Art
City of Churches
Lost amongst the crucifixes of surrounding Stobie poles,
rooted incongruously in its location, the Church of Christ - Croydon 2006
typifies the focus of the series City of Churches.
Recording these symbols of belief, these edifices that inherently lack
the grandeur that is typically associated with religious architecture,
has bordered on obsession. Flaunting the flaneur's fascination towards a
detached but aesthetically attuned observation, this series becomes a typology
for the congregations of South Australia.
The image and the series City of Churches revels in the tacit formalism
afforded to black and white images; a mode that sets a trigger that embodies
an enduring signature of photography
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Interplanetary
In my most recent work I have been investigating the intersection of realities. Now, in following this project
I will further interrogate the relationships between virtual reality/reality, and what makes compelling viewing
to contemporary audiences.
More specifically this project will pursue previous photographic process as exemplified in, The Re-Photographic
Survey, by Mark Klett & Associates in the mid seventies. In that work Klett & his fellow photographers conducted
a survey by retracing the steps of 19th Century photographers in America's west and re-photographing sites,
thereby giving a new vision of past, present & the intersections that became apparent through time.
In my project I aim to conjoin known "real" landscapes with an archive of known "real" landscapes.
This, in line with the thinking of scientist Ed Fredkin, & theorist Mark C Taylor, who postulate that,
"To think virtuality is to think reality differently." MARK C TAYLOR,
'Interfacing', HIDING , University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997, p267.
will lead me to provide an accurate simulation of known "reality" with the
"reality" of the source images. Thereby, I will open the door to the viewers'
understanding of the images that I will construct.
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Ned Kelly Dreaming
It is with the gaze from Ned Kelly's helmet that I began to look at his landscape. A narrow slit - his self imposed panavision.
This vision is then immersed & melded with the perspective of an aboriginal dreamscape - most specifically from the Yarralin Tribe - from far north -western Australia.
It is the duality of Australian myth & the Yarralin Aborigines, the inclusion of the figure of Ned Kelly within both cultures which has resulted in the exhibition I propose.
Ned Kelly represents one of the few inclusive links of white Australia to Aboriginal dreaming, the results of this investigation has inspired of these images
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Beautiful
These images are essentially the practice of extending ones photographic skills, beyond the basic level, through self-expression and experimentation. Most people just want to take a balanced, colourful and sharp picture. They are happy to use their camera's to make records of their family milestones, holidays and personal achievements. These images strive to develop a deeper, more intense relationship with the media of photography.
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Highway of Death
A more detailed synopsis of this series will be updated shortly.
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And Much Much More
A small sample of my history. In reality i could fill hundreds of pages with black & white and colour work ranging from the mid seventies to current practice.
It is a collection i love dearly and i am constantly referring to this enormous archive.
My goal with this section is to expand it greatly to give the viewer an understanding of the depth of my image making practice.
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