Craig Wall
craigwall.com.au @craigwallphotoCraig Wall’s commercial photography graces the pages of many of the world’s
best magazines, but this Sydney-based artist’s personal work quietly
encourages us to look beyond the material, and to see the value and importance
of nature. “I’m not interested in hitting people over the head with an ideological sledgehammer,” he says. “I want
to draw their eyes into the beauty inherent within things. By encouraging people to form an emotional connection
to the beauty of the natural world, I hope that my work makes a small contribution to a growing movement that is
rejecting mindless consumerism and destruction of our natural assets at the fastest rate the planet has ever seen.”Leatherwood Tree, Lake
Chisholm by Craig Wall.Hicks
petrinahicks.comIt’s easy to assume
Sydney artist Petrina
Hicks’s photography is
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theexperienceofbeingfemale.“I’m
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itofawoman,theaudiencemakesherpointforher.PHOTOGRAPHY has always captured the
imagination. Images have the power to reflect, confront
and resonate. Now, four VISIONARY ARTISTS are
exploring and challenging our perceptions of nature,
culture and our way of life in exciting and
INSIGHTFUL ways. By Freya HerringFresh
points of view
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