honorable mention
Peter Ogden australia
title
AMONGST AUSTRALIAN GIANTS
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 landscape combined with the incredibly scary natural critters, has fascinated me ever since and I strive to capture images that live up to this brutal beauty. It’s unlikely you’ll see any famous Australian landmarks on this site. Unless they’re overrun by brown snakes…
My wife, ex-producer to commercial photographers and Art Buyer at M&C Saatchi, ‘gently’ nudged me into Australian landscape photography and we work on this as a joint venture, combining our complimentary skills - me behind the camera, she playing the role of assistant art director, picture editor, blog editor and sales director.
This website is a work in progress. It will be constantly added to; images will come and go. But while some images may fall by the wayside, others will become keepers. I hope you check back every now and then and see where we have got to…
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entry description
The native trees of Australia have long fascinated me. Their shapes and patterns; the twisted forms of their outstretched limbs; their innate strength as they hang onto wind-lashed coasts; the shelter they give to animals in our Alpine regions, their tortured shapes, their human quality…they seem almost alien, as they have turned themselves inside out to adapt to life in the harshest of environments. In black and white, that otherworldliness seems even more apparent...about the photographer
WHY I CHASE THE LIGHT.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 landscape combined with the incredibly scary natural critters, has fascinated me ever since and I strive to capture images that live up to this brutal beauty. It’s unlikely you’ll see any famous Australian landmarks on this site. Unless they’re overrun by brown snakes…
My wife, ex-producer to commercial photographers and Art Buyer at M&C Saatchi, ‘gently’ nudged me into Australian landscape photography and we work on this as a joint venture, combining our complimentary skills - me behind the camera, she playing the role of assistant art director, picture editor, blog editor and sales director.
This website is a work in progress. It will be constantly added to; images will come and go. But while some images may fall by the wayside, others will become keepers. I hope you check back every now and then and see where we have got to…
back to gallery