My family has a love/hate relationship with camping. The kids aren’t too keen, but my wife and I love it. This Easter’s escape to Wingen, NSW was no exception. We camped here primarily because of the proximity to Barrington Tops.
I shot hundreds of images of the amazing sub-alpine region.
But I keep coming back to this image as a record of our time there. Our first night and a simple ‘after dinner’ tableau that features everything we love about camping – chocolate, wine, food, Pringles, coffee and fry ups…but it says so much about us as a family.
Australia is a landscape unique in its savagery and spectacle. As a boy born in industrial Manchester, UK, this contrast was never more apparent than when I first arrived in Perth many moons ago; that first experience saw me basking in the stunning vistas of the Nambung National Park whilst using a big stick to fend off brown snakes. I was the art director on a commercial photography shoot – keeping one eye on the back of the camera, the other firmly on the red dirt around the tripod.
That juxtaposition, the incredibly beautiful and the incredibly scary, has had me hooked ever since.
Awards Australian Photography Awards 2023 Finalist
International Photography Awards 2023 Top 5 - Landscape
Mono Awards 2023 Highly Commended 2 x Commended x 2
Bluethumb Art Prize 2023 Finalist
Capture ‘Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2023’ Top 10 Landscape - number 7
NSW National Parks Photography Awards 2023 Shortlist - Landscapes and Vistas
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022 Official Selection - Nature
Mono Awards 2022 Highly Commended 1 x Commended x 2
Monovisions Landscape Series 2022 Honourable Mention
Australian Photography ‘Photographer of the Year 2021’ Commended x 3
Australian Photography Awards 2021 Top 20 Finalist x 2
Natural Landscape Photography Awards 2021 First Main Judging round (top 33%) x 2
Mono Awards 2021 Commended x 6
Monovisions Landscape/Fine Art Series 2021 Honourable Mention x 3
Capture ‘Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2021’ Highly Commended x 1, Commended x 2
Fine Art Photography Awards 2020 Nominee x 3
Frank Hurley Photography Awards 2020 Finalist - Scenic
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2020 Honourable Mention - Architecture
Australian Photography ‘Photographer of the Year 2020’ Highly Commended x 1, Commended x 4
ND Awards 2020 – Silver in Architecture: Bridges, Honourable Mention x 2 in Nature: Trees
Australian Photography Awards 2020 - Shortlisted
International Photography Awards 2020 Honourable Mention x 2 - Architecture and Landscape categories
Mono Awards 2020 Highly Commended x 5, Commended x 3
Monovisions Landscape Series 2020 Honourable Mention
Capture ‘Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2020’ Commended x 1
