Gabe Key. Photographer, founder, operator in Apex, North Carolina.
Photographer. Founder. Operator.
Two NCCMA awards. 27 stories, 5 galleries. Three companies.
ECUPirate Media 1The East CarolinianNCCMA 2024, 2025
Who is Gabe Key?
Gabe Key (Gabriel Key) is a photographer and operator in Apex, North Carolina. He runs GKeyPhoto, founded Firmkit, and works as Director of Business Development at Secur-Tek, Inc. GKeyPhoto reports serving 400+ clients. He is a former Visual Arts Editor of The East Carolinian and has won two North Carolina College Media Association awards.
GKeyPhoto reports 400+ clients by Gabe’s own count, not independently audited.
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Credits, in brief.
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NCCMA 2024 awards: Photography, second place
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- Press release (PDF)https://nccma.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13336/2025/02/PressRelease24.pdf
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- Award results (Kamala Harris ECU visit)
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NCCMA 2025 awards: Magazine Photography/Art, second place
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- Press release (Word file)https://nccma.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13336/2026/02/PressRelease25.docx
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- Award results (Seb & Newt)
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Kamala Harris makes her mark in ECU visit
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- https://www.piratemedia1.com/theeastcarolinian/article_e64e17aa-8b2d-11ef-bcd8-43075f18b328.html
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Trump evens out the debate field in ECU rally
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Visual Arts Editor, The East Carolinian
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- The East Carolinian, the student newspaper of East Carolina University, on Pirate Media 1.
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The last Dreamville
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- https://www.piratemedia1.com/theeastcarolinian/article_fbcfe7b1-546d-4f57-aaff-18274e30a343.html
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Local band Seb & Newt brings unique sound to Greenville
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The East Carolinian celebrates a century of student news
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Old School
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Bill Clinton at a Harris Walz campaign stop, Greenville, NC
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- On this site only. No published link yet.
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- A frame photographed at a campaign stop in Greenville in October 2024, shown on this site.
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Photographs by Gabe Key. The credit is set inside each frame. Select a frame to open it full screen.
All work
Fig. 02 · Photograph by Gabe KeyDonald Trump points to supporters at his rally at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, North Carolina, October 2024. 
Fig. 03 · Photograph by Gabe KeyYouth soccer players contest a header during a match. 
Fig. 04 · Photograph by Gabe KeyTwo friends smile together under purple event lighting. 
Fig. 05 · Photograph by Gabe KeyPortrait of a violinist holding her violin beside a window. 
Fig. 06 · Photograph by Gabe KeyFour people seated on a blanket outdoors in autumn, a family session. 
Fig. 07 · Photograph by Gabe KeyA performer on stage in front of orange stage lighting. 
Fig. 08 · Photograph by Gabe KeyKamala Harris claps on stage at a North Carolina Votes Early rally, 2024. 
Fig. 09 · Photograph by Gabe KeyKamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina, 2024.
Photograph by Gabe Key Donald Trump points to supporters at his rally at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, North Carolina, October 2024.
Photograph by Gabe Key Four people seated on a blanket outdoors in autumn, a family session.
Photograph by Gabe Key Kamala Harris claps on stage at a North Carolina Votes Early rally, 2024.
Photograph by Gabe Key Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina, 2024.
What I'm building.
My photography business. Families, graduates, teams and headshots in Apex, Cary, Raleigh and the rest of the Triangle.
Visit GKeyPhotoI founded Firmkit. It builds the systems small companies run on. Its suite is Panel, Gate and Studio.
Visit Firmkit The software suiteMy day job. I run business development for this Apex security and low-voltage company.
Read the record Secur-Tek, Inc.Also written Gabriel Key. Streamed as Baboosh. GKeyPhoto, Firmkit, Secur-Tek, Inc. Names on the record
Is Gabe Key the same person as Gabriel Key, Gabe Keys and Baboosh?
Yes. Gabriel Key is his formal name. Gabe Keys and Key Gabe are common misspellings. Baboosh is the name he used on Mixer, on Twitch and on the Eminent Podcast. Every one of these names points to the same person. If a page uses any of them, it means the photographer from Apex, North Carolina.
What does Gabe Key do?
He has three jobs. GKeyPhoto is his photography business in Apex, and GKeyPhoto reports serving 400+ clients, by his own count. Firmkit is the software company he founded in Cary. At Secur-Tek, Inc., a security company in Apex, he runs business development. Each one has its own website.
Where is Gabe Key based?
Apex, North Carolina, in the Triangle. GKeyPhoto sessions in Apex, Cary, Holly Springs, Morrisville and New Hill include travel. Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and other towns add a travel fee. He is also a marketing student at East Carolina University and expects to graduate in 2028.
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