“…it becomes an apocalyptic chapter out of this epic imaginary story about Australia.   He has used symbolism and a joint memory to take it to another level”

“It has all the elements of herself and her photography in it: Her trademark use of colour and light, her optimistic outlook, and her painterly approach”

via TWO LOOKS: Trent and Narelle « .

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Last week I was lucky enough to be exhibited at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, as part of the Corbis Creatives behind the Lens competition. Out of 500ish photos from other creative people in the advertising Industry, the judges selected two of mine as winners including ‘Therapy’ (pictured above), and a street shot from my Time to Pretend series titled ‘Tango’.

The exhibition will be traveling down to Melbourne in the next few months, so if you’re down there go and check it out!

Fortune’s Kodachrome legacy – W. Eugene Smith, 1957 (17) – FORTUNE.

I came across french fashion photographer David Bellemere about a week ago, and haven’t been able to get his work out of my head since. These are fashion photographs moonlighting as fine art. Or vice versa.

I looked into quite a few systems which all made it easy to update my images, add new galleries etc – I used indexhibit on my old site, and while it was simple to use the customisation was a little bit too complex. Foliolink is another easy to use option, but I wanted to build a little bit more interactivity into it – and so I’ve gone with wordpress, using slideshow pro to display my portfolio.

It’s taken a lot of tweaking/learning – but after about 3 weeks work the new site is here. Would love to know what you think?

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THREE SOURCES OF HAPPINESS

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Tri Hita Karana. God, People, and Place.

The Three Sources of Happiness that drive the ideals of the Balinese people.

Part 1 of an ongoing project.

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APOCALYPSE

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On the 23rd of September, strange weather brought dust in from Australia’s drought ridden center, and deposited it over Sydney. For that morning, the city of Sydney became an apocalyptic place – something more akin to mars than the city we know.

A selection of these photos were published in Strange Light magazine, on Magcloud.

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FIGURE

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‘Figure’ is a derivative of bodybuilding, where female competitors who choose not to gain the heavy muscle mass required of bodybuilding, are able to compete in a body competition.

It’s emphasis is on femininity and athleticism, where symmetry and muscle definition – combined with the female form, are the key criteria for judging.

The competition itself is part posing, part dance routine, but with all of the spartan dedication required of bodybuilding to tone up and get ripped.. all in a pair of killer heels.

I followed Colleen in the 12 weeks leading up to competition – as she undertook her own personal transformation, and competed in the ANB Asia-Pacific championships, on Australia’s Gold Coast in May 2009.