About

Biography

I was apprenticed as a photographer in Salzburg under the professional guidance of Ingrid von Tautscher. Her studio was renowned for portraits of artists and performers from the Salzburger Festivals. In 1994 I immigrated with my daughter to Australia, where I continued working as a freelance photographer in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.  In 2007 I moved to Tasmania where I completed a BFA degree at the School of Fine Arts in 2017.

In Melbourne I began to develop a body of work on cityscapes and urban landscapes, using large- and medium-format cameras. Inspired by Albert Renger-Patzsch, Joseph Sudek, David Plowden, Charles Sheeler and others, I discovered abstract spaces within the urban/industrial landscape that evoke play and contemplation. I processed the negatives in PMK, a negative developer made famous by Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, which increased the dynamic range of tonality, giving my final prints an outstanding quality. I learned how to realize this intrinsic print quality in the digital medium in color photography through the techniques established by Les Walkling. Like Walkling, I am drawn to the rich aesthetic and tactile richness of contemplative detail which serves as a base for an open dialog that speaks to the viewer. In my work, print quality is intrinsic to what I’m trying to communicate. I don’t just deal in concepts, but rely on our aesthetic sense of the print in color, texture, and tonality.

My recent work revolves around the inter-zone of industry, technology, and landscape. Following the paths of the industrial history here in Tasmania, I found the debris of an industrial landscape. It is an archeological journey of an industrial civilization that made Tasmania into the place it is today. The main body of this revolves around photographic prints but I am also developing a video and soundscape on the subject of ‘Interzone’.

PRESENTATIONS

Conversations on Landmarks with Prof. Jeff Malpas and Raymond Arnold		21 July 2018
The Future of the Museum A Conversation between  History, Art and Science with Eleanor Calella – Archeologist, University of Manchester and Cameron Slatyer – Branch Manager of Life and Geoscience, Australian Museum Research Institute		19 May 2018
Reflections on the Tasmanian Landscape Humanities in the House Presentation in the Tasmanian Parliament with Dr. Ingo Farin		26 August 2015
Imaging Tasmania, Tarraleah, Tasmania Conference Paper on Imaging Nature with Dr. Ingo Farin		21 – 23 June 2012

PUBLICATIONS

LANDMARKS Exhibition Catalogue with Essays by Prof. Jeff Malpas (UTAS) and Dr. Kevin Frost SOLASTALGIA Exhibition Catalogue with Essays by Raymond Arnold, Pete Hay and Dr Ingo Farin INTERZONE Exhibition Catalogue		April 2018 June 2015 2015
Island Magazine (131) Photography and Essay: “Thoughts of a Traveler”		Summer 2012
THE PHOTO PAPER: BW SPIDER Award ‘Tree Shaddow” electronic publication		2011

WORKSHOPS GIVEN

Gallery Fotohof in Salzburg on Urban Nightscape		2010
Portrait Workshops with Jaquline Mittelman at Paterson Studios.		2003

EXHIBITIONS

LANDMARKS Queen Victorian Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania Solo Exhibition		14 April – 7 October 2018
SOLASTALGIA  LARQ Gallery, Queenstown, Tasmania Solo Exhibition		27 June – 1 August 2015
INTERZONE Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania Solo Exhibition		31 August – 5 March 2015
EXQUISITE Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart, Tasmania Group Exhibition curated by Christine Scott and Christl Berg		5 March to 2 February 2015
FACES OF MELBOURNE – Portraits and Urban Landscapes Cato Gallery (Victorian Artist Society) Melbourne		4 September – 27 April 2009
REFLECTIONS ON BEAUTY AND DECAY and other matters. Rosny ‘The Barn and Schoolhouse Gallery’ Group Exhibition currated by Michael Denholm		2009
LIGHT, LINE, TEXTURE. Red Lion Gallery Phillip Island, Victoria		2005