2022
Underwater Camera Operator/ Camera Operator:
Meg 2 (feature); Warner Bros Films, Directed by Ben Wheatley, DOP Haris Zambarloukos
Cinematographer, Editing & Concept:
The Crowd & I (live classical music concert with video projections); Australian Chamber Orchestra, Artistic Director - Richard Tognetti, Film & Staging Director - Nigel Jamieson. Nine concert dates in Australia including Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane. Read reviews in The Age, Limelight, The Australian, The Daily Mail.
Photographer:
Photograph exhibited at Pingyao International Photography Festival, China.
2021
Publisher (2021- present):
Co-owner, co-publisher & photo editor of Surfing World magazine (Australia) with Sean Doherty (editor). Surfing World is the longest running surfing magazine in the world, since 1962, and is published as a 180 page print edition four times per year.
Surf & Underwater Cinematographer:
Silent Roar (feature); Chris Young Films, Directed by Johnny Barrington, DOP Ruben Woodin Dechamps
Read film review in VARIETY here
2020
Photographer:
Runner up - Head On Portrait Prize, 2020 for Yuendumu, NT, 2019
Visual Artist:
Arvo Pärt's 'Tabula Rasa’, video created for The Australian Chamber Orchestra
2019
Producer:
PAW Media, Yuendumu, Northern Territory
Winner - Best Language and Culture Award, 2019 First Nations Media Awards for WYDAC (director)
Photographer:
Bowness Prize - Finalist, Monash Gallery of Art
Solo Exhibition, 1999, Ilford Galerie, Sydney
Additional:
Produced and published On Bones, a book of black and white street photography from 1999
- Finalist in Best Independent Book Design category at 68th Australian Book Design Awards
2017/ 2018
Underwater Camera Operator:
Artemis Foul, Disney Films; Directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh, DOP Haris Zambarloukos
Nevertown, Patagonia - winner of Best Film at Surfer Magazine Awards, USA, 2018
Visual Artist:
The Reef, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Tura Music. A concert performance featuring video projections behind live orchestra.
Toured in the US - Los Angeles (Walt Disney Concert Hall, 16th Feb), NY (Kaufmann Concert Hall, 18th Feb), Richmond, VA (20th Feb, University of Virginia)
Concert review here
Photographer:
Finalist, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
Additional:
Produced and published Broken - 144 page photo book chronicling 25 years of my ocean photography
- Winner of Best Independent Book Design at 66th Australian Book Design Awards
- Winner of Merit Award at Australian Graphic Design Awards, 2018
2016
Visual Artist:
Concert Performance Electronic, co-created with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Performed at the Barbican, London
Concert review here
The Reef, Australian Chamber Orchestra & Tura Music. A concert performance featuring video projections behind live orchestra
Toured in the US - Los Angeles (Walt Disney Concert Hall, 16th Feb), NY (Kaufmann Concert Hall, 18th Feb), Richmond, VA (20th Feb, University of Virginia)
Photographer:
Head On Photo Festival- Solo Exhibition, Australians, Sydney, 2016
B Camera Operator:
Breath motion picture; directed by Simon Baker, based on the novel by Tim Winton
Underwater Camera Operator:
Tales of the Wild, Dior - Anamorphic Super 16mm film featuring Harrison Roach
Top of the Lake: China Girl; TV series, directed by Jane Campion, DOP Germain McMicking
2015
Photographer:
Semi Finalist, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
Solo Exhibition- Australians, Juniper Hall, Sydney, 2015
2014
Photographer:
Semi Finalist, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
Visual Artist:
Concert Performance, Testament, Aurora Orchestra, London
Selected for Melbourne Festival
SMH concert review here
2013
Photographer:
Runner-up, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, African-Australian Boy, Eastern Beach, Geelong
Finalist, Bowness Photography Prize, African-Australian Boy, Eastern Beach, Geelong, 2013; Pigment Ink on Rag
Solo Exhibition, Geelong Art Gallery, Seascapes, 2013
Visual Artist:
Concert Performance The Crowd, co-created with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and performed at the Melbourne Festival, Australia
Concert Performance Memento, co-created with Aurora Orchestra, performed in London, UK
2012
Visual Artist:
Concert performance Everything, co-created with Australian Chamber Orchestra, performed at Festival Maribor, Slovenia
Artist-in-residence:
Four Seasons Kuda Huraa , Maldives
Partnership:
Partnered with The Four Seasons Sydney to display 108 framed photographs in their premiere suites
2011
Visual Artist:
Concert Performance Nothing, co-created with Australian Chamber Orchestra, performed at Festival Maribor, Slovenia
Concert Performance The Glide, co-created with Australian Chamber Orchestra, performed at Arts Centre, Melbourne & Angel Place, Sydney
2010
Visual Artist:
Concert Performance The Crowd, co created with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and performed at the Festival Maribor, Slovenia
Photographer:
Solo Exhibition, Festival Maribor, Supported by Jan Minchin (Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne)
2009
Photographer:
Client- Rip Curl International
Eco Clothing Range, Rip Curl International
Visual Artist:
Concert Performance The Glide, co created with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and performed at the Festival Maribor
Photographer:
Solo Exhibition, Festival Maribor, supported by Jan Minchin (Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne)
2004 - 2008:
Photographer:
Solo exhibition, Rip Curl Planet/ World Wildlife Fund, Portugal
Cinematographer:
Last Hope (short film), Spunk Records
Somewhere (short film), Rip Curl International
Cinema advertisement filmed in Norway, Sprite/ Coca Cola Europe
Musica Surfica, Great Southern Communications - Winner, Best film, New York Surf Film Festival
Awards:
Winner, Surfing Photograph of the Year, Australian Surfing Hall of Fame Awards
Surfer Magazine (USA), photo of the Year (2007)
Best Cinematography, Super Computer, Surfer Magazine Awards (USA)
Extreme Sports Film of the Year, Super Computer, NEA Extreme Sport Awards (Worldwide)