Tristan has worked in the industry for over 20 years, starting out in Auckland, NZ at a small but ambitious agency called Meares Taine. He later set up his own retouch studio, working with some of the country’s top ad agencies, design studios and photographers on a wide range of campaigns and projects.
In 2008, what was meant to be a short overseas holiday turned into an eight-month stretch of continual summer and unexpected detours. The plan was to head home and get back to work—but instead, the trip ended in London, and so did the idea of returning. He picked things up again there, and London’s been home ever since. New Zealand? That’s now the holiday.
Tristan continues his career as a retoucher and visualiser, and occasionally swaps hats to work as an art director or designer in multidisciplinary studios across the UK and Europe. Always with one eye on the details and the other on the deadline.
