Who am eye?
A question I have often asked myself and considering I can't
answer it to my own satisfaction you may not be entirely satisfied either.
For what it's worth though ...
I
am a photographer based in Cairns, Australia who has been photographing the
world from my own perspective for almost 30 years. Originally attracted
to nature and landscapes, I have since developed an interest in a more diverse
range of subjects, especially architectural and cultural elements I see
during my travels. I have always been a very visually oriented person and
after training as a draftsman with no possibility for creativity I changed
directions and began drawing and painting. A photograph is a depiction of
a real subject but it is highly subjective in its interpretation and implementation
and as I had briefly studied photography in high school, decided to incorporate
this media into my repertoire. The result was that after only a few years
it had begun to dominate as my preferred medium. By the time of my first
solo exhibition in 1989 half of the work was photography and five years later
the next show was all photographs.
I’m not sure why I have the urge to create images, just that I like to create something aesthetically pleasing to myself (and hopefully others) and photography serves this purpose well. My photographs are a point of view both literally and figuratively and I like to gain as wide a perspective as is possible (figuratively but not always literally!) hence my love of travel and the photographic opportunities that arise from it.
I would also like to acknowledge the unflagging enthusiasm and support of my wife Sunny for putting up with my photographic zeal.
For sales or other enquiries I can be contacted either by email or mobile phone (Australia) 0424 415 625.
Artist's Statement (the Zen version)
New places, traditions, nature; they move me. I absorb through the lens and transform on the screen, satisfying both creativity and logic. I take photographs but I make images, rendering them true to my mind's eye, not the camera's sensor, and so uphold my original perception.
For me the camera is only the beginning . . .
