Journal – Murray Fredericks

MURRAY FREDERICKS

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Western Arthurs from Mt Sirius where I was camped

Western Arthurs from Mt Sirius where I was camped in a saddle for the last week. I started my exhibition work there over 20 years ago.

For those in New York, Robert Mann Gallery at AIPA

For those in New York, Robert Mann Gallery at AIPAD. One of my favourite images from the ARRAY series. Array#16 120cm x 160cm edition of 7

BLAZE #14, Muloorina. . From the 'BLAZE' series of

BLAZE #14, Muloorina.
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From the 'BLAZE' series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme.
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120cm x 165cm
2022 Edition of 7 & 2AP
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
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"Using non-destructive methods, Fredericks sets blazing trees, and often simply flame itself, against vast flooded lakes and river systems that have defined the interior of Australia over the La-Nina cycles of 2021 and 2022."
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BLAZE is exhibiting at @hamiltonsgallery London until 21st January 2023.

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt

BLAZE #12, Muloorina. . From the 'BLAZE' series of

BLAZE #12, Muloorina.
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From the 'BLAZE' series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme.
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67cm x 284cm
2022 Edition of 7 & 2AP
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
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"Using non-destructive methods, Fredericks sets blazing trees, and often simply flame itself, against vast flooded lakes and river systems that have defined the interior of Australia over the La-Nina cycles of 2021 and 2022."
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BLAZE is exhibiting at @hamiltonsgallery London until 21st January 2023.

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt

BLAZE #19, Tandou, Great Darling Anabranch. . From

BLAZE #19, Tandou, Great Darling Anabranch.
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From the 'BLAZE' series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme.
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57cm x 150cm
2022 Edition of 7 & 2AP
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
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"Using non-destructive methods, Fredericks sets blazing trees, and often simply flame itself, against vast flooded lakes and river systems that have defined the interior of Australia over the La-Nina cycles of 2021 and 2022."
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BLAZE is exhibiting at @hamiltonsgallery London until 21st January 2023.

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt

BLAZE #11, Frome Creek Muloorina. . From the 'BLAZ

BLAZE #11, Frome Creek Muloorina.
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From the 'BLAZE' series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme.
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60cm x 150cm
2022 Edition of 7 & 2AP
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
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"Using non-destructive methods, Fredericks sets blazing trees, and often simply flame itself, against vast flooded lakes and river systems that have defined the interior of Australia over the La-Nina cycles of 2021 and 2022."
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BLAZE is exhibiting at @hamiltonsgallery London until 21st January 2023.

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt

BLAZE #15, Tandou, Great Darling Anabranch. . From

BLAZE #15, Tandou, Great Darling Anabranch.
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From the 'BLAZE' series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme.
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120cm x 174cm
2022 Edition of 7 & 2AP
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
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"Using non-destructive methods, Fredericks sets blazing trees, and often simply flame itself, against vast flooded lakes and river systems that have defined the interior of Australia over the La-Nina cycles of 2021 and 2022."
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BLAZE is exhibiting at @hamiltonsgallery London until 21st January 2023.

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt

BLAZE #16, Packers lake, Great Darling Anabranch.

BLAZE #16, Packers lake, Great Darling Anabranch.
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From the 'BLAZE' series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme.
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60cm x 150cm
2022 Edition of 7 & 2AP
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
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"Using non-destructive methods, Fredericks sets blazing trees, and often simply flame itself, against vast flooded lakes and river systems that have defined the interior of Australia over the La-Nina cycles of 2021 and 2022."
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BLAZE is exhibiting at @hamiltonsgallery London until 21st January 2023.

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt

BLAZE #17. Lake Pamamaroo, Menindee. . From the 'B

BLAZE #17. Lake Pamamaroo, Menindee.
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From the 'BLAZE' series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme.
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100cm x 92cm
2022 Edition of 25 & 2AP
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
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"Using non-destructive methods, Fredericks sets blazing trees, and often simply flame itself, against vast flooded lakes and river systems that have defined the interior of Australia over the La-Nina cycles of 2021 and 2022."
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BLAZE is exhibiting at @hamiltonsgallery London until 21st January 2023.

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt

BLAZE #8 is currently exhibiting at Paris Photo 20

BLAZE #8 is currently exhibiting at Paris Photo 2022. Thank you to everyone who has attended so far, and for those of you in Paris the exhibition is on until 12 November.

@parisphotofair #photography #art #fineart #photographicart #blaze #australianart

BLAZE #8, Packers Lake, Great Darling Anabranch. .

BLAZE #8, Packers Lake, Great Darling Anabranch.
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BLAZE #8 is exhibiting at Paris Photo on 9th November 2022.
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100cm x 300cm. 2022 Edition of 5 & 2AP Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
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"Using non-destructive methods, Fredericks sets blazing trees, and often simply flame itself, against vast flooded lakes and river systems that have defined the interior of Australia over the La-Nina cycles of 2021 and 2022."
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BLAZE is exhibiting at @hamiltonsgallery London, 14th November - 21st January 2023.
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#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt #Fire @parisphotofair @hamiltonsgallery #parisphoto #parisphotofair #parisphoto2022

BLAZE #9, Lake Pamamaroo, Menindee . From the 'BLA

BLAZE #9, Lake Pamamaroo, Menindee . From the 'BLAZE' series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme.
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111cm x 300cm. 2022 Edition of 7 & 2AP Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
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"Using non-destructive methods, Fredericks sets blazing trees, and often simply flame itself, against vast flooded lakes and river systems that have defined the interior of Australia over the La-Nina cycles of 2021 and 2022."
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BLAZE is exhibiting at @hamiltonsgallery London, 14th November - 21st January 2023. Hamilton's Gallery will also be exhibiting a single work, BLAZE #8, at Paris Photo on 9th November 2022.
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#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt #Fire

BLAZE #10. Lake Pamamaroo, Menindee. . From the 'B

BLAZE #10. Lake Pamamaroo, Menindee.
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From the 'BLAZE' series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme.
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120cm x 162cm
2022 Edition of 7 & 2AP
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
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"Using non-destructive methods, Fredericks sets blazing trees, and often simply flame itself, against vast flooded lakes and river systems that have defined the interior of Australia over the La-Nina cycles of 2021 and 2022."
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BLAZE is exhibiting at @hamiltonsgallery London, 14th November - 21st January 2023. Hamilton's Gallery will also be exhibiting a single work, BLAZE 8, at Paris Photo on 9th November 2022.
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#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt #Fire

Tomorrow I will be releasing a trailer for the upc

Tomorrow I will be releasing a trailer for the upcoming film BLAZE, an observational documentary by Academy Award-nominated team Bentley Dean (director) and Tania Nehme (editor).

I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Bentley Dean (Director and DOP), Tania Nehme (Editor), Tom Schutzinger (Composer), and @nickbannehr (Assistant).

As part of the Head On Photo Festival 2022, the film BLAZE will be premiering at the Bondi Pavillion, November 5th (5pm - 6pm). Please register for free here - https://headon.org.au/events/blaze-international-premiere/

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt #Fire

"The series was produced in the La Nina-drenched h

"The series was produced in the La Nina-drenched heat and humidity of the wet summer of 2021-22."

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I will soon be launching a series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme. The exhibition of the photographs will be accompanied by the film BLAZE, an observational documentary by Academy Award-nominated team Bentley Dean (director) and Tania Nehme (editor).

As part of the Head On Photo Festival 2022, the film BLAZE will be premiering at the Bondi Pavillion, November 5th (5pm - 6pm). Please register for free here - https://headon.org.au/events/blaze-international-premiere/

With thanks to Bentley Dean (Director and DOP), Tania Nehme (Editor), Tom Schutzinger (Composer), and @nickbannehr (Assistant).

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt #Fire

"Fire is a seminal element of both the ancient and

"Fire is a seminal element of both the ancient and contemporary Australian experience of country. Both fire and water have deep cultural histories as symbols in art and literature."

I will soon be launching a series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme . The exhibition of the photographs will be accompanied by the film BLAZE, an observational documentary by Academy Award-nominated team Bentley Dean (director) and Tania Nehme (editor).

Please join me for the premiere of the film BLAZE, November 5th at the Bondi Pavillion from 5pm - 6pm. Please register for free here - https://headon.org.au/events/blaze-international-premiere/

With thanks to Bentley Dean (Director and DOP), Tania Nehme (Editor), Tom Schutzinger (Composer), and @nickbannehr (Assistant).

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt #Fire

"Leaving these ghosts on the landscape intact." -

"Leaving these ghosts on the landscape intact."

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I will soon be launching a series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme . The exhibition of the photographs will be accompanied by the film BLAZE, an observational documentary by Academy Award-nominated team Bentley Dean (director) and Tania Nehme (editor).

Please join me for the premiere of the film BLAZE, November 5th at the Bondi Pavillion from 5pm - 6pm. Please register for free here - LINK

With thanks to Bentley Dean (Director and DOP), Tania Nehme (Editor), Tom Schutzinger (Composer), and @nickbannehr (Assistant).
#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt #Fire

"The flames burn, but for a few seconds, enough ti

"The flames burn, but for a few seconds, enough time to capture the images as stills"

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I will soon be launching a series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme . The exhibition of the photographs will be accompanied by the film BLAZE, an observational documentary by Academy Award-nominated team Bentley Dean (director) and Tania Nehme (editor).

Please join me for the premiere of the film BLAZE, November 5th at the Bondi Pavillion from 5pm - 6pm. Please register for free here - https://headon.org.au/events/blaze-international-premiere/

With thanks to Bentley Dean (Director and DOP), Tania Nehme (Editor), Tom Schutzinger (Composer), and @nickbannehr (Assistant).

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt #Fire

"Bendable gas lines – that follow the trunks and

"Bendable gas lines – that follow the trunks and leafless branches of these long dead trees."

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I will soon be launching a series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme . The exhibition of the photographs will be accompanied by the film BLAZE, an observational documentary by Academy Award-nominated team Bentley Dean (director) and Tania Nehme (editor).

Please join me for the premiere of the film BLAZE, November 5th at the Bondi Pavillion from 5pm - 6pm. Please register for free here - https://headon.org.au/events/blaze-international-premiere/

With thanks to Bentley Dean (Director and DOP), Tania Nehme (Editor), Tom Schutzinger (Composer), and @nickbannehr (Assistant).

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt #Fire

"I will soon be launching a series of large-scale

"I will soon be launching a series of large-scale landscape photographs with fire as their central theme . The exhibition of the photographs will be accompanied by the film BLAZE, an observational documentary by Academy Award-nominated team Bentley Dean (director) and Tania Nehme (editor).

Please join me for the premiere of the film BLAZE, November 5th at the Bondi Pavillion from 5pm - 6pm. Please register for free here - https://headon.org.au/events/blaze-international-premiere/

With thanks to Bentley Dean (Director and DOP), Tania Nehme (Editor), Tom Schutzinger (Composer), and @nickbannehr (Assistant).

#BLAZE #MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt #Fire

"A seminal element of both the ancient and contemp

"A seminal element of both the ancient and contemporary Australian experience of country."

#MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt

"An intervention in the flooded interior of Austra

"An intervention in the flooded interior of Australia to create this series of powerful images."

#MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt

"Against vast flooded lakes and river systems that

"Against vast flooded lakes and river systems that have defined the interior of Australia over the La-Nina cycles of 2021 and 2022."

#MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt

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"Lines that follow the trunks and leafless branche

"Lines that follow the trunks and leafless branches of these long dead trees"

#MurraryFredericks #Photography #Art #PhotographicArt #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography #FineArt #AustralianFineArt

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Absolutely thrilled to be releasing this new work

Absolutely thrilled to be releasing this new work tonight at the opening of Sydney Contemporary!
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'And The Humidity We Breathe'. 117cm x 167cm. 2022. Digital Pigment Print. Edition of 7 & 2APs.
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As the big wet comes to Central Australia, spectacular electric storms become a frequent occurrence. MURRAY FREDERICKS is one of the few Australian artists capable of processing the dramatic atmospheric shift caused by the current La Niña phenomenon. He has spent the last year working on a new series in locations transformed by the 'extreme wet’ the country is experiencing. As the artist writes: "The moisture laden air over the desert, combined with intense summer heat turned the atmosphere in a pressure cooker, producing late afternoon and evening thunderstorms on a daily basis in areas that can go for years without significant rain."
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Organising a wild lightning storm into a strict grid presentation, Fredericks offers the “ephemeral sky” within a measured and orderly gaze. This indexical approach is contrasted by the outbursts of Nature, the enormity of the storm barely contained within the simple perfection of the grid.

We've been working on an exciting new series over

We've been working on an exciting new series over the last year. It's been the wettest I've ever seen inland Australia and the water flowing through the country in places that have been dry for years has formed lakes filled with life and streams bursting their banks providing the neglected floodplains with badly needed soakings.
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Travel through the wet has been interesting with a few unplanned hold-ups due to closed roads along the way.
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A couple of shots from a recent trip with @nickbannehr modelling the road shot.

Bondi as big as it gets!

Bondi as big as it gets!

Mirror #17 120cm x 155cm Digital Pigment Print Edi

Mirror #17 120cm x 155cm Digital Pigment Print Edition of 7.
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The perfect place for the mirrors was around 7km out into the lake. At that distance the horizon line disappeared and the landscape 'abstracted iteself' and lost all sense of scale. Being out there felt like exisiting in pure space.
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what makes an image successful to me is when the quality of that experience is somehow felt by the viewer.
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This image was a happy accident. Usually we could only work when the wind was still. After waiting for around 10 days for the weather to calm down, I headed out to location but by the time I arrived the wind was howling. Rather than pack up and head back, I opted for a long exposure as an experiment, which in this case produced one of the best images from the series.
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The BTS images show the location in space and a bit of fun with the state of our clothes and boots after weeks working out there with no spare water to wash with.

Salt 304 85cm x 240cm edition of 7 & 2 Ap. Salt 3

Salt 304 85cm x 240cm edition of 7 & 2 Ap.
Salt 304 150cm x 400cm edition of 5 & 1 Ap.
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After 6 years visiting the lake, I'd never seen it full. In 2009 as the lake filled up from rain months earlier up in the tropics, I took a small canoe and camped on an island for a month in the middle of a bay.
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This was a local thunderstorm that formed in minutes fuelled, no doubt, by local evaporation from the lake in the middle of the vast desert. The intense downdraft from the strom's centre is pushing a huge dust storm visible in the bottom right corner of frame.

Salt 9 120cm x 150cm Digital Pigment print Edition

Salt 9 120cm x 150cm Digital Pigment print Edition of 7 + 2AP.
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One of the first images I took out on the Lake that ended up in an exhibition. It was three years of testin out there before I worked out what I wanted the series to be. No evidence of anything that could provide a sense of scale. Minimal features and a continuous, unbroken horizon.
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With shallow rain water over the surface, giant 'mirror pools' form, some over 10km across. The saturated salt solution makes the water heavy and still. Its reflective quality appears enhanced too - something more akin to mercury than rain water.

Back of the storm. Driving West with @nickbannehr.

Back of the storm. Driving West with @nickbannehr.
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#mamatus

Ladakh 2016. Digital Pigment Print. Edition of 7&2

Ladakh 2016. Digital Pigment Print. Edition of 7&2AP.
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In 2016 I took Sebastian and Jacks, my two oldest sons, on a 20 day trek through Ladakh. The journey retraced the path taken on my first ever, long term, photographic trip. The walk went from Leh across the Trans Himalayan Range and out onto the Chang Tang Plateau, geographically and culturally more Tibet than India.
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I decided it was a trek for my sons primarily and not a photographic expedition. I did however take my gear and decided I'd look for a single image to take back and possibly exhibit.
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The opportunity came up to climb Kang Yaktze, a 6200m peak along the way. Jackson, who was 14 at the time, and I left at midnight with our Sherpa and climbed through the night to reach this view just after dawn. Neither Jacks nor myself had ever climbed before and we put crampons on our boots for the first time ever and roped up before heading up the glacier in the early dawn light. The Sherpa's experience kept us safe, but it was 'heart-in-mouth' stuff at times, crossing crevasses and plodding up the ice with an infinite blackness below.
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This image was shot in tiny squares to boost resolution and make the most of this infinite landscape. It took 40min to make the single photograph - I remember looking over and seeing Jackson asleep on a rock while I was shooting. It's the most detailed image I've ever made and at full size, it's a print you fall into and get lost in.
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The second image is Jackson roping up on the glacier in the early light and the final image is the exhibited photography at Paris Photo with Hamilton’s Gallery.

Full Title - Icesheet #4724, 22˚ & 46˚ halo, ta

Full Title - Icesheet #4724, 22˚ & 46˚ halo, tangent arc, parry arc, cza and parhelic circle, 120 x 160cm, digital pigment print, edition of 7 &2AP, 2013.
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Once on the Greenland Icesheet, I became obsessed with the atmospheric phenomena created by particles of ice suspended in the super cold atmosphere.Being from Australia, I had never experienced these Ice and light combinations..
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Being a super weather geek, I got hold of David Lynch's book, "Color and Light in Nature" which puts names and explanations behind these phenomena.
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This image contains nearly all of them and from my limited understanding is the rare occurrence of having about 6 layers of ice particles suspended in the air, all different shapes and floating between the sun and the camera at the same time.
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The image of the plane is how Tom Schutzinger, Carl (our guide) and I hitched a ride onto the icesheet for my final (6th) trip to Greenland. It was part of the 'cool school' American Military program. Its a c-130 Hercules fitted with skis that can land on ice.

A typical afternoon on the Greenland Icesheet. Th

A typical afternoon on the Greenland Icesheet. There were periods of good clear weather and times, especially nights when the Katabatic winds blew, that were far, far worse than this.
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These tents were designed to be strong in winds from the front, but not from the side. If the wind changed and was strong, we had to move the angle of the tent.
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The tents were dug in below the snow level so the winds couldn't get underneath and lift the base from the ground. We always dug a deep hole in the vestibule to stand up and act as a cold sink.

Had the absolute pleasure of shooting landscape ti

Had the absolute pleasure of shooting landscape time-lapse footage (with @nickbannehr) for this ground breaking film over four seasons in the high country of NSW and Kosciusko.
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Leah Purcell wrote, directs and stars in this period Western about a determined mother protecting her children – a searing reimagining of Henry Lawson’s classic with an Indigenous female gaze.
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The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson screens on Saturday, November 6 at Sydney Film Festival. Get your tickets today. 🎥

Mirror #20 120cm x 160cm 2017 Digital Pigment prin

Mirror #20 120cm x 160cm 2017 Digital Pigment print.
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The white line on the horizon is where the giant puddle finishes and the hard, white salt begins again. We move each day, sometimes km's to use that thin white line as a defning element in the images. We have to move as even subtle wind changes moves the water vast distances.

Array #9. 120cm x 160cm. Digital Pigment Print. 20

Array #9. 120cm x 160cm. Digital Pigment Print. 2019.
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The potential of landscape art is to be about more than the subject itself. The materials here are space and light, perspective , the gradations of colour. It's not about the location itself, but it is about 'place'. Its place defined by space and light.
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The experience of being out there in the centre for long periods has a very profound effect on your mental state. It's that effect, the quality of the emotional and metaphysical experience that I hope these images convey.

This is basically life out at the Lake. I used to

This is basically life out at the Lake. I used to live alone in the middle in a small tent for around 5 weeks at a time. But now, in relative luxury, base is on the shore.
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Base camp has larger tents to sleep in, computers for downloading and backup, solar powered fridge for better meals and the occasional beverage.
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Thanks for great BTS shots @nickbannehr

Setting up for night time long exposures on the 8"

Setting up for night time long exposures on the 8" x 10".
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The hit rate was so low from these setups, I ended up using two 8" x 10" cameras each night and a 4" x 5" on three mirrors. As you can see, one of the mirrors didn't make it.
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Pretending to inhabit Duchamp's "now it's perfect' moment, I kept shooting on the broken mirror but unfortunately the focus differential between the stars and the cracks in the mirror meant nothing was produced that was useable.

Mirror #5 120cm x 155cm 2017. . One of the unfore

Mirror #5 120cm x 155cm 2017.
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One of the unforeseen side effects of setting up these long exposure shots, was learning to visualise the shape and path of the stars when they 'trail' through the sky.
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Using the mirror, there it was necessary to visualise both the landscape behind the mirror and the reflection then imagine them working together.
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Only three images from scores of attempts were useable.

Mirror#6 120cm x 155cm Edition of 7. 2017 . Out of

Mirror#6 120cm x 155cm Edition of 7. 2017
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Out of many attempts (and 90%) of the total effort of this series, Mirror#6 is one of three long exposure night images that made the cut.

Waiting around for it to get dark enough to set th

Waiting around for it to get dark enough to set the 8" x 10" on the mirrors. From sunset it was about 1 hour and 45min until the shutter could be opened. It was then left for 5-7hours depending on the moon phase.
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The same thing happened each morning. The camera had to be reached and closed about 2hours before dawn. It was then a wait until the dawn came and it was possible to shoot again.
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These long exposure night shots are really the only thing I use the old view cameras for. We lose many. many attempts due to wind, the film popping in the cold, or the angle just not being good enough.
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Three shots produced this way made the final cut.
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Thanks again @mobvisuals22 Marcus O'Brien for the beautiful BTS work.

Mirror #32. 120cm x 155cm Digital pigment print 20

Mirror #32. 120cm x 155cm Digital pigment print 2018.
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This one of the only single mirror,'Vanity Series' shot. on the dry lake bed. It was as close as these images get to 'opportunistic'. We were setting up an Array image of 5 mirrors and this scene just presented itself 'as is'.

Mirror #11. 120cm x 155cm Digital Pigment Print 20

Mirror #11. 120cm x 155cm Digital Pigment Print 2017.
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Every image that makes the cut conveys a kind of emotional quality that goes part way to explaining what it's like to exist out in this void for days or weeks at a time.

The fruits of labour - being able to work in this

The fruits of labour - being able to work in this environment for days or weeks without interruption. James Turrell describes light and space as his 'materials'. His description puts words to the experience of working out here.
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Video with thanks to @mobvisuals22

Days and days of walking back and forth through th

Days and days of walking back and forth through the abyss. All for the opportunity to work in an environment that is as close to pure space and light as is possible

From the archive - this is how we sleep in the jun

From the archive - this is how we sleep in the jungle camp on the Tiwis. It's way too hot and humid for a tent during the build-up season. A mosquito dome is used to keep the air circulating and a sheet underneath the body to soak up sweat. The tarp over the top keeps out most of the heavy downpours. Unfortunately scorpions like to take shelter under the tarp and somehow the odd millipede slips through the zipper into the dome with you. There's always a search for nasties as you head to bed in the dark.
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Image Jem Cresswell.
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The Hector Series shot on the Tiwi Islands north of mainland Australia. The worlds biggest thunderstorm, affectionally called 'Hector the Convector' by the WW2 pilots that had to chart their courses around the systems on bombing raids to New Guinea. . The series was shot over multiple visits between 2010 and 2018 with visits also commissioned to shoot timelapse for BBC Monsoon and David Attenborough's One Planet on Netflix. . @arconegallery @hamiltonsgallery @robertmanngallery. . #fromthearchive #hector #hectortheconvector #thunderstorms

From the archive - BTS Shot by @jemcresswell. Jem

From the archive - BTS Shot by @jemcresswell. Jem literally saved me one afternoon by spotting a waiting croc as I was launching the boat. You're never supposed to land at the same spot twice because a hunting croc will wait for you next time. Unfortunately there's only one place to land at this camp so we try to be extra careful. Familiarity breeds complacency, however, and when Jem called "CROC!" it was centimetres from my leg. Its amazing how fast you move when the fight or flight response kicks in!
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I used to go alone on these trips, but age and a bit of experience suggests it's safer to bring someone along, especially when the waters are infested with crocs.
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This shot is from the Hector Series shot on the Tiwi Islands North of mainland Australia. This is the world's biggest thunderstorm, and was affectionally called 'Hector the Convector' by the WW2 pilots that had to chart their courses around the systems on bombing raids to New Guinea.
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The series was shot over multiple visits between 2010 and 2018 with visits also commissioned to shoot timelapse for BBC Monsoon and David Attenborough's One Planet on Netflix.
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@arconegallery @hamiltonsgallery @robertmanngallery. . #fromthearchive #hector #hectortheconvector #thunderstorms

From the archive - BTS Shot by @jemcresswell. I us

From the archive - BTS Shot by @jemcresswell. I used to go alone on these trips, but age and a bit of experience suggests it's safer to bring someone along, especially when the waters are infested with crocs. It's also far more pleasant to have company for a month than sweat it out alone.
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This shot is from the Hector Series shot on the Tiwi Islands North of mainland Australia. This is the world's biggest thunderstorm, and was affectionally called 'Hector the Convector' by the WW2 pilots that had to chart their courses around the systems on bombing raids to New Guinea.
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The series was shot over multiple visits between 2010 and 2018 with visits also commissioned to shoot timelapse for BBC Monsoon and David Attenborough's One Planet on Netflix. . @arconegallery @hamiltonsgallery @robertmanngallery. . #fromthearchive #hector #hectortheconvector #thunderstorms

Hector #12 120cm x 193cm . From 'The Hector Series

Hector #12 120cm x 193cm
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From 'The Hector Series'.
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‘Hector’ is affectionate, rhyming slang for the daily thunderstorms or ‘convectors’ that form over the Tiwi Islands during the build up season in Northern Australia. . @arconegallery @hamiltonsgallery @robertmanngallery. . #fromthearchive #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #robertmanngallery #thunderstorms #hector #tiwitter

Hector #11 120cm x 204cm. . From the archive - the

Hector #11 120cm x 204cm.
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From the archive - the Hector Series shot on the Tiwi Islands north of mainland Australia. The worlds biggest thunderstorm, affectionally called 'Hector the Convector' by the WW2 pilots that had to chart their courses around the systems on bombing raids to New Guinea.
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The series was shot over multiple visits between 2010 and 2018 with visits also commissioned to shoot timelapse for BBC Monsoon and David Attenborough's One Planet on Netflix.
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@arconegallery @hamiltonsgallery @robertmanngallery.
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#fromthearchive #hector #hectortheconvector #thunderstorms

Hector #22 120cm x 203cm
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The Hector project.
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‘Hector’ is affectionate, rhyming slang for the daily thunderstorms or ‘convectors’ that form almost daily over the Tiwi Islands during the build up season in Northern Australia.
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@arconegallery @hamiltonsgallery @robertmanngallery.
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#fromthearchive #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #robertmanngallery #thunderstorms #hector #tiwi

Tonight’s Screen

Tonight’s Screen

Missing Franca’s nightly pasta. The daily highli

Missing Franca’s nightly pasta. The daily highlight🍯🍯🍯

Dust storm from the cabin

Dust storm from the cabin

I’m pleased to announce that Array #9 will be f

I’m pleased to announce that Array #9 will be featured in the Art Basel, on-line exhibition by Hamiltons Gallery London. Link to the viewing room in bio.
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Don’t miss this rollercoaster ride through some of Hamiltons’ best pictures, by a selection of gallery artists including
modern masters Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Helmut Newton, internationally recognised photographers such as
Herb Ritts, Mario Testino and Hiro, and finally contemporary photographers such as Erwin Olaf, Murray Fredericks
and Christopher Thomas. The gallery has also represented the work of Sir Don McCullin, one of the world’s most
renowned photojournalists, for over 30 years, adding another dimension to the presentation. The notable works by the
artists selected will be accompanied in Hamiltons’ online viewing room by short video clips, providing the viewer with
further insight into the artist and their work.
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@hamiltonsgallery @artbasel

Mystery Rd Premiere tonight at 8.30 on ABC. Don't

Mystery Rd Premiere tonight at 8.30 on ABC. Don't miss it!
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Absolute pleasure to run the time-lapse unit on this production. .
Great opportunity to work with Warwick Thornton and Wayne Blair on series two after working with Rachael Perkins and Mark Wareham on series 1. Great also to work with David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin, @riverdylans and @nickbannehr.

To all the professionals in film, television, ente

To all the professionals in film, television, entertainment and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of you in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. @scottmorrisonmp #scottmorrison #joshfrydenberg #TimWilsonMP #scomo #MEAA #dontletfreelancersfallthroughthecracks #noworkerleftbehind #wagesubsidyforall #jobkeeper #jobseeker.
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Image by a true professional and top fella Marcus O’Brien @mobsy222

Devastated high-country landscape near Talbingo

Devastated high-country landscape near Talbingo

Smoke Haze and devastated mountain-ash forest in t

Smoke Haze and devastated mountain-ash forest in the Snowys

Smoke haze cover the normally pristine high-countr

Smoke haze cover the normally pristine high-country near Kiandra

Apocalyptic (a word used too often this summer) sm

Apocalyptic (a word used too often this summer) smoke haze across the high plains near Kiandra in the Snowys.

Spent last week travelling through the fire-ground

Spent last week travelling through the fire-grounds of the Snowy Mountains, shooting images of the normally, pristine landscapes of the high country, covered in smoke haze.

Regrowth after the fires

Regrowth after the fires

1st trip to muloorina in 2003 @spagamama @murrayf

1st trip to muloorina in 2003 @spagamama @murrayfredericks @jax_fredericks @bandi_uk @86ledwards

“Place is defined by boundless empty space, as h

“Place is defined by boundless empty space, as his own reflections on landscape mediate and expand what we see. Offering the viewer an emotional engagement with the environment, we see evidence of greater forces at work. There is a sense of release as the self dissolves into the light and infinity. The residue is a signature of an artist who finds the deep layers of his work by revealing the inexhaustible depth of what is already there.”
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Array, the final ‘cycle’ in my 16-year SALT project, is showing at Arc One Gallery until 19 December, 2019.
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Image: Array #8, digital pigment print on cotton rag, edition of 7, 120 x 170cm
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#array #salt #murrayfredericks #australia #art #photography #artist

“In one moment, an ensemble of sky and surface m

“In one moment, an ensemble of sky and surface meld into a symphony of stars under Fredericks’ powerful control. These works plunge the viewer into a mesmerising spatial gestalt as Fredericks dissolves the contours of the landscape into a limitless optical deception.”
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Array, the final ‘cycle’ in my 16-year SALT project, is showing at Arc One Gallery until 19 December, 2019.
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Image: Array #11 (Venus, Jupiter), digital pigment print on cotton rag, edition of 7, 120 x 165 cm
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#array #salt #murrayfredericks #australia #art #photography #artist

“His translations of the language of landscape v

“His translations of the language of landscape verge on otherworldly; reflections hover together as geometric forms, apertures or portals, offering a dual experience of looking both into another realm and out, as the lake’s glass-like surface mirrors an infinite space above.”
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Array, the final ‘cycle’ in my 16-year SALT project, is showing at Arc One Gallery until 19 December, 2019.
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Image: Array #12, digital pigment print on cotton rag, edition of 7, 120 x 170 cm
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#Array #Salt #MurrayFredericks #Photography #Art #Australia #AustralianArt #AustralianPhotography

Please join us for the opening reception of Array,

Please join us for the opening reception of Array, the final 'cycle' in my 16-year SALT Project, presented by @arconegallery .

When: Tuesday 12 November, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Where: Arc One Gallery, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
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"ARC ONE Gallery is thrilled to present, Array, the final ‘cycle’ in award-winning Australian artist Murray Fredericks’ 16-year SALT Project. These visually arresting abstract landscapes continue the artist’s emotional engagement with Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre), South Australia.”
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Image: Array #15, digital pigment print on cotton rag, edition of 7, 120 x 160 cm

#array #salt #murrayfredericks #australia #art #photography #artist

Please join us for the opening reception of Array,

Please join us for the opening reception of Array, the final 'cycle' in my 16-year SALT Project, present by @arconegallery

When: Tuesday 12 November, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Where: Arc One Gallery, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC
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“Stay there long enough, and the landscape forces you to a place beyond the rational mind, beyond your sense of self. It’s a part of the human condition we experience when confronted by concepts of infinity, absorbed in meditation, or when confronted by our own mortality. The images are responses to that experience”. Array #1 is also exhibiting at @ParisPhotoFair this November.

Image: Array #16, digital pigment print on cotton rag, edition of 7, 120 x 170 cm

#Array #Salt #MurrayFredericks #Art #Photography #ArcOneGallery

"@arconegallery is thrilled to present, Array, the

"@arconegallery is thrilled to present, Array, the final ‘cycle’ in award-winning Australian artist Murray Fredericks’ 16-year SALT Project. These visually arresting abstract landscapes continue the artist’s emotional engagement with Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre), South Australia." “Stay there long enough, and the landscape forces you to a place beyond the rational mind, beyond your sense of self. It’s a part of the human condition we experience when confronted by concepts of infinity, absorbed in meditation, or when confronted by our own mortality. The images are responses to that experience”. - Murray Fredericks, 2019

Array #1 is also exhibiting at Paris Photo this November. Read more here: http://bit.ly/36uJBLt

Film Credits:

Directed, Edited, DOP - @nickbannehr
Additional Footage - Marcus O'Brien / Murray Fredericks
Original Score - Russell W
Sound Design - Ahmed Natiq

Murray Fredericks' - A film by @nickbannehr " @arc

Murray Fredericks' - A film by @nickbannehr " @arconegallery is thrilled to present, Array, the final ‘cycle’ in award-winning Australian artist Murray Fredericks’ 16-year SALT Project. These visually arresting abstract landscapes continue the artist’s emotional engagement with Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre), South Australia." “Stay there long enough, and the landscape forces you to a place beyond the rational mind, beyond your sense of self. It’s a part of the human condition we experience when confronted by concepts of infinity, absorbed in meditation, or when confronted by our own mortality. The images are responses to that experience”. - Murray Fredericks, 2019

Array #1 is also exhibiting at @parisphotofair this November.

Film Credits:

Directed, Edited, DOP - Nick Bannehr
Additional Footage - Marcus O'Brien / Murray Fredericks
Original Score - Russell W
Sound Design - Ahmed Natiq

#Array #Salt #MurrayFredericks #Art #Photography #ArcOneGallery #ParisPhoto

I am pleased to announce that Array #1 will be fea

I am pleased to announce that Array #1 will be featured in this year's @parisphotofair "This year at Paris Photo, Hamiltons’ exhibition is divided into four main sections.

In the first room, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of man setting foot on the moon with photographs by Richard Avedon of three members of the ‘Mercury Seven’, as well as a picture of Apollo 11 by Hiro and a new picture of the reflected Milky Way by Australian photographer Murray Fredericks.

In the second room, we juxtapose the paintings of Irving Penn with some of his well-known photographs, as an insight into the way the artist and photographer thought and worked.

In our third room, we present rarely or never-before-seen prints by Helmut Newton, pairing variants with their more famous originals.

In the final room we show new work by Mario Testino and Don McCullin alongside photographs by Robert Frank and Herb Ritts. The outside of our booth will show Erwin Olaf, Philippe Garner, Daido Moriyama and the complete series of ‘Interstate’ pictures by Richard Avedon." #murrayfredericks #array #parisphoto #parisphotofair #photography #art #australia #australianphotography

New work going out for the @arconegallery exhibiti

New work going out for the @arconegallery exhibition in November

NASA time lapse of the moon’s phases - love this

NASA time lapse of the moon’s phases - love this

Final touches on new work heading to Paris Photo.

Final touches on new work heading to Paris Photo. Printing with the master @warrenmacris

What a fantastic crew to work with and production

What a fantastic crew to work with and production to be part of. Until next time!!!
@nickbannehr @stripp_stunts @gerardpetrov @bigredjg #timelapse #camblock #timelapsemotioncontol #crocodiles

Once upon a time in Broome...Happy birthday legend

Once upon a time in Broome...Happy birthday legend!
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This Saturday 13 April is the last day of my lates

This Saturday 13 April is the last day of my latest exhibition: WITNESS.

WITNESS is comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018). If you are yet to see the exhibition, or would like another viewing please feel free to visit us (today or tomorrow) 11am - 6pm at ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025.

For any enquiries after 13 April, please contact ARC ONE in Melbourne: arcone.com.au | 03 9650 0589 | mail@arc1gallery.com

#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery

ARRAY #8, 120cm x 170cm ed/7. 2018.⠀ · · · ·

ARRAY #8, 120cm x 170cm ed/7. 2018.⠀
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Please join me at the opening drinks for my latest exhibition: WITNESS.⠀
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WITNESS is comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018).⠀
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WHERE: ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025⠀
WHEN: Thursday 4 April, 6pm – 8pm.⠀
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WITNESS is showing at ARC ONE in Sydney from 4 - 13 April, 11am - 6pm.⠀
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery

From the ‘Vanity' Series.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Mirror 19

From the ‘Vanity' Series.⠀⠀
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Mirror 19, 120cm x 155cm ed/7 & 2APs. 2017.⠀⠀
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Please join me at the opening drinks for my latest exhibition: WITNESS.⠀⠀
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WITNESS is comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018).⠀⠀
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WHERE: ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025⠀⠀
WHEN: Thursday 4 April, 6pm – 8pm.⠀⠀
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WITNESS is showing at ARC ONE in Sydney from 4 - 13 April, 11am - 6pm.⠀⠀
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery

ARRAY #10, 120cm x 175cm ed/7. 2018.⠀
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Please join me at the opening drinks for my latest exhibition: WITNESS.⠀
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WITNESS is comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018).⠀
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WHERE: ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025⠀
WHEN: Thursday 4 April, 6pm – 8pm.⠀
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WITNESS is showing at ARC ONE in Sydney from 4 - 13 April, 11am - 6pm.⠀
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery

First work on the wall!

First work on the wall!

From the ‘Vanity' Series.⠀ ⠀ Mirror 17, 120c

From the ‘Vanity' Series.⠀
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Mirror 17, 120cm x 155cm ed/7 & 2APs. 2017.⠀
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Please join me at the opening drinks for my latest exhibition: WITNESS.⠀
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WITNESS is comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018).⠀
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WHERE: ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025⠀
WHEN: Thursday 4 April, 6pm – 8pm.⠀
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WITNESS is showing at ARC ONE in Sydney from 4 - 13 April, 11am - 6pm.⠀
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery

ARRAY #11, 120cm x 165cm ed/7. 2018.⠀
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Please join me at the opening drinks for my latest exhibition: WITNESS.⠀
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WITNESS is comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018).⠀
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WHERE: ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025⠀
WHEN: Thursday 4 April, 6pm – 8pm.⠀
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WITNESS is showing at ARC ONE in Sydney from 4 - 13 April, 11am - 6pm.⠀
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery

A behind the scenes look at Vanity, a 'cycle' in m

A behind the scenes look at Vanity, a 'cycle' in my 16-year SALT project.⠀
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Please join me at the opening drinks for my latest exhibition: WITNESS.⠀
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WITNESS is comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018).⠀
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WHERE: ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025⠀
WHEN: Thursday 4 April, 6pm – 8pm.⠀
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WITNESS is showing at ARC ONE in Sydney from 4 - 13 April, 11am - 6pm.⠀
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery⠀
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Original Score: Tom Schutzinger⠀
Video: Marcus O’Brien

ARRAY #14, 120cm x 170cm ed/7. 2018.⠀
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Please join me at the opening drinks for my latest exhibition: WITNESS.⠀
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WITNESS is comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018).⠀
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WHERE: ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025⠀
WHEN: Thursday 4 April, 6pm – 8pm.⠀
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WITNESS is showing at ARC ONE in Sydney from 4 - 13 April, 11am - 6pm.⠀
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery

From the ‘Vanity' Series.⠀ ⠀ Mirror 16, 120c

From the ‘Vanity' Series.⠀
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Mirror 16, 120cm x 155cm ed/7 & 2APs. 2017.⠀
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Please join me at the opening drinks for my latest exhibition: WITNESS.⠀
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WITNESS is comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018).⠀
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WHERE: ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025⠀
WHEN: Thursday 4 April, 6pm – 8pm.⠀
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WITNESS is showing at ARC ONE in Sydney from 4 - 13 April, 11am - 6pm.⠀
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery

ARRAY #9, 120cm x 175cm ed/7. 2018. · · · · ·

ARRAY #9, 120cm x 175cm ed/7. 2018.
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Please join me at the opening drinks for my latest exhibition: WITNESS.

WITNESS is comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018).
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WHERE: ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025
WHEN: Thursday 4 April, 6pm – 8pm.

WITNESS is showing at ARC ONE in Sydney from 4 - 13 April, 11am - 6pm.

#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery

A behind the scenes look at ARRAY, the latest ‘c

A behind the scenes look at ARRAY, the latest ‘cycle’ in my 16-year SALT project.
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Original Score Tom Schutzinger.
Video Nick Bannehr.
Timelapse Murray Fredericks.
· · · · ·
Please join me at the opening drinks for my latest exhibition: WITNESS.

WITNESS is comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018). WHERE: ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025
WHEN: Thursday 4 April, 6pm – 8pm.

WITNESS is showing at ARC ONE in Sydney from 4 - 13 April, 11am - 6pm.

#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery

Light show off the cliffs in Sydney tonight

Light show off the cliffs in Sydney tonight

ARC ONE in Sydney is delighted to invite you to th

ARC ONE in Sydney is delighted to invite you to the opening drinks for WITNESS, the latest ‘cycle’ in award-winning Australian artist Murray Fredericks’ 16-year SALT Project. These visually-arresting abstract landscapes continue the artist’s emotional engagement with Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre), South Australia,

WHERE: ARC ONE in Sydney, 36 - 40 Queen St, Woollahra 2025
WHEN: Thursday 4 April, 6pm – 8pm.

Comprised of two significant bodies of work, Vanity (2017) and Array (2018), WITNESS sees the artist intersect endless space through the ethereal reflective quality of mirrors. Rather than employing the mirror as a symbol of self-reflection, Fredericks redirects our gaze away from ourselves and into the immense environment. His translations of the landscape verge on otherworldly; reflections hover together as geometric forms, apertures or portals, offering a dual experience of looking both into another realm and out, as the lake’s glass-like surface mirrors an infinite space above. These works plunge the viewer into a mesmerising spatial gestalt as Fredericks dissolves the contours of the landscape into a limitless optical deception. Place is defined by boundless empty space.

WITNESS is showing at @arconegallery in Sydney from 4 - 13 April, 11am - 6pm.

Mirror 17.
120cm x155cm.
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs.

#murrayfredericks #vanity #array #witness #lakeeyre #australia #photography #art #arconegallery

@michaelkennaphoto

@michaelkennaphoto

Close to the best day ever!

Close to the best day ever!

Such a beautiful place

Such a beautiful place

Hiroshima Peace Park

Hiroshima Peace Park

Lightning strike too close - interrupting the sens

Lightning strike too close - interrupting the sensor readout. 2nd frame here shows the moment just before

Just now at home

Just now at home

Last night on the road

Last night on the road

Howling wind all day, sky full of dust

Howling wind all day, sky full of dust

And charlie don’t surf?

And charlie don’t surf?

Installation Shots from @hamiltonsgallery and @pa

Installation Shots from @hamiltonsgallery and @parisphotofair .
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ARRAY #8 and ARRAY #11.
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Find Hamiltons Gallery @hamiltonsgallery at stand C26 in the main sector where they are exhibiting work by Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, Herb Ritts, Robert Frank, Hiro, Sir Don McCullin, Raymond Depardon, Nobuyoshi Araki and @murray fredericks.

And we are off... @nickbannehr

And we are off...
@nickbannehr

Last night on the Hinakos

Last night on the Hinakos

Best we’ve found so far

Best we’ve found so far

Fred ‘Freddy’ Fredericks

Fred ‘Freddy’ Fredericks

The most photographed car In Darwin

The most photographed car In Darwin

Just arrived in Darwin after being evacuated from

Just arrived in Darwin after being evacuated from Dundee

Friendly companion

Friendly companion

Thank you to @photographmag for featuring 'Mirror

Thank you to @photographmag for featuring 'Mirror 8' (from the Vanity series) on the cover of their latest issue.
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"A mirror is a recurring element, positioned so that the viewer’s gaze is directed “out and away from ourselves, into the environment,” in works intended to turn viewers’ attention toward nature and the insignificance of human beings."
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#Vanity #Photography #Art

Robert Smithson (photo Peter Daverington)

Robert Smithson (photo Peter Daverington)

Wonderful surprise on the upper levels of the met

Wonderful surprise on the upper levels of the met

Detail from Yang Yongliang’s master work ‘View

Detail from Yang Yongliang’s master work ‘Viewing the Tide’2008

Richard Serra monolithic

Richard Serra monolithic

Instagram post 17862817378214839

Instagram post 17862817378214839

Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

Agnes Martin perfection

Agnes Martin perfection

I am pleased to announce 'Vanity' will be showing

I am pleased to announce 'Vanity' will be showing at the @robertmanngallery in New York from 1 February until 7 April 2018. This is my first exhibition in New York and with the gallery. Please join us for the opening reception of the exhibition on Thursday 1 February, 6-8pm.
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From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 16.
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Today is the last day of Paris Photo. . Come and s

Today is the last day of Paris Photo.
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Come and see the Vanity Series works on display at Hamiltons Gallery, stand C 26.
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@hamiltonsgallery @parisphotofair

I am pleased to announce that I am now being repre

I am pleased to announce that I am now being represented by @robertmanngallery, in New York. Works from the Vanity series will be showing in my debut at the gallery, February 1 - April 7 2018.
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From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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I am pleased to announce that @hamiltonsgallery in

I am pleased to announce that @hamiltonsgallery in London has extended their exhibition of 'Vanity' until 7 July 2017.
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From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 25.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
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Edition of 7 & 2APs.
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #hamiltonsgallery #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

From the ‘Vanity' Series. . Mirror 12. . 120cm

From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 12.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs.
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

"In these images I find my own, flawed, search for

"In these images I find my own, flawed, search for a kind of perfection. Perhaps it is a search driven by my own anxieties or vain attempt to escape the human condition. Standing in the silken water, surrounded only by a boundless horizon, I sense a release, a surrendering as the self dissolves into the light and space.” - Murray Fredericks .
'Vanity' is currently exhibiting at @hamiltonsgallery, London | 28 April - 14 June. .
#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

From the ‘Vanity' Series. . Mirror 18. . 120cm

From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 18.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs.
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

From the ‘Vanity' Series. . Mirror 6. . 120cm x

From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 6.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs.
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

Today was the last day that 'Vanity' was exhibitin

Today was the last day that 'Vanity' was exhibiting at Arc One Gallery in Melbourne. .
Thanks to Fran Sue, Laura, Addie and Daniel from Arc One Gallery for getting behind the Vanity Series and making this exhibition such a success! #murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last day that 'Vanity'

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last day that 'Vanity' is exhibiting at
@arconegallery. The gallery is at 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne and is open 11am - 5pm. .
You can find all exhibition and gallery information here www.arcone.com.au .
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From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 10.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs."""
#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

"The mirror can be seen as emblematic of our obses

"The mirror can be seen as emblematic of our obsession with ourselves, individually, and collectively. In the ‘Vanity’ series, rather than reflecting our own ‘surface’ image, the mirror is positioned to draw our gaze out and away from ourselves, into the environment, driving us towards an emotional engagement with light, colour and space.” - Murray Fredericks .
'Vanity' is exhibiting in Melbourne & London.
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@arconegallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. April 19 - May 27.
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@hamiltonsgallery London, 28 April - 14 June.

From the ‘Vanity' Series. . Mirror 30. . 120cm

From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 30.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs. .
***** . 'Vanity' is exhibiting in Melbourne & London. .
@arconegallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. April 19 - May 27.
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@hamiltonsgallery London, 28 April - 14 June.
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

For those in London

For those in London

From the ‘Vanity' Series. . Mirror 24. . 120cm

From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 24.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs. 'Vanity' is exhibiting in Melbourne & London.

@arconegallery, Melbourne. April 19 - May 27.

@hamiltonsgallery London, 28 April - June.

@photolondonfair , May 18 - May 21. #murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

Today Murray gave an artist talk at @arconegallery

Today Murray gave an artist talk at @arconegallery on his latest series, 'Vanity'. Arc One Gallery is located at 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. 'Vanity' is exhibiting in Melbourne & London.

@arconegallery, Melbourne. April 19 - May 27.

@hamiltonsgallery London, 28 April - June.

@photolondonfair , May 18 - May 21."
#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

From the ‘Vanity' Series. . Mirror 12. . 120cm

From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 12.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs. .
'Vanity' is exhibiting in Melbourne & London.
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@arconegallery, Melbourne. April 19 - May 27.

@hamiltonsgallery London, 28 April - June.

@photolondonfair , May 18 - May 21.
#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

Tonight is the opening of 'Vanity' at @arconegalle

Tonight is the opening of 'Vanity' at @arconegallery in Melbourne.
Please join us from 6-8pm, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.
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From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 19.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs.
#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

From the ‘Vanity' Series. . Mirror 6. . 120cm x

From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 6.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs. .
'Vanity' is exhibiting in Melbourne & London.
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@arconegallery, Melbourne. April 19 - May 27.

@hamiltonsgallery London, 28 April - June.

@photolondonfair , May 18 - May 21.
#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

"The mirror can be seen as emblematic of our obses

"The mirror can be seen as emblematic of our obsession with ourselves, individually, and collectively. In the ‘Vanity’ series, rather than reflecting our own ‘surface’ image, the mirror is positioned to draw our gaze out and away from ourselves, into the environment, driving us towards an emotional engagement with light, colour and space.” - Murray Fredericks
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'Vanity' is exhibiting in Melbourne & London.
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@arconegallery, Melbourne. April 19 - May 27.

@hamiltonsgallery London, 28 April - June.

@photolondonfair , May 18 - May 21."
#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

From the ‘Vanity' Series. . Mirror 8. . 120cm x

From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 8.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs.
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'Vanity' is exhibiting in Melbourne & London.

@arconegallery, Melbourne. April 19 - May 27.

@hamiltonsgallery London, 28 April - June.

@photolondonfair , May 18 - May 21."
#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

From the ‘Vanity' Series. . Mirror 17. . 120cm

From the ‘Vanity' Series.
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Mirror 17.
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120cm x155cm.
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Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2017.
Edition of 7 & 2APs.
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'Vanity' is exhibiting in Melbourne & London.

@arconegallery, Melbourne. April 19 - May 27.

@hamiltonsgallery London, 28 April - June.

@photolondonfair , May 18 - May 21.
#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

“In these images I find my own, flawed, search f

“In these images I find my own, flawed, search for a kind of perfection. Perhaps it is a search driven by my own anxieties or vain attempt to escape the human condition. Standing in the silken water, surrounded only by a boundless horizon, I sense a release, a surrendering as the self dissolves into the light and space.” - Murray Fredericks
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'Vanity' is exhibiting in Melbourne & London.
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@arconegallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. April 19 - May 27. Please join Murray for an 'artist talk' at 12pm, Saturday 22 April.

@hamiltonsgallery London, 28 April - June.

@photolondonfair , May 18 - May 21.
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Original Sound - Tom Schutzinger
Video Marcus O’Brien
Editing Lindi Harrison
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#murrayfredericks #vanity #lakeeyre #void #australia #photography #art #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallery #photolondon #climarte #artclimatechange @climarteaus

Setting up for an interview with Alasdair Foster t

Setting up for an interview with Alasdair Foster to chat about the new Vanity Series

New work from the 'Vanity' series heading off to t

New work from the 'Vanity' series heading off to the framers

More fun with the trolley. . Bts video from the ne

More fun with the trolley.
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Bts video from the new series 'vanity' to be exhibited in April.
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#vanity #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney #lakeeyre #void

Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

The purple Surly (first one in Australia) has take

The purple Surly (first one in Australia) has taken a beating over the years from the salt. Donald and Adam @schmadzie from @cheekytransport give it lots of love and attention after each trip to keep it running! .
Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #surly #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #salt #mountainbike #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

Interesting working conditions...Production still

Interesting working conditions...Production still from new series to be launched in April. .
Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in April.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

Printing the new series with master printer, Warre

Printing the new series with master printer, Warren Macris from High Res Digital.
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@warrenmacris

From the 'Salt' Series. . Salt 37. . 120cm x150cm.

From the 'Salt' Series.
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Salt 37.
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120cm x150cm.
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2009.
Edition of 7 & 2APs.
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#murrayfredericks #photography #largeformat #saltseries #LakeEyre #skyscape #landscape #void #sublime #contemporaryart #artoftheday #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery

Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #camp #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

From the 'Salt' Series. . Salt 199. . 120cm x150cm

From the 'Salt' Series.
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Salt 199.
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120cm x150cm.
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2009. Edition of 7 & 2APs.
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#murrayfredericks #photography #largeformat #saltseries #LakeEyre #skyscape #landscape #void #sublime #contemporaryart #artoftheday #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery #Startrails #longexposure

Instagram post 17872111951044328

Instagram post 17872111951044328

Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

From the 'Salt' Series. . Salt 88. . 120cm x150cm.

From the 'Salt' Series.
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Salt 88.
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120cm x150cm.
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2009.
Edition of 7 & 2APs.
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#murrayfredericks #photography #largeformat #saltseries #LakeEyre #skyscape #landscape #void #sublime #contemporaryart #artoftheday #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery #Startrails #longexposure

Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney
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Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

BTS From the new Series. . . . #murrayfredericks #

BTS From the new Series.
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#murrayfredericks #photography #largeformat #saltseries #LakeEyre #thunderstorm #skyscape #landscape #void #sublime #contemporaryart #artoftheday #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery #Shelfcloud

From the 'Salt' Series. . Salt 304. . 120cm x 250c

From the 'Salt' Series.
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Salt 304.
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120cm x 250cm.
Digital Pigment Print on Cotton Rag.
2009.
Edition of 7 & 2APs.
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#murrayfredericks #photography #largeformat #saltseries #LakeEyre #thunderstorm #skyscape #landscape #void #sublime #contemporaryart #artoftheday #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery #Shelfcloud

Camp Stove. . BTS still from new series to be laun

Camp Stove.
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BTS still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks. Camped here many times and each year added a few rocks to protect from the wind. Aiming for a pizza oven...
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #lakeeyre #salt #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #campfire #arcone #michaelreidsydney
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Salty legs! . Production still from new series to

Salty legs!
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Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #lakeeyre #salt #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

Production still from new series to be launched in

Production still from new series to be launched in the coming weeks.
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Theres the point of 'maximum salt', and it's when you can hold your shorts straight up in air from the bottom.These are about half way there.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

In the early days of the 'Salt Project'. . #murray

In the early days of the 'Salt Project'.
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#murrayfredericks #salt #saltseries #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #bts #8x10 #8"x10"camera #saltpatterns #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

From the 'Icesheet' Series. . BTS still, working a

From the 'Icesheet' Series.
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BTS still, working at midnight on the wind lip, which forms down-wind of any structure on the ice sheet. Eventually it will bury the station.
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#murrayfredericks #tomschtuzinger #photography #productionstill #bts #icesheet #windlip #greenland #DYE2 #dewline #miltiaryindustrialarchitecture #contemporaryart #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery@tomschutzinger @expeditions365

BTS Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece b

BTS Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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Expeditioner on attempted icecap crossing being rescued from DYE2 after suffering medical issues.
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Photo @expeditions365 .
#rescue #DYE2 #greenland #expeditions365 #icesheet #dewline

BTS Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece b

BTS Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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Kitchen inside the tent vestibule.
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#murrayfredericks #tomschutzinger #photography #videoart #DYE2 #greenland #expeditions365 #campkitchen #icesheet #dewline #icecamping #icekitchen@expeditions365

BTS Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece b

BTS Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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Digging the toilet.
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.@expeditions365 .
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#murrayfredericks #tomschutzinger #photography #videoart #DYE2 #greenland #expeditions365 #carlalvey #icesheet #dewline

BTS Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece b

BTS Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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#murrayfredericks #tomschutzinger #photography #videoart #DYE2 #greenland #icesheet #dewline #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallerylondon

Production Still from 'DYE2'. . Video installation

Production Still from 'DYE2'.
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Video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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Tommy's 'hack' of a time-lapse dolly for our centrepiece shots of the interior of the radome of #DYE2. Our dolly and track went missing in transit, luckily we still had our motors and controller.
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The winding mechanism was made from our motor, an old spool and some kite chord. @camblockmotioncontrol .
DYE2 is an abandoned, NATO, cold war, nuclear missile & bomber detection station on the Greenland Icesheet.
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Support from @expeditions365.
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#murrayfredericks #tomschtuzinger #videoart #videoinstallation #photography #productionstill #bts #icesheet #greenland #DYE2 #dewline #timelapse #miltiaryindustrialarchitecture #contemporaryart #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery

Production Still from 'DYE2'. . Video installation

Production Still from 'DYE2'.
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Video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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Tommy's 'hack' of a time-lapse dolly and track for our centrepiece shots of the interior of the radome of #DYE2. Our dolly and track went missing in transit, luckily we still had our motors and controller..
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The track is conduit found in one of the workshops and the dolly was also in another part of the station. The wheels were lubricated with oil drained from the engines of the old generators in the basement. @camblockmotioncontrol .
DYE2 is an abandoned, NATO, cold war, nuclear missile & bomber detection station on the Greenland Icesheet.
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Support from @expeditions365.
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#murrayfredericks #tomschtuzinger #videoart #videoinstallation #photography #productionstill #bts #icesheet #greenland #DYE2 #dewline #timelapse #miltiaryindustrialarchitecture #contemporaryart #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery

From the 'Icesheet' Series. . Ice sheet #4724. . 2

From the 'Icesheet' Series.
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Ice sheet #4724.
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22˚ & 46˚ halo, tangent arc, parry arc, cza and parhelic circle. Millions of ice crystals floating in front of the sun cause these ice and halo light effects. Each arc, halo or sundog is caused by a different set of identical crystals.
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Ice sheet #4724
120cm x 160cm
2013
Edition of 7 & 2APs
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#murrayfredericks #photography #largeformat #icesheet #Greenland #Greenlandicecap #atmospheric #skyscape #landscape #void #sublime #contemporaryart #artoftheday #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery #expeditions365

Production Still from 'DYE2' a video installation

Production Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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This was our home for three weeks. The tent was dug in below the ice so the wind could not get underneath and lift the tent. .
Thanks to @expeditions365 for support.
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#murrayfredericks #tomschtuzinger #videoart #videoinstallation #photography #productionstill #bts #icesheet #greenland #DYE2 #dewline #hilleberg #sleepinginntheice #contemporaryart #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery

From the Ice Sheet Series. . BTS Still from 'DYE2'

From the Ice Sheet Series.
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BTS Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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Condensation was huge problem and we lost a few cameras because of it. When the sun came out, the gear was stripped and left to dry as best it could.
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In the background is the generator box. I lost a generator earlier in the project operating it in a blizzard. The air intake sucked in ice and froze the motor from the inside.
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Thanks for the support @expeditions365.
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#murrayfredericks #tomschtuzinger #videoart #videoinstallation #photography #btsvideo #radome #icesheet #greenland #condesation #bts #contemporaryart #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery

From the Ice Sheet Series. . BTS Still from 'DYE2'

From the Ice Sheet Series.
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BTS Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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The 'studio' was a hole dug down into the ice in the tent vestibule.
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The hole also acted as cold sink preventing the coldest air pooling around the sleeping bag when lying down.
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Thanks for the support @expeditions365.
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#murrayfredericks #tomschtuzinger #videoart #videoinstallation #photography #bts #icesheet #greenland #tentstudio #icestudio #bts #contemporaryart #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery

From the 'Icesheet' Series. . DYE2 Interior Office

From the 'Icesheet' Series.
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DYE2 Interior Office.
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One of the only permanent structures on the Greenland Icesheet, DYE2 is an abandoned, cold war nuclear missile & bomber detection station. Built in 1959 as part of the distant early warning (DEW) line, a string of 64 radar stations that stretched from Iceland to Alaska, the site was decommissioned in 1989 as satellites had superseded the ground based technology.
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Inside the station, remnants of the inhabitants' lives remain, literally frozen in time. .
This image is of the entry office.
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#murrayfredericks #photography #largeformat #icesheet #greenland #DYE2 #dewline #militaryindustrialarchitecture #contemporaryart #artoftheday #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery
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From the 'Icesheet' Series. . DYE3 Interior #3 Bed

From the 'Icesheet' Series. .
DYE3 Interior #3 Bedroom.
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One of the only permanent structures on the Greenland Icesheet, DYE3 is an abandoned, cold war nuclear missile & bomber detection station. Built in 1959 as part of the distant early warning (DEW) line, a string of 64 radar stations that stretched from Iceland to Alaska, the site was decommissioned in 1989 as satellites had superseded the ground based technology.
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Inside the station, remnants of the inhabitants' lives remain, literally frozen in time.
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This image is of a bedroom.
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#murrayfredericks #photography #largeformat #icesheet #greenland #DYE3 #dewline #militaryindustrialarchitecture #contemporaryart #artoftheday #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery

From the 'Icesheet' Series. . DYE2 Interior Contro

From the 'Icesheet' Series.
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DYE2 Interior Control Room.
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One of the only permanent structures on the Greenland Icesheet, DYE2 is an abandoned, cold war nuclear missile & bomber detection station. This is the decommissioned control room.
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Built in 1959 as part of the distant early warning (DEW) line, a string of 64 radar stations that stretched from Iceland to Alaska, the site was decommissioned in 1989 as satellites had superseded the ground based technology
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#murrayfredericks #photography #icesheet #greenland #DYE2 #dewline #militaryindustrialarchitecture #contemporaryart #artoftheday #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery #absence #decommissioned
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Production still from new series to be announced i

Production still from new series to be announced in the coming weeks.
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Thanks for the photo @mobsy222.
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#murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #saltlake #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

BTS Video from 'DYE2' a video installation piece b

BTS Video from 'DYE2' a video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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Firing up the radar for video capture ... or a performance piece nominally titled 'Sisyphus and the radome'.
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Thanks for the video @expeditions365.
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#murrayfredericks #tomschtuzinger #videoart #videoinstallation #photography #btsvideo #radome #icesheet #greenland #DYE2 #dewline #Sisyphus #bts #contemporaryart #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery

From the 'Icesheet' Series. . DYE3 Interior #4 Bed

From the 'Icesheet' Series.
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DYE3 Interior #4 Bedroom.
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One of the only permanent structures on the Greenland Icesheet, DYE3 is an abandoned, cold war nuclear missile & bomber detection station. Built in 1959 as part of the distant early warning (DEW) line, a string of 64 radar stations that stretched from Iceland to Alaska, the site was decommissioned in 1989 as satellites had superseded the ground based technology.
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Inside the station, remnants of the inhabitants' lives remain, literally frozen in time. This image is of a bedroom, left with the bed made and personal medicine on the table.
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DYE2 Interior #3 Bar.
119cm x 92cm.
Ed 7 & 2APs.
Pigment print on cotton rag 2013.
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#murrayfredericks #photography #largeformat #icesheet #greenland #DYE3 #dewline #militaryindustrialarchitecture #contemporaryart #artoftheday #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery

BTS Video from 'DYE2' a video installation piece b

BTS Video from 'DYE2' a video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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The pilots told us that due to 'sticky ice', they would fit single use rockets to the plane for take-off for extra thrust. Apparently it's called JATO (jet assisted take off).
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Thanks for the video @expeditions365
#murrayfredericks #tomschtuzinger #videoart #videoinstallation #photography #btsvideo #jato #icesheet #greenland #DYE2 #dewline #C130 #hercules #contemporaryart #hamiltonsgallery #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery

Production Still from 'DYE2' a video installation

Production Still from 'DYE2' a video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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This was our 'ride' to the centre of the ice sheet with generous assistance from the #NSF and the #NewYorkAirGuard.
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Those are skis instead of wheels, and @tomschutzinger, @expeditions365 and myself hitched a lift into the interior of Greenland, and out (3 weeks later), during ice landing training runs for their pilots.
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Production Still from 'DYE2'. . Video installation

Production Still from 'DYE2'.
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Video installation piece by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger.
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Setting up a time-lapse dolly for a shot in the #radome of #DYE2 on the Greenland Icesheet.
DYE2 is an abandoned, NATO, cold war, nuclear missile & bomber detection station on the Greenland Icesheet.
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Support from @expeditions365.
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From the 'Icesheet' Series. . DYE2 Interior #3 Bar

From the 'Icesheet' Series.
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DYE2 Interior #3 Bar.
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One of the only permanent structures on the Greenland Icesheet, DYE2 is an abandoned, cold war nuclear missile & bomber detection station. Built in 1959 as part of the distant early warning (DEW) line, a string of 64 radar stations that stretched from Iceland to Alaska, the site was decommissioned in 1989 as satellites had superseded the ground based technology.
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Inside the station, remnants of the inhabitants' lives remain, literally frozen in time. This image is of the bar area. To provide light, we unscrewed the light switch and connected our small generator to the circuit. Most of the lights blew immediately as our generator delivered 220volts to the american wiring at 120volts. Fortunately the lamp in the corner handled the voltage and stayed on for the shot.
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Expeditioners who cross the ice sheet stop at DYE2 and many have left their mark, by chalking their names into the pool table and walls.
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DYE2 Interior #3 Bar
88cm x 142cm
Ed 7 & 2APs
Pigment print on cotton rag
2013.
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From the 'Icesheet' Series Dye2 #1 One of the on

From the 'Icesheet' Series

Dye2 #1

One of the only permanent structures on the Greenland Icesheet, DYE2 is an abandoned, cold war nuclear missile & bomber detection station. Built in 1959 as part of the distant early warning (DEW) line, a string of 64 radar stations that stretched from Iceland to Alaska, the site was decommissioned in 1989 as satellites had superseded the ground based technology.

Inside the station, remnants of the inhabitants' lives remain, literally frozen in time. Books and medicine sit on bedside tables, towels on the showers, and plates with half-eaten meals on tables.

DYE2 #1
120cm x 160cm
Ed 7 & 2APs
Pigment print on cotton rag
2013

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Production still from new series shot through 2016

Production still from new series shot through 2016. Thanks for the photo @mobsy222 #murrayfredericks #void #lakeeyre #contemporaryart #productionstill #hamiltonsgallery #arcone #michaelreidsydney

From the 'Icesheet' Series. Icesheet #5314 ------

From the 'Icesheet' Series.
Icesheet #5314 ------- Freezing fog illuminated by the half-light of midnight on the Greenland Icesheet. -------
Icesheet #5314
120cm x 160cm
2013
Edition of 7 & 2APs

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From the 'Salt' Series, the image 'Salt 400'. The

From the 'Salt' Series, the image 'Salt 400'. The moon sets under the Milky Way with circles left by the lake eyre dragon burrowing into the salt after rain.

Salt 400
140cm x 255cm
2013
Ed of 7 & 2APs
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Excerpt from the Video Work 'DYE2' by @murrayfrede

Excerpt from the Video Work 'DYE2' by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger . DYE2 is an abandoned NATO Cold War, nuclear missile and bomber detection station on the Greenland Icesheet. #murrayfredericks #tomschutzinger #photography #videoart #DYE2 #coldwar #MAD #mutuallyassurreddestruction #Greenland #icecap #atmospheric #architecture #radar #geodesicdome
#sublime #contemporaryart #artoftheday #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallerylondon

Inside the radome of DYE2 an abandoned NATO Cold W

Inside the radome of DYE2 an abandoned NATO Cold War, nuclear missile and bomber detection station on the Greenland Icesheet. Video still from the three channel video work entitled 'DYE2' by @murrayfredericks and @tomschutzinger #murrayfredericks #tomschutzinger #photography #videoart #DYE2 #coldwar #MAD #Greenland #icecap #atmospheric #architecture #radar #geodesicdome
#sublime #contemporaryart #artoftheday #michaelreidsydney #arconegallery #hamiltonsgallerylondon

Install images from @parisphotofair 2016

Install images from @parisphotofair 2016

'Ladakh 2016' just exhibited with @hamiltonsgaller

'Ladakh 2016' just exhibited with @hamiltonsgallery at @parisphotofair. It was shot from the summit of Kang Yatze in Ladakh.

So proud of my boys! The end of our 20 day trek at

So proud of my boys! The end of our 20 day trek at Tso Moriri in Ladakh...

Jacks with Dorje Sherpa, 200m from the summit of K

Jacks with Dorje Sherpa, 200m from the summit of Kang Yatze, where I made them stop so I could setup and shoot the valley below

Heading out of Ladakh and into the Chang Tang Plat

Heading out of Ladakh and into the Chang Tang Plateau

Looking (and feeling) dusty, but happy, after clim

Looking (and feeling) dusty, but happy, after climbing Zarling Karpo La

Crossing a pass in Ladakh

Crossing a pass in Ladakh

First light up on Kang Yatze. we climbed up above

First light up on Kang Yatze. we climbed up above 6000m on this, our first ever technical climb. Apparently at 14 years old, Jackson was the youngest person ever to climb it...Thanks to our awesome guide, Dorje Sherpa, who kept us safe.

The infamous 'white yak'

The infamous 'white yak'

Poor boys in shock and with altitude sickness afte

Poor boys in shock and with altitude sickness after climbing two days to the top of our first pass...

Beautiful pileus forming above Hector ( one for t

Beautiful pileus forming above Hector ( one for the weather geeks)

Thanks @warrenmacris and @ben_ali_ong, another be

Thanks @warrenmacris and @ben_ali_ong, another beautiful print!

Beautiful afternoon at work - thanks @felipemneves

Beautiful afternoon at work - thanks @felipemneves

Great opening of the 2nd life of our DYE2 video in

Great opening of the 2nd life of our DYE2 video installation at Geelong Regional Gallery last night! #murrayfredericks #murrayfredericksphotography #geelongregionalgallery #tomschutzinger

Great news...Nth Stradbroke won the Bowness people

Great news...Nth Stradbroke won the Bowness people's choice award!

Koudelka #parisphoto

Koudelka #parisphoto

Bechers' Gas Tanks #parisphoto

Bechers' Gas Tanks #parisphoto

Hamitons Stand #parisphoto #hamiltonsgallery #murr

Hamitons Stand #parisphoto #hamiltonsgallery #murrayfredericks #murrayfredericksphotography #muybridge 2015

Chris McGaw #parisphoto

Chris McGaw #parisphoto

CJ Heyliger #parisphoto photo

CJ Heyliger #parisphoto photo

Jungjin Lee #parisphoto

Jungjin Lee #parisphoto

Richard Misrach #parisphoto

Richard Misrach #parisphoto

Koudelka #parisphoto

Koudelka #parisphoto

Paris Photo in the Grand Palais #parisphoto

Paris Photo in the Grand Palais #parisphoto

The photograph 'Muybridge 2015' will be on display

The photograph 'Muybridge 2015' will be on display at Paris Photo in the Hamiltons Gallery stand (C30) from the 11th -15th November #parisphoto #australianphotography #fireseries #hamiltonsgallery #murrayfredericks #murrayfredericksphotography #fire

Big fires, Buntine Hwy, NT

Big fires, Buntine Hwy, NT

Tracks to outstation in the Tanami

Tracks to outstation in the Tanami

Tanami desert, WA

Tanami desert, WA

Running out of tyres

Running out of tyres

Evening, Balgo turn off, Tanami Rd, WA

Evening, Balgo turn off, Tanami Rd, WA

Supple jack downs, tanami desert nt

Supple jack downs, tanami desert nt

Installing 'DYE2' at the Australian Centre for Pho

Installing 'DYE2' at the Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington for Friday Evening's Launch

1st image off the printer for the @arconegallery e

1st image off the printer for the @arconegallery exhibition opening on the 26th of August

'Borealis' used as a projection backdrop for Orfeo

'Borealis' used as a projection backdrop for Orfeo ed Euridice at AGNSW

Working on the Greenland Icecap

Working on the Greenland Icecap

Time lapse Still from the BBC Monsoon Shoot in the

Time lapse Still from the BBC Monsoon Shoot in the Kimberly

Still from time lapse of Sermilik Fjord, E. Greenl

Still from time lapse of Sermilik Fjord, E. Greenland

Sprites (the red lines in the sky) above a violent

Sprites (the red lines in the sky) above a violent storm at night from the Tiwi islands

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