From the seed of Warriors
Silver Medal – 2019 Creative Focus Competition
Balck & White Spider Awards Nominee – Drought
CONGRATULATIONS on being a Nominee at the 13th Annual Black & White Spider Awards with Drought
6,404 entries were received from 77 countries and your work received a high percentage of votes overall. Certainly an achievement, well done!
The Jury represented the industry’s biggest names and tastemakers including Penguin Random House, London; Contrasto Galleria, Milan; Young & Rubicam, Lima; Harper’s Bazaar, UK; Victoria Film Festival, Canada; Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels; Silvan Faessler Fine Art, Zurich; Time Inc., London; Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna; Conny Dietzschold Galleries, Cologne; and Fratelli Alinari Photography Museum in Florence who reviewed the entries online before making their nominations and honoring 692 title awards and 952 nominees in 32 categories. The Awards could not have wished for a better group of professionals to work with.
Dry Earth
Dry Earth
This image represents drought. Climate change has brought drastic changes to many regions on earth. Global warming is causing severe drought. Huge areas that were once fertile are no longer suitable for agriculture. Millions of people are already impacted by these catastrophic changes. A deadly civil war in Syria has erupted when the government decreased the allocation of irrigation water to farmers. Vast regions in Iran are no longer cultivated and the population is helpless. They cannot grow any fruits or vegetables. The earth is dry and so is the woman’s skin, both are cracked. The woman is bare, she is completely exposed – just like our land. This is a desperate call to stop the devastating impact of industrial pollution on our planet.
Man with a leather Jacket
Gold – 2017 NZIPP Iris Awards
I met Ken at the Takapuna Sunday market where he was selling bric-a-brac. I met him the next day in his home sitting in his late parents’ living room. He could barely open his eyes from the effect of smoking weed.
The Scholar
Gold Award Best Photojournalism Photo 2013 PSNZ National Competition
This classic portrait of a man was taken in the big La Trobe Reading Room in Melbourne State Library Victoria. It was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, making it Australia’s oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the world. The Library’s vast collection includes over two million books and 350,000 photographs, manuscripts, maps and newspapers, with a special focus on material from Victoria, including the diaries of the city’s founders, John Batman and John Pascoe Fawkner, and the folios of Captain James Cook. It also houses some of the original armour of Ned Kelly. The landmark Domed Reading Room was opened in 1913, and was designed by Norman G. Peebles of Bates Smart. Its octagonal space was designed to hold over a million books and up to 600 readers. It is 34.75 m in both diameter and height, and its oculus is nearly 5 m wide. The dome was the largest in the world on completion.
Willow Tree and Moon
Bronze Medal – 2019 North Shore Salon of Photography: Scapes. It was already dark when we arrived late evening to Kinloch campsite on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. I used the camper-van headlights to illuminate the old willow tree so I could focus the camera at sub zero temperatures.
Climbing Up
Gold – 2015 NZIPP Iris Awards: Portrait Classic. Vendy is a beautiful body builder from Czech Republic. She is posing behind a thick rope in a WWII bunker located at Devonport North Head. I think that she looks like a goddess!
Elvis
Elvis – Silver with Distinction – 2013 NZIPP Iris Awards. Arthur is waiting for customers at his barber shop in Melbourne. Apparently he trimmed Elvis Presley’s hair in the 70’s. I paid him $100 for posing – he then cut my hair.
Portrait of Humanity
Delighted to have my photo ‘Man with a leather jacket’ published in Portrait of Humanity. This is a hardcover book by the publisher of The British Journal of Photography, in partnership with Magnum Photos, containing 200 portraits taken by photographers from 65 countries. The book celebrates global citizenship at a time of great instability. It serves as a timely reminder that despite our many differences, we are able to unite as a global community through the power of photography and to create a collaborative photography exhibition. Portrait of Humanity is a celebration of our shared values: individuality, community and unity. The photos show us the world, documenting the universal expressions of life; laughter, courage, moments of reflection, journeys to work, first hellos, last goodbyes and everything in between. Funny, revealing and often moving, the faces and stories show that we are all wonderfully unique, yet at the same level, deeply the same…
Portrait of Humanity
Man with a leather Jacket
Portrait Classic
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein, Bronze Award, In-Camera Portrait: NZIPP 2019 Iris Awards
Stunning Courtney!
I met stunning Courtney on my recent visit to Wellington for the 2019 NZ Art Show. We finished the studio shoot around midnight and temperature was around 5 degrees. 20 minutes later we arrived to this awesome location prepared for us by the local gang. The wind was blowing around 40 kmph as Courtney was exposed to gusts blowing from the sea. I prepared the lights slightly shivering as Courtney stepped into the scene. I took seven photos, this was the first one before her hair blew away completely! This is what her sister wrote: “They say you should never judge a book by its cover, but you can see by the numerous tattoos, Courtney has a lot of tales to tell. A farm girl by day, Courtney is dedicated to yoga and self growth at night. A proud mother to 12 year old Vinnie [giving birth when she was only 15…], Courtney is the sixth child of seven and is very family orientated. Despite being from a big [Catholic] family, Courtney refuses to simply blend in, taking time to pursue her hobbies, one of which is modeling. She is fearless when it comes to appreciating her body despite any perceived flaws and is strong in her authenticity. She knows who she is and she owns it. She also loves her fur babies, the labyrinth and phantom of the opera. Like her star sign Taurus suggested, Courtney is strong as a bull and very loyal to her tight knit and life long friends.” This is the censored version…
William
Highly Commended – 2019 North Shore Salon – Open category, digital
Che Guevara
Honours – 2019 North Shore Salon – People category, print
Potato Market
Honours – 2019 North Shore Salon – Open category, digital
Man with a Stick
Honours – 2019 North Shore Salon – Street category, digital
