ABOUT
I’ve spent my whole life creating in some form — starting with crayons and collage in Montessori kindergarten in Melbourne, Australia.
I’ve always stayed close to making things. I still play with Lego regularly with my son, and I’ve explored materials like pottery along the way.
I went to high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where I first encountered digital photography, alongside sculpture, painting, life drawing, and other creative practices.
Later, I studied Graphic Design and Art History in Savannah, Georgia, which helped formalise my understanding of visual language and image-making.
After university, I spent many years working in hospitality as a manager and sommelier, while continuing to photograph throughout.
The pandemic created space to step back and re-engage more deliberately with image-making and design, including further study and the development of ongoing photographic and book-based work.
PRACTICE
Topics I explore on in my writing on the blog
My photography and writing focuses on several long-term themes:
Melbourne urban landscapes — documenting the changing suburbs, inner-city streets, and overlooked spaces of Melbourne.
Suburban change and gentrification — the transformation of shopping strips, industrial areas, and residential neighbourhoods.
The High Street Project — a long-term study of Melbourne's northern suburbs.
Edgelands and urban fringes — photographing the spaces between city and countryside.
Fine art photography prints — the process of selecting, printing, and living with photographs.
Photography books and independent publishing — through Photo Books Now and ongoing reviews of contemporary photography books.
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SOME THINGS I LIKE
EXHIBITIONS
Photography
The Service Street Pane 2023 - October
https://www.instagram.com/theservicestreetpane/
“Ravel” at Wolfhound Gallery 2022
with Gorak, Daniel Avard & Anne McCallum.
“Spotswood & Surrounds” Solo Exhibition
Two Birds Nest, Spotswood. 2018
“CCP Salon” 2013 & 2016
Centre for Contemporary Photography
Fitzroy, Vic 3065
2009
“People In Geometry” with Robert Young.
at Sotto E Sopra Restaurant
Equitable Place, Melbourne CBD.
2011
“Selected Recent Photos”
APTE Cafe
538 Heidelberg Road
Alphington, 3078 VIC
2003
“Tokyo & Provence”
Meyers Place Bar
Painting
2001
In The Flesh
with Julia Peddie & Leigh Heers
Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy St, Fitzroy.
Podcast Appearances
2023
November
September
PUBLISHING
As Landscape Photo Books
2019 Looking at Landscape
2020 Night
Editor, Designer & Curator
2021 “Suburban”
2022 “Coastal”
2023 “Urban” Final edits in October 2023
Self Published Photography Books
2020
“Suburbanality Two”
2019
“Suburbanality One”
2018
“One Day Photo Book”
“West”
Limited edition Print on Demand Book 2018
Accompaniment to “Spotswood & Surrounds”
Various Photography Assignments:
Genea Health Headshots 2025
Danny Pearson MP Election Poster Photography
Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group 2023 Photography
MVCC Open Mic Nights 2023/24
Emerging Writers Festival
HRAFF Poster Photography. 2006
De Bortoli Winery Photography 2014
Vinea Marson Winery Photography 2020
Acknowledgement of Country
I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live and work in Strathmore, Victoria. I pay my respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging, and recognize their continuing connection to land, waters, and culture. I am grateful for the opportunity to work and create on this land and am committed to honoring their legacy through respect, learning, and understanding.
