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It was a Russian-made Fed III rangefinder camera. Built like a T-72 tank, it withstood lots of abuse from this child novice and survived. I soon graduated first to a Yashicamat, and then to a Rolleiflex, followed in later years by a Practika, Pentax and Nikon... I had built my first darkroom around 14 years of age, joined one of the UK's national newspapers at age 16, as a trainee photo-journalist. I went to college at 18 on my days off, studying Print Technology and Graphic Design, and was sent on assignment to war zones at age 20... Changing to a less dangerous profession of graphic designer I spent most of my career working in Manchester, London and even Princeton, NJ, followed by the last 19 years as Art Director/Production Designer for agencies in New York and San Francisco - all whilst shooting in my spare time.