it ~~ (unless u are so famous that i will know anyway ;)
pps. if u have written your profile in the 3rd person, or have a picture of yourself giving the finger, i probably wont add u :-/

Music:

snow patrol, groove armada, massive attack, jeff buckley, weekend players, alanis morrisette, frou frou, coldplay, david gray, radiohead, rhian sheehan, strawpeople, christina aguilera, the cult, etc

Movies:

zeitgeist!!! amelie, the sixth sense, the great global warming swindle, american beauty, V for vendetta, true romance, whale rider, the secret, america:freedom to fascism, what the **** do we know, terrorstorm, loose change, war of the worlds, terminator 2.......

Television:

seinfeld!!! also the daily show, prison break, inside the actors studio, law and order, will & grace, and friends, etc....all the good stuff! ;)

Books:

i dont enjoy reading all that much (cant shut my brain off long enough).......but a few that ive loved reading (several times) are: The Power of Now (Eckardt Tolle), Seat of the Soul (Gary Zukav), Many Lives , Many Matsers (Brian Weiss), Illusions (Richard Bach).

Heroes:

eckardt tolle, george galloway, john edwards, alex jones, michael moore, herb ritts, jon stewart, zac goldsmith, my parents, kramer, the Allblacks, and the entire cast and crew of KA (cirque du soleil, vegas).......which is by far the most phenominal, and creative real-life visual display ive ever seen.

My Blog

~Nudes in Formentera~

this is the first of my shoot blogs......it wouldve contained some backstage pics had my assistants digital camera not been pilfered from his suitcase on the way back from ibiza to london. :-/ so, ...
Posted by gavin o'neill - photographer on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 02:50:00 PST

day 1

welcome to my blogs, this is my first entry.......not sure why im doing this except coz everyone else is.....not that im a sheeple, but im told i have a pretty interesting life, so im gonna see if any...
Posted by gavin o'neill - photographer on Sun, 28 May 2006 09:22:00 PST