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Neil Gunner

Photographer

Hi!

I’ve been photographing sports, people and lots of other cool things for over 20 years.

 

I began taking pictures in earnest with several street photography projects. Then, coinciding with my sports work, I created a series of athlete portraits taken immediately after the game. Nowadays I make portraits with individual models, in the studio and outdoors.

 

I got my start in sports by shooting roller derby, first in Pittsburgh and then in Toronto, Guelph, Montreal and places in between. I’ve since branched out to shoot university and professional level sports, including beach volleyball and skate park action.

 

I was an accredited photographer at the first ever Roller Derby World Cup which was held December 2011 in Toronto. In 2014, I published my first coffee table book, Into Battle: The Roller Derby Experience in Photos and Interviews. In 2021, I launched my first online class, Introduction to Sports Photography, now available on Skillshare.

 

My photos of local roller derby bouts, WFTDA regional championships, international tournaments and the Roller Derby World Cup have appeared in CBC News stories, several local papers, Blood and Thunder magazine, Heritage Toronto, and many popular blogs.

 

I’m currently a sports, skate park, and portrait photographer based in Toronto, Canada.