Profiles

About Kara Rasmanis Kara Rasmanis was born and raised in Ballarat and grew up in a household of arts and crafts (padded tissue boxes that gave way to elegant and sophisticated embroidery from her mother, and functional and solid woodwork from her father). A passion for all things creative guided her through childhood. In high …

Guy Vinciguerra is a photographer based in Perth, Western Australia.

  About John Cato (Tribute Show) John ‘Jack’ Cato (1889-1971) was born in Tasmania. He worked in London from 1909 to 1913 as a society and theatre photographer. In 1913 he moved to South Africa and worked as an ethnographic photographer. After the war he returned to Hobart, and set up a studio in 1920. …

Every millimetre counts in Cairns photographer Hans Schmidt’s world of botanical marvels.

‘I’ve always been fascinated with the other, with that which is foreign to me, that which is nearly illegible… unreadable.’

A few years ago, Zorica Purlija began submitting entries to the Photo Review challenges. Her work had a certain intensity and as the submissions turned up each issue, it became apparent that there was a consistency of vision behind them. Often featuring her daughter Yumi, the pictures had an ineffable quality of belonging to a wider body of work. Something about them seemed to hint at deeper currents far below the surface.

The impetus for Louise Hawson’s 52 suburbs project arrived on eight legs.

A young sailor, an exotic port and a few drinks. It’s a familiar story. But this one didn’t end with a sore head and new tattoo.

As ground floor opportunities go, they don’t get much better than being asked by a 21-year-old Jann Wenner if you’d like to be part of something new. It was 1967, Baron Wolman was an experienced freelance photographer working in San Francisco and Wenner’s idea was Rolling Stone.