Masaki
Aihara-
Kodama
The
Masaaki Aihara, one of Japans
leading wilderness photographers will be returning to the Wilderness Gallery, with his new
exhibition
Kodama - Spirit
of Tree. Masaaki continues to explore his personal relationship with the
Tasmanian environment, and presents exhibition of Australian and Japanese tree
images
The
Vale of Belvoir-
Nature Photographers Tasmania
In the shadow of Cradle Mountain the Vale
of Belvoir stands alone as one of the only remaining grasslands of its kind in
the world. It is the only surviving valley of its kind, unchanged since the time
when glaciers covered much of highland Tasmania.
One of the University of
Tasmania's leading scientists Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick described it as "a
place of global significance for its rich and dense marsupial carnivore fauna".
It is now owned and managed for conservation by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy.
This exhibition will explore ever widening ways of relating to the landscape
of the Vale of Belvoir through the medium of photography.
The exhibition
will feature some of Tasmania's finest wilderness photographers as well as
established and emerging fine art photographers. This exhibition will be a true
survey of how photography can capture light upon the land.
Grant Kingston
roam [from the Collins
English Dictionary]:
vb to travel or walk about with no
fixed purpose or direction; wander.
This exhibition shares a
selection of work taken from 2008-09, a period when the artist last roamed the
Australian mainland with his wife, two young children, and dog. The exhibition
title refers as much to a state of mind as the physical act of roaming - a state
of immersion where ones senses and ones surroundings merge, triggering the
unconscious and making even the most inanimate elements of landscape come to
life through the endless creation of textures, symbols, figurations, and forms.
David Murphy
-Spatial
David
Murphy seeks to explore the nature of space, and by going inside the broader
land or seascape he stimulates our senses with the beautiful and extraordinary
imagery that he finds within Tasmania.
David McGonigal
David McGonigal is one of
Australia's leading travel writers and travel photographers. His books and
articles have appeared worldwide and his photographs have been exhibited on
several continents. Widely regarded as an expert on the polar regions - he has
been to Antarctica every year for the past 15 years
Ben Messina
Ben Messina is a Professional
Landscape and Nature photographer based in Brisbane Australia.
