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Portraits

Renee Lim, doctor & actress, well known to viewers of SBS TV's East West 101.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air Vice-Marshall Bruce Short AM, RFD (Ret'd)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camila, at Winter Magic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aminatta Forna, Sierra Leone's Commonwealth Prize winning author, at the 2011 Sydney Writers Festival

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Stratton, film critic

abc.net.au/atthemovies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosie, at Katoomba St Cafe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Cooper Clarke, poet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jenny, at the markets

oscar and howard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Snow in the Mountains

After a couple of winters without a decent snow fall, this one in early July was very welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For some, like three year old Claudia Paag, it was their first encounter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Govetts Leap Rd, Blackheath

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memorial Park, Blackheath

 

A selection of art poster prints is available

in all sizes, from $14.95

email for proofs

 

 

 

 

 

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NLA; 'exposures' exhibition

This image of a Grose Valley bushfire, acquired for the Permanent Collection of the National Library of Australia, has been published in the NLA's book of wilderness images, Australia's Wild Places.

 

The book includes historic images from Australian photographers Harold Cazneaux, Olive Cotton, Peter Dombrovskis, Frank Hurley & David Moore.

 

It's also one of ten images from my section of the 2010 exhibition 'Exposures'.

 

You'll find seabird in a storm on the homepage; here are the other eight.

 

 

the holy family visits the angel of the north

 

the standing stones of calenais

 

 

 

 

 

 

jokulsárlon

 

 

 

 

 

turner sees the

future, in a dream

 

 

 

 

dune, narrabeen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

somewhere near sofala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

autumn moon, blackheath

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the desert, you can remember your name

monument valley, utah

 

All exhibition images, along with my general decor catalogue, are available in various sizes as digital ultrachrome prints or emailable files, priced from $14.95 (order, proofs, slide show, info).

They're printed with a guaranteed archival life of at least thirty years by my recommended printer, Big D's Photographics, Katoomba (+612 4782 1383).

 

 

 

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New Photographs

A selection of recent new images

 

 

 

 

Edward's Rose

 

 

The 2011 Blackheath Jazz Festival was the best yet, with musicians visiting from

overseas and all over Australia.

The free three day event takes place at the end of November each year in the Ivanhoe Hotel.

 

 

Leura's Bruce Johnson

 

Colin Jones, from Queensland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ione Harbourne on vibes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drummer Javier Rodriguez of Nova Skye Quarteto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(l-r) Colin Jones (trumpet), Neville Smith (sax, vocals) and Mal Quine (sax, clarinet)

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of several superb bass players at the festival was George Gerontakos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Boatswain, alto & tenor sax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skye Evans, of Nova Skye Quarteto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The playing of Melbourne's Neil Taylor was a major highlight throughout the weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neville Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The renowned Tony Buckley on bass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A nice moment between two fine pianists - Tasmania's Bruce Gourlay and (l) festival organiser, Steve Jewell.

 

There are more festival images at blackheathmusic.com, with news and dates for upcoming events and concerts.

 

And I'll have a feature on the Blackheath Jazz Festival in the autumn issue of Wonderland Magazine, with podcast conversations and festival performances (from March).

 

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More recent images, from Sydney's annual Sculpture By The Sea, at Bondi.

 

 

 

 

 

Hiroyuki Kita's Guidepost For The Wind

 

Keld Moseholm's Rolling Pin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Koichi Ishino's Windstone - Earth & Sky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hyoung Kwon Kim's Cover The Rainbow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Tilley's Domestic Bliss

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom Bass's Roundabout

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zero Higashida's Inochi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ken Unsworth's Look This Way

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Moment With The Tulku

 

His Eminence the Ninth Tulku Ogyen Rinpoche visited the Blue Mountains in late 2011. This photograph was taken at a luncheon for him in Leura.

 

 

 

 

Day Comes

 

Dawn at Govetts Leap, October 2011

 

 

 

 

 

A Kookaburra awaits his dinner in Springwood

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lily of the Valley, Blackheath

 

 

 

 

 

 

The famous Christmas Lights in Station St, Leura

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adelina Falls, near Lawson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An opportunity came along recently for a helicopter trip over Sydney Harbour as part of an article for Blue Mountains Wonderland.

 

 

 

 

Sincere thanks to Richard Green for showing me his Eurocopter 135 and inviting me along for the flight. Check his site for prints of Australia's remotest places.

 

 

 

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Chateau La Belle

Blackheath's French giftware shop, Chateau La Belle in Govetts Leap Rd, updates its stock continually.

It also stocks a range of my own greeting cards, featuring French and Blue Mountains aspects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And you'll find a superb selection of clocks to add a genuine touch of France in any home.

 

 

 

chateaulabelle.com.au

27/29 Govetts Leap Rd, (+612) 4787 5700

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Musicians Performance Images

 

Nanci Griffith

nancigriffith.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Gerontakos

blackheathmusic.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bruce Cockburn

brucecockburn.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Danny O'Keefe

with Kristina Olsen

danny o'keefe.com

 

 

 

 

 

Jon Por Birgisson

sigur-ros.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emily Smith

emilysmith.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eleanor McEvoy

eleanormcevoy.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grace Barbé

gracebarbe.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mamadou Diabate

mamadou diabate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martyn Wyndham-Read

martynwyndhamread.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Golla

george golla

 

 

 

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Sydney Writers' Festival 2011

The Blue Mountains Program of the Sydney Writers' Festival, staged by Varuna: The Writers' House at Katoomba's Carrington Hotel, took place in May.

 

swf.org.au

full gallery @ varuna.com.au

 

Aminatta Forna

Winner of the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for her novel The Memory of Love

 

 

 

 

 

AA Gill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Izzeldin Abuelaish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizaberth Evatt AC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Keneally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jill Kitson, former Radio National literary critic

 

 

 

 

 

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Varuna creates a community of support for writers to develop

their work and their personal voice, and seek pathways to publication

"... literature is as essential to the living growth of a people

as agriculture, industry or sport ..." Eleanor Dark, ABC Radio, 1944


recent commercial photography

Eric The Swapper, at the Sydney Campaign Launch, convened by Cultural Perspectives

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of a series of in situ marketing photographs for contemporary cabinet maker & furniture designer, Simon Crosbie.

bmpshutters.com.au

 

 

 

 

 

Business Futurist, Craig Rispin, in the Darling Harbour Convention Hall at a CEO Institute event.

 

 

 

 

ceo.com.au

 

Greg Tanna of Tanna Partners, Executive Recruitment specialists in Sydney and Melbourne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tanna.com.au

 

Sharon Williams of Sydney's Taurus Marketing & Channel 7's Business Builders.

 

 

 

 

taurusmarketing.com.au

 

A studio fashion image for Blackheath Family Shoestore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(+612) 4787 8263

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Blue Mountains Wonderland Magazine

The Blue Mountains quarterly, Wonderland Magazine, provides continuous opportunities to photograph blue mountains cultural and media events, and it's an enjoyable outlet for feature writing (selection on 'words' page).

It includes a comprehensive touring section and events diary, which is also available at this site (see top of 'people' page).

Advertising enquiries - Lorraine Bowerman (0418 457 132); read Wonderland online + podcasts

bluemountainswonderland.com.au

New Images for Wonderland Magazine

Sydney based mariachi trio, Fiesta Viva, at the opening of a new Mad Mex restaurant in Penrith - book them on 0432 734 616.

 

 

 

 

 

Jana Larissa Murnieks won the S&C Creativity Award at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery's Art Express 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Janet Rheinhart, with her Commended Untitled, at Blackheath Art Society's Spring Prize.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Pied Piper of Leura

Photographed at Leura Spring Fair

 

 

 

 

 

mmm"I Think The Eyes Have It"

Sabine Erica at Blackheath RhodoFest Art Show, with Jane Stapleford's Catherine Earnshaw - Wuthering Heights

 

 

 

 

 

Leura's Manderley Guesthouse, photographed for the Accommodation Guide section.

(+612) 4784 3252

host Robyn Piddington

 

 

 

 

Everyone's delighted that Katoomba's famous Paragon Cafe has a new lease of life, with an emphasis on service, under Robyn Parker, pictured here in the splendid Cocktail Lounge.

Robyn's just opened a Paragon Memorabilia Room, open to customers.

65 Katoomba St

(+612) 4782 2928

 

 

An impression from the mountains' annual Winter Magic festival.

 

 

 

 

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Thank you for looking at these recent images. If you'd like a portfolio emailed covering your special imaging needs, email or call (+612) (0)413 583 836.


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