A little about me.
It was starting life in rural New Zealand that cemented my love of the outdoors and exploring new places, but it was travel that started me down the road to photography.
I purchased my first camera at age 24 prior to leaving for London, three years later I returned with the ambition of making it my profession.
After graduating from Unitec in Auckland with a Diploma in Contemporary Photography, my first full time photography role was with Fairfax Media at the Taupo Times. I shortly after moved to the Marlborough Express in Blenheim for the three years.
By 2007 it became apparent that the long-term prospects for press photography worldwide were very limited and decreasing. With that in mind I relocated to Perth Western Australia and returned to my first career.
It was relegating photography back to a passion from a profession that started me down the road of Street Photography.
As a genre closely related to documentary and photojournalism I abide by their standards of realism, intervention, post processing and manipulation. I do allow myself a little more freedom in to my landscape work, but endeavour to maintain the essence of the place and time as much as possible.
“It’s about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby.”
– Elliott Erwitt