Three to Five Year Plan

In one year I plan to have graduated from Plymouth College of Art and I will have signed up for the Alumni Association. Following advice that I have received at Free Range I plan on approaching autism organisations such as The National Autistic Society and the Asperger's Association to look for support as well as potential funding. I will also be contacting small galleries to see if they are interested in showing my work. I intend on entering as many competitions as I can. On a personal level I will learn to drive and start training as a proof-reader so I can support myself financially.

In two years I will be self promoting my work which will be ongoing for both my nature photography and my autism abstracts and I intend to be planning an exhibition. I will have developed a network of contacts within Plymouth and Dartmoor reaching out to the rest of the Country. I will have entered at least one major photography competition. In my personal life I will have passed my driving tests and have a car, establishing my independence and allowing me to shoot more on Dartmoor. I will be working part time as a proof-reader to financially support myself.

Within three years I will have expanded my photo shoot locations to across the country. I will have developed a wider network across the UK and maybe abroad. I will approach The Photographers Gallery about an exhibition about an exhibition celebrating autistic photographers. Personally I will have applied for my passport so I can go abroad to shoot photographs and network.

In four years I will have started selling my work, possibly printed on items such as tea towels or cups. I will start giving talks about my photographic work and my autism. I will start travelling abroad to shoot photography both my abstracts and my nature photography. I will carry on entering competitions.

In five years I will have an established career of talks and of my photographic work. I will start developing books to sell of both my abstracts and my nature photography. I will have more exhibitions and I will keep entering competitions.