Ray Gumbley is a fine art self-taught photographer, who started developing his photography professionally around 2014. Gumbley’s interests lie in people, art, fashion, street photography, landscapes, bodyscapes, dance, haiku poetry, still life, gothic, tattoos,’ theatre, and burlesque culture. Gumbley became a full-time self-employed artist in fine art portrait and landscape photographer in February 2020.
Gumbley works from his home studio based just outside Long Eaton, situated between Derby and Nottingham, but has clients and friends visiting from far beyond the borders of Derbyshire to have their photograph taken and sells his prints internationally as well as locally at home. His photography and fine art prints explore loss, life, death, faith, hope escapism, mental health, play and how people make sense of themselves, the world around them and the beauty that is in the chaos and darkness of it all.