Threshold
Threshold is a five-year series capturing abandoned Victorian properties encountered on countless road trips, places still haunted by the lives they once held. Created against the backdrop of COVID lockdowns, the work reflects a state poised between decay and renewal, wondering what awaits us on the other side of confinement.
The Victorian Pride Centre
Over the past year I’ve been documenting the Victorian Pride Centre from construction through to its grand opening, capturing the birth of a landmark space celebrating and supporting Victoria’s diverse LGBTIQ+ community. What began with photographing the Night of Pride fundraiser has grown into an incredible journey, following the centre as it rose from the ground and became a vibrant hub of connection, inclusion and pride.
Abandoned Calder Park Thunderdome
I’m drawn to abandoned places, where the echoes of past lives linger in crumbling spaces like the long-forgotten Thunderdome stands at Calder Park. Visiting on New Year’s Day 2021, I found the area open and unmanaged, with fences falling away to the elements, and explored only where access was clearly already open. My approach to abandoned photography is simple: never break in, never damage or deface, and always leave a place exactly as I found it.
COVID-19 Projects
During Melbourne’s long lockdowns I began imagining a “deserted city,” blending old photos of Melbourne with the vast sand dunes of Wilsons Prom to create visions of a metropolis swallowed by time and sand. The series struck a nerve online and has inspired me to continue the story, this time exploring a city slowly coming back to life.
Constructed Landscapes
Studying at Photography Studies College in Melbourne, I reached the halfway point of my Advanced Diploma in 2020 and found myself increasingly drawn to the art stream and the tension between natural and urban worlds. This folio explores the 18th-century Picturesque tradition through Victorian landscapes, using constructed frames and textured glass to reveal how our ideas of “beautiful” scenery are still carefully shaped today.
Front Cover of 2020 Geelong Calendar.
I've had some fantastic news! One of my images has been selected to go on the front cover of the City of Geelong 2020 Calendar!
China & Hong Kong Photo Tour September 2019
In September 2019 I joined a PSC study tour through Hong Kong and Southern China, led by photographer Michael Coyne, at a time when the city was gripped by unrest. Despite the uncertainty, the trip went ahead and deepened my love for Hong Kong’s extraordinary collision of old and new.
Tour of Fukushima
In June 2019 I joined an educational, government-supported tour into Fukushima’s exclusion zone to better understand the 2011 nuclear disaster and its ongoing recovery. Guided by a local resident, the experience balanced powerful history with strict respect for safety and privacy, revealing both the human cost of the evacuation and the careful, measured steps toward renewal.
The Planets
Inspired by Holst’s The Planets, I’ve created my own series of photographic “mood pictures” using Victorian landscapes and fragments of the original musical score. Shot in infra-red, the images strip colour back to magenta, red, black and white, transforming familiar scenes into other-worldly interpretations of the music’s emotional power.
Faces of Pride
In 2018 I created a portrait series as part of my photography studies that aimed to show what members of the LGBTIQ+ community are proud of, using their environments to reveal identities and passions beyond labels.
The project involved intensive planning and three-plus shoots per week over three months, and the in-depth conversations with each subject shaped how I placed them and selected backgrounds to convey their stories.
ANZAC Day 2018
This year I resumed photography study to learn new techniques and get critical feedback; a highlight was a 12‑shot photo essay I practiced on Anzac Day.
Rising at 3:45 a.m. to secure a prime spot, I captured the Dawn Service, the gunfire breakfast and parade, and a striking group of foreign veterans in varied uniforms that offered a fresh perspective on ANZAC Day.
#MelbHenge
Twice a year the setting sun lines up perfectly with the street grid of the City of Melbourne. This phenomena has become known as #melbhenge.
2018 Geelong Calendar
I was thrilled to have my sunrise shot from the You Yangs chosen as the September finalist in the City of Geelong Calendar Competition, attracting over 1,500 of the 2,000 public votes and being published in a calendar delivered to 110,000 local residents.
Heritage Bank 2016 Photographic Award - CEO’s Choice
I was honoured to have received the CEO’s Choice Award in this year’s Heritage Bank Photographic Awards.
