Biography
Challenges and adventure drive me; there is a void without them. During my youth, this void was filled with mischief that evolved into a comprehensive military career that gave me structure, education, and, more importantly, an ethos and a sense of purpose.
This sense of purpose made me take on other challenges that I have interests in, like art, particularly film and photography. After many years of tinkering with various forms of media creation, I focused on street photography.
Street photography appeals to me because it is the real world, and there are no studios, assistants, models or reshoots. Walking the streets, looking, observing, anticipating; frequently, you come home with nothing of photographic value, but the value lies in the struggle, "the hunt."
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I think that the world is very good at making itself look important. We tend to overdramatise the insignificant and undervalue the real. When I see the world and capture it with my camera, I try to show her scars, secrets and endless beauty.
From:
Picton - New Zealand.
Picton - New Zealand.
Lives in:
Alexandra - New Zealand
Alexandra - New Zealand
Interests:
Fitness, adventure, the outdoors, old school muscle cars, travel, classic big screen movies, documentaries, wildlife, our planet, and nachos. |
Inspired by:
Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Sebastiao Salgado, Banksy, Wes Anderson, Don Mccullin, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Vivian Maier, and doers. |
My Travels:
Afghanistan, Ascension Island, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Bougainville, Brunei, Canada, Christmas Island, Coco Islands, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Diego Garcia, East Timor, Egypt, England, Germany - East & West (before it became a republic), Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles Islands, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, South Korea, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, The Maldives, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands,U.A.E, Ukraine, USA (California, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington), Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Wales and Yugoslavia. |