John Lowry

NOTICE: For photographers and models who offer workshops, tours, etc.: I do a wide range of photography subjects including sports, photojournalism, etc., and I also do graphic design too. For those reasons, I book models only when I have a project requesting a model. So please do not message me with workshops and tour dates.

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“ You improvise, you adapt, you overcome . ” A quote used by a character played by Clint Eastwood in one of his movies.

I may be deaf with speech impaired, but you should see it as a challenge to overcome, rather than a barrier to getting paid .

As of August 2025, I had booked nine different models. Despite the communications difficulties, we all got on well, and worked together well. They’ve remarked that it was a pleasure to work with me and left positive references on my profiles.

(5 on ModelFolio, 2 on PurplePort, and 1 on AdultFolio.)

It is a breach of The Equality Act 2010 if you chose not to work with me because of myself being a deaf person. You could easily pretend to be busy, or ghost me, and the Equality Act is simply a civil law, but you could miss a chance to get paid, if I book someone else. In the world of business, it is a case of your loss, their gain.

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The short story of my life.

When I was in my last year at school, I chose photography as a career, I wanted to become a working photographer. But the teachers, career advisors, and even my own family were never supportive of my aims and made it difficult for me.

I ended up on a training course in graphic design at college, while having an on-the-job training as an assistant to a professional photographer.

Today, I am currently out-of-work (after years of being a full-time busy single parent), and now I am aiming to set up my own business or going freelance.

I do mostly general photography, sports photography, and sometimes photojournalism, in additional to doing graphic design work as a secondary role.

When I book a model, sometimes it’s just portrait photographs only, but sometimes I would use my own photographs as part of my graphic design projects. One model was very intrigued when I asked her to pose like a private detective, until I sent a sample of my graphic design work, a fictional DVD case cover, and she remarked that it was great.

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Notice for photographers: I only uploaded a few examples of my photos to this website, in order to comply with the website’s rules. But I do NOT always upload every new photo, as I see this website as a booking services, not as an image hosting website. I prefer to upload to Flickr or Instagram which is what they’re there for. For this reason, please do not follow me here. It is pointless to follow me if all I do is book models once in a while, and have don’t show new fresh photos to show.

If you want to see my photos, simply check my Flickr account here: https://www.flickr.com/people/132335712@N05/

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Many thanks for your time reading my profile.