A little history

Born in South-East London in 1970 to Scottish parents and raised in Japan, England and Australia I have been taking photos casually since the early eighties. My childhood hobby turned into the pursuit of a profession following an inspirational return visit to Australia and parting of ways with the I.T. industry.  After eighteen years in Apple and UNIX support and project management it was time for a change of direction.

I am currently based in central London.

Initially funding myself with jobs in retail at both Apple and Calumet and working in hospitality (yes, bar work), photography is increasingly providing both an outlet for my creative and professional urges as well as paying the bills.

I have tried my hand at many types of photography and enjoyed all of them but have found that my passion is for photographing people. From rock stars to body artist to Members of Parliament, capturing personalities fascinates me.

I cut my photographic teeth on film but now almost exclusively shoot digitally whilst appreciating the insights using film has given me. I am equally at home using available light in a reportage style or with full strobe lighting in the studio. I love the collaborative aspect of working with my clients and delivering images on time, to brief and on budget whilst maintaining responsive communication throughout the project. All my experience in the corporate world is still being put to good use.

I have been published in The Sunday Times Culture supplement, Classic Rock Presents Prog magazine, Computing magazine, Disorder magazine and on many corporate web sites.

I do not write about myself in the third person.

Duncan Findlater

Why Hypnagogue?

I have enjoyed a few states of mind in my time. The one I find most productive with the fewest adverse side effects is the hypnagogic, the state between sleep and being awake. For me it’s where the wild ideas of the unconscious rub agains the waking mind’s ability to recall, to rationalise, it’s there I have found many insights and ways to move forward where consciousness saw only the impassable. The least I could do was name my web site after it.