About Me
I was born on October 17, 1953 and grew up in the tough New Parks district of Leicester UK. As a boy I had a distant interest in photography, which must have planted a seed. That seed began to grow into something more creative in 1981, when I began to photograph bands at local music venues, and places like The Marquee in London.
Over the next four decades I worked as a freelance photographing anything and everything, including political demonstrations mostly in London, but also in places like Leningrad (USSR), and travelling through Nicaragua in 1990, making images of the national elections.
In later life, I worked full time as a product photographer Leicestershire County Council, retiring in 2013 at the age of 60. My interest in 3D photography was ignited after attending a lecture by Brian May of Queen fame, at De Montfort University, Leicester. Brian is a massive 3D enthusiast, and this talk had a huge impact on me.
These days, taking on NO professional work, I shoot nothing but 3D, build my own cameras, and indulge myself in lots of photographic experimentation. By nature I'm a loner. I don't join photographic groups or societies, I have tried my hand with the UK based Stereoscopic Society, but it isn't for me, and that's no reflection on them.
Tony Shelley
August 2022
