Inspirations:
I love water, the beach - anything near or in the ocean. Other photographic artists such as: John Witzig, Tim Donnelly, Shane “Monkeyfoto” Myers, Peter Eastway, and Neil “Moonwalker” Armstrong. ... [more]Getting chased out of the water by an immense ray at Australia's most famous beach was just another day at work for Eugene Tan.
'I was on my back and this thing was huge, like two of these tables wide,' water photographer Eugene Tan patted the metre-wide table between us as we sat outside the coffee shop next door to his Bondi gallery. ... [more]It was the early 1950s and the young Dutchman, then working as a painting contractor, was flying from Perth to Derby on business. When it's up to cruising speed, a DC3 plods along at fairly sedate 300 kph, so Woldendorp and his fellow passengers would have had a good five or six hours to gaze at the scenery. ... [more]The prostitutes in First Deadly Sin, Gerhard Joren's photographic survey of the sex industry, are depicted neither as victims, nor heroes, nor villains. They are, however, depicted honestly.
... [more]Inspirations: Other photographic artists: Robyn Stacey (my photography teacher in 1988), Brassai, Dora Maar, Rineke Dijkstra, Lisette Model, Diane Arbus, Cindy Sherman, Bill Henson, Ella Dreyfuss, Olive Cotton, lately Michael Riley and my mentor, Sandy Edwards. My biggest inspiration is my daughter and muse, Yumi.
... [more]One country, one person, one Australia. The idea came to Melbourne's Michel Lawrence out of disgust, but the result was much more positive.
Sitting in front of his TV in Melbourne in 2005, Michel Lawrence had an 'allergic reaction' to the Cronulla riots which gave him a deceptively simple idea for a photography project. 'You watch this stuff on TV and you wonder why people are doing this - this is no way for a multicultural society to behave,' he says.
... [more]'At 4.30 or 5am there's enough light to see what's going on and not too many deep shadows,' says photographer Andrew Bell, sweeping his hand across an imposing image that looks at first glance like some immense, ancient temple. A tiny figure emerges from a door and another stands high above, looking down from the edge of the monumental structure. They seem to be part of some sort of mysterious tableau. ... [more]Political satirist Bryan Dawe can trace the origin of his photographic style to a single moment 15 years ago.
'My daughter, who was eight at the time, walked in front of a projector and this image came up on the back of a white dress she had on,' said Bryan Dawe. 'I thought "wow, that is fantastic".'
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