Being able to share one’s passion is the dream!
As a young boy Frank McKenzie would spend his time visiting local ‘Jumble Sales’ and foraging landfill on old railway lines for abandoned treasures. At the age of 9 he was already using his pocket money to buy and sell items. Since then, and as an entrepreneur and accountant, he has had a diverse and interesting career. In the 1990’s he revisited his passion and started to buy art and antiques as part of his pension strategy. With the emergence of the Internet this has since evolved into a thriving business.
Today he is a LAPADA accredited member and enjoys sharing his life-long passion with collectors, dealers and interior designers worldwide and has also developed relationships with private collectors across the globe.
Since 1984 he has also been actively involved in the promotion of his late father and world-renowned photographer, Joseph McKenzie. His vast archive amassed over 69 years focuses on social documentary black and white photography, later digital colour photography, poetry and extensive writings including an autobiography. Adopted as ‘The Father of Modern Scottish Photography’, Joseph McKenzie has become one of the most important photographers to have emerged from the post-war era. Frank has combined his interests and experience in the art and antique world to embellish and promote this hugely important and incredible collection.