Gavin Wallace, New York Kings, series of four, 01/01, framed...

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Gavin Wallace, New York Kings, series of four, 01/01, framed and signed verso, series of four (4)

Portraits of Golden Glove winners, taken at Gleason’s Gym, Brooklyn, New York, February 2015. Taken on a Canon 5D MkIII and printed on Epson SCP900 using 300gsm Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta Satin paper. Each signed 1of1 artist prints.

'In the middle of the coldest winter NYC had seen in 50 years, it was my first time there and was an art director
on another shoot earlier that week in Brooklyn. Whilst I was there I got chatting to a guy from Hell’s Kitchen, he ran a small Pizza Parlor on the
corner of 9th Av – W40th st, I had sheltered there from freezing temperatures and we got talking about one of my passions, boxing.
He proceeded to tell me he was friends with the owner of Gleasons Gym over in Brooklyn and there was the famous Golden Gloves tournament
being held there the next night.

If you don’t know, Gleasons is one of the most famous Boxing gyms in the world, with the likes of Mike Tyson & Muhammad Ali training there in their prime.
Anyway the owner invited me down to take some shots and I jumped at the chance. I stayed to the very end and met some amazing people,
a chance I will probably never have again'

Gavin Wallace is a socially aware, non-conformist photographer from Northampton, fusing an anti-establishment politic, with classical portraiture. Growing up in a working-class household, Gavin found little comfort in institutions that failed to inspire self-expression, turning instead to art and music.

With no formal training, Gavin began taking photos at dance music events in his mid-twenties and within a few short years found himself working with some of the biggest names in Drum & Bass, pioneering a photographic aesthetic that has been mimicked by photographers ever since. Maturing into a fine art photographer, Gavin has transformed the shadow of an unstable childhood into a torch highlighting socially vital messages, services and ordinary people living vibrant and courageous lives.