Bradley Quinn

He does commercial, advertising and music photography, and uses the Sony alpha camera systems

• Name — Bradley Quinn • Born — 1976 • Birthplace — Bangor, Northern Ireland • Known for — Photography • Movement — Belfast Institute • Patrons — Snow Patrol, Cashier No. 9 • Relatives — Jonny Quinn (brother) Patricia Quinn (aunt) • Website — www.bradleyquinn.com

Bradley Quinn was born in 1976 in Bangor, younger brother to Jonny Quinn. His aunt is actress Patricia Quinn and cousin Debbie Armstrong, wife of former Northern Ireland assistant manager Gerry Armstrong. He was introduced to photography at an early age by his father, and started doing amateur work using the darkroom in their house. When attending Belfast's Campbell College, he took up photography as a subject for his Arts GCSE. He then attended Belfast Institute to study A level photography. During his years at the Institute, he was picked by in-house photographer Geoff Hannon. It was his first job, which he did for six months. He had plans to attend university, but decided to take an opportunity to work under a commercial and advertising photographer. He worked for ten years and finds the experience "invaluable"; apart from film developing and location lighting, he learnt to deal with finance and marketing.

He is based in Holywood, and started his own business, Bradley Quinn Photography, in 2005 where does commercial photography. His work with Snow Patrol led to his first exhibition, called "Crack the Shutters" in July 2009. It was held at the Waterfront Hall during the Trans festival in Belfast and continued till the end of the month. It showcased 45 images spanning the band's life and two 6 ft canvasses, one of which was made of 3,000 of his photographs of Snow Patrol. Cashier No. 9 played at the launch of the exhibition. The exhibition was held for three days again (from 7–9 December 2009) at the same venue as Snow Patrol toured in Belfast. He intends to do the exhibition in more venues around the United Kingdom.