Back to the Deserts of Coober Pedy
The South Australian desert was where my journey really began so it was very...
January 16, 2020
Always a huge honour to be asked to travel around country to facilitate community. This project grabbed me instantly an opportunity to document every participant in the state.
History only plays for so long and what i’ve learnt in the past two years is that if you have the opportunity just go and do it. Sometime logistics, funding and people stand in the way but it’s important to document and facilitate in the moment. You never know the moment may have passed tomorrow and in many cases it has.
Honouring a project and the people involved always weighs heavily on my mind. I decided pretty early on to use the impossible selective lighting patterns with the 1.2m octabank in the heavy wind without an assistant taking 4-8 frames of each team to show the teams in their best light.
The editing for these large images was intense. I’m used to maybe twelve people in a group shot as a family unit a lot of these images captured entire teams including coaching staff, assistants, water boys and runners.
The South Australian desert was where my journey really began so it was very...
When I got the call from Australian Geographic to track down Sophie Matterson and...
My prefered workflow is a calm, intent based, highly detail orientated process. Often times...
Among the backroads and unmarked trails of South Australia, tuck away, there is a...
A One Tree Hill residence back in the 1800’s called the Homestead – “Tenafeate”,...
One of the best parts of being a photographer is sharing that passion with...
The film, commissioned by NITV, was produced by Wankangurru / Adnyamathanha woman Lavene McKenzie...
Since 1989 Jeff Boland has been maintaining his three hundred kilometre section of the...
Earlier in the year we were in Copley creating the TWO WAYS Series and...
I first met these guys in the sandhills of Davenport Community and it quickly...
No Black Seas is a specially commissioned exhibition of new works by artists from...
After two years of bush trips, wood collecting, workshops, museum visits and site specific...
There’s something quite charming about living in a remote town. A lot of inner...
One of the most challenging types of photography is architectural. Add to that the...
The timing of this worked out perfectly being in Perth for the Exposure Mentoring...
First Peoples sovereignty has never been ceded – not in 1788, not in 1967,...
I’m a big fan of one thing doing two things or even three things....
It’s been a very busy year and not much of that has been personal...
Meeting Stoney up at his shack at Blanche Harbour was meant to be. Over...
Two years in the making the mentoring was a way of empowering community on...
As leaders, trailblazers, politicians, activists and social change advocates, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
Culture is not always conscious. It is not just what is seen or heard....
On his tour of South Australia Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor General of Australia, stopped...
Photographed over four days on the west side of Port Augusta was a really...
The project is being broken down into three stages: – Documentation and Collection of...
Great to finish the year with a bang. HOPE, a work derived from the...
This was my second time as Official Photographer so it was great meeting new...
Got a call from the head steward who asked me to clean up my...
A lot of my work around Australia is classified as pro bono.This gives me...
Being still in one place for an extended period of time is not the...
Being a part of a small community has its benefits and offers many ways...
The plight of Anangu includes an incredibly high cost of living, disruption of...
Travelling long distances, on the Stuart Highway and Nullarbor for projects, can be exhausting....
In my childhood I grew up with the paintings of colonist Frederick McCubbin's 'The...
The subject was considerably sick on the day which actually really helped to create...
Many things arise in the journey of life often unexpectedly and i’m always surprised...
Proud moment today with the publishing and distribution of the Deadly Centre Breakaways Recount...
This portrait was taken at the beginning of the final ride at the Bronco...
Over three months, three days a week and three tether cables later this series...
Culturally how are we being educated? A big part of this journey has been the...
'It's from our grandmothers and our grandfathers that we've learned about the land. This...
I remember a friend of mine asking me what the problems were facing Aboriginal...
This was a last minute opportunity to jump in with the passing 4WD’s once...
I find the mental challenge of photography just as challenging if not more than...
When simplicity is expected chaos and calamity is sure to follow
The most recent collaboration was with tonal realist portrait artist Avril Thomas who to...
“Saying sorry doesn’t mean much unless we can leave that part of our history...
‘Youth from across SA joined us at the 2013 Mentoring Camp at Ten Mile...
These encounters show a mixed variety of the Coober Pedy society without a sense...
Being mobile is a huge advantage to my project work so when I was...
With everything I’ve ever done I’ve always gone about it in my own way....
Always enjoy a new challenge and this was no exception. Have never really shot...
It is always great to meet up and hang out with other creatives who...
Coober Pedy To Oodnadatta Bike Ride AdventureTwenty young men and accompanying adults tackled the...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this gallery does contain images and voices of people who have died.