Marcus started as a bass guitar session musician. He did this freelance for about ten years during the 90s. So, in his early 30s, he had a change of direction. He got hold of a camera and thought this was what he wanted to do next. He realised that as a session musician, he was always playing other people’s ideas, while with photography, he could be much morecreative.
Marcus then went to university to study photography. While studying, he worked as a session musician and photographer. He moved after university to be an assistant in the fashion and advertising world at the end of the 90s.
Marcus then moved to hair and beauty photography in the US. His sister was working in that world, and he went over and joined her. So, he ended up in New York, doing beauty and hair shoots. Then also for advertisers. He did this until the financial crash of 2008, when it all started getting quieter. IN 2010, Marcus was offered a post as a university lecturer. They wanted to start a fashion photography course and asked Marcus to run the course. This was the first time Marcus had ever had a job interview. Marcus was a lecturer for about ten years. He said by the end he was missing doing his photography.
He wanted to stay in Bristol and decided that he would go into branding photography and set up his business about 6 years ago. He also does some teaching and has lots of ideas for this going forward. Marcus still does music. His band (sub-jagger) have just done their last gig. He is also part of a wedding funk band.