Early Career
In his 30s Terry went back to college (Gorseinon College) to study Black and White Documentary Photography before starting on the freelance circuit working weekends for the local newspapers (Llanelli Star and Evening Post).
Still employed by PA Installations, Terry was offered a week’s work with the Star when the staff photographer took a week’s annual leave. Seeing it as his chance, Terry took a week’s sick leave from his employer to cut his teeth as a ‘proper’ freelance photographer – only to be caught red-handed by his boss halfway through the week and sacked on the spot!
He then went on to work regularly for local and regional media titles before starting to hit the front pages of national tabloids and broadsheets.
Press photography started to lose its appeal in the early 2000s when Terry’s ambitions started to grow. A chance to photograph former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable, who was in town having his latest tattoo, led to him taking his first steps towards achieving his ambition of becoming the first portrait photographer to capture a photographic Welsh Hall of Fame – later to become known as the Cool Cymru Collection
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