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Photo of Tracy Doyle provided courtesy of New York fashion photographer Sebastian Kim Continued from page 3 High School her father gave her a camera for Christmas. le further encouraged her by building a dark room in thei basement so that she could learn about processing film, and developing and printing photographs. Retired art teacher at PPHS, Lane Prentice remembers Tracy. “She was an incredibly well organized and extremely creative student,” he says. macy i is quick to add “I learned all my discipline, skills from. my mother and my ene skills from my father.” Tracy's all-round expertise in photography skills and her prints enabled Tracy to produce an impressive portfolio for her application to Ryerson. Here she was accepted into the four year photography and media pro; At Ryerson her interest in fashion was heightened and Tracy set her first major goal: to break into fashion photogra- phy in New York. In order to achieve that goal Tracy started out as a photographer in Toronto at Saturday Night maga- zine and was promoted to photo editor and then to the same position at Maclean’s magazin Tracy's Toronto experience enabled her to get her first 6 FOCUS - JUNE 2010 break in New York with Time Out New York a magazine devoted to current activities in the arts, culture and entertainment scene. A year later Tracy was hired as the photo editor for the relaunch of Life magazine. The magazine lasted for three years but due to the advent of the internet and the changing face of media, Time Warner decided to cease production of the magazine in April 2007. Ironically it still continues as an internet publication. Tracy was then hired by fashion photographer Ste- ven Klein as a producer and then for celebrity photog- rapher Annie Leibovitz. For Tracy, her “big break” was to be hired by Fabien Baron. “Thad long admired Fabien, even studying him in school. Working for him is a distinct honour,” Tracy adds. “The experience at his agency has been tremendous, working with the best fashion photog- raphers on the planet and shoots all over the world,” she says. Tracy is now based in New York and calls Man- hattan home, having lived there for almost seven years. “The excitement of living here in New York is that each day is a challenge,” Tracy states. “It is the kind of place where you have to prove yourself every single day, otherwise someone will gladly step into your place without missing a beat,” she claims. Even with such a busy schedule, Tracy still finds time to teach at two universities in New York; the School of Visual Arts and Parsons New School. Tracy takes time from her busy schedule to visit her parents’ home in Nestleton a few times a year. She always takes time to visit Port Perry to stroll along Queen Street and visit the shops. “T have such vivid and fond memories of hours exploring Queen Street shops and strolling through Palmer Park with my grandmother, Sophie Blyth,” she explained. “Sadly she passed away about three years ago but the memories of the shops, and Emiel’s Place where I worked after school, are still as clear as if they were yesterday,” she states, Tracy's mother, Carol, takes pride in her daughter’s accomplishments. “Tracy finishes everything she puts her mind to. She is very determined. When she was 12 years old, she dusted shelves at the Blackstock hardware store just so that she could buy some designer clothes,” she says with motherly pride. From dusting shelves in Blackstock and serving meals at Emiel’s all the way to an executive position at the top advertising agency in New York is a remarkable accomplishment “It’s all very rewarding,” Tracy comments. “There are times when I wonder why I have worked so hard, but then as I approach Manhattan from some far away assignment, I sigh to myself and think, it’s good to be home, and its good to be able to slip back to my real home in Scugog too.” By Paul Arculus Focus on Scugog