I started taking photographs about twenty years ago. During this time I've taken a few classes but I'm largely self-taught. I've always used the camera as a means of self-expression, and as way to communicate, but at the same time I've used it to make a living. My work has been widely published and I've won a few awards.

If you want to know about some of my other creative pursuits there's more in the box on the homepage.

About the images:

Many of the images you see on the site were taken before the rise of digital photography. They were created using traditional techniques such as in-camera effects, painting with light, darkroom effects and collage. Currently I'm working almost one hundred percent in the digital medium but I still utilise many of my 'old-school' techniques.

The control available in the digital environment is incredible, you can create most anything you can imagine but the real heart of photography for me still contains something of the unknown and an element of surprise. The surprise of being in the right place at the right time and capturing that moment, the discovery of images you had never imagined through playing with light and the surprises of the ever-changing natural world.

These things inspire my creativity.

AWARDS 2003 Most Outstanding Music Video - South Australian Music Industry (False Need - Andrissa) 2000 Best CD Artwork - South Australian Music Industry + Top 10 in the ARIA CD artwork awards 2000 Most Outstanding Music Video - South Australian Music Industry (Pianohead - The Violets) SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Commissioned Films 2008 Sculpture in the Public Domain (Greg Johns/Hampton Development Group) 2007 Art on the Move: A Cross Cultural Community Development Project (City of Marion) 2007 Andrew Steiner: Retrospective & Recent Works 2007 Non-Violence: Our Challenge For the Future – John Dear S.J. presentation 2006 Schools Speak-up - exploring speaking & listening skills (SA Education Dept.) 2006 South Australian Living Artist Festival - Television Commercial (SALA) 2006 Warriparinga Walk - aerosol art project for young indigenous artists (City of Marion) 2006 Graffiti Management: A Shared Responsibility (KESAB/City of Marion) 2005 Returning Figures - documentary on Australia's major public sculpture installation in Europe, launched at the SA Art Gallery & screened nationally on ABC television (supported by ArtSA) 2004 Palmer Sculpture Landscape 2003 Telling Stories - indigenous artists working in schools (SA Education Dept/ArtSA) 2001 Fractal Mandala – documentary on Convention Centre sculpture, launched at SA Art Gallery 2001 Open Your Iris - showcasing over 150 artists and performers (City of Marion) Independent Films 2008 Ammunition – short listed for Byron Bay Film Festival 2003 The Path of Totality - documentary about a total solar eclipse, selected to screen on 600 screens around Australia & NZ during National Science Week 2002 Colin Norris UFO Investigator 2002 Like, Don't Like Music Clips 2006 Something Beautiful (Happy Ghosts) - selected for International Portable Film Festival 2006 Loosen Up (Happy Ghosts) - finalist in Belowground 06 (Aust/NZ) 2005 Booze & Pills (Happy Ghosts) - finalist in Belowground 05 (Aust/NZ) 2002 False Need (Andrissa) SAMIA Best Music Video 2003, selected to screen at Ausfest 2002 2000 Nero (The Violets) 1999 Pianohead (The Violets) - SAMIA Best Music Video 2001 Photography 2002 Australian Photography - 5 page article on my portraiture work 2001 Australian Photography - cover and feature article 2000 HQ & Juice Mags - article illustration 2000 Photography International (Vol. 13 No. 9) - 4 page article about my work 2000 CD artwork for Shock Records inc. the Fauves and the Anyone's. 2000 Festival of Ideas 1998 In house photographer for Krell Records - CD artwork and promotional stills 1997 Second National Aboriginal Dance Conference 1997 Collage published in John Marsden's book 'Prayer for the 21st Century' alongside Max Dupain, David Moore and Ansel Adams. 1997 Homegrown Battle of Rock 1995 Revelation & Expose - photo-journalist 1994 Backstares Theatre - photographic artist/publicist 1993 Anne Szilard-Oliver – photographic murals Exhibitions 2001 Music House Adelaide Launch - invited artist 2000 Drool - Adelaide Fringe 1999 Well Hung - invited artists Red House Gallery 1998 Liquid Space - internet exhibit inaugural featured artist 1998 The Captured Image - Royal South Australian Society Arts invited artist 1997 Lotus - invited artists Lion Arts Centre 1996 Australian Heritage 'Wild Rivers' Exhibition - photograph chosen to tour Australia 1996 Lost - Travelling Exhibition of Urban Cow Artists 1996 The Big Bang at The Silvermine - Adelaide Fringe Festival 1994 The Hanging Fuzz Garden - Adelaide Fringe Festival