Murraylands
On a recent phototrip that included exploring the Mt Lofty Ranges in South Australia I came across an old railway line across the Murraylands to Mannum. It hadn’t been used for a long time and to my surprise it hadn’t … Read More
Reconnecting (to the project)
The Mallee Routes project has been placed on hold for 8 months or more due to the Covid -19 pandemic, which resulted in South Australia’s state borders being closed to Victoria and NSW in 2021. That month was my last … Read More
Sea Lake and Skymirror
On a recent trip to Melbourne I decided to go the long way — along the Mallee Highyway to Ouyen and then along the Calder Highway to Castlemaine. I camped overnight at Walpeup on the Mallee Highway and then at … Read More
At Kapunda
In this post I mentioned that I would be staying at Kapunda during mid-August spring camp with with Suzanne’s Lavender Trail walking friends. I planned to go off daily into the Murray Mallee to make photographs for the Eye on … Read More
Eye on the Mallee
On Sunday, January 12th, 2020, with the closure of the Mallee Routes exhibition at the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, the collaborative part of Photographing the Mallee finally comes to an end after 3 years. The 2019/2020 Mallee Routes exhibition is … Read More
2019 Mallee Routes photo-book
I have finally put together a pdf of a new limited edition Mallee Routes photobook in collaboration with Paul Atkins from Atkins Lab. Paul’s knowledge and help with the book design and the editing of the images was crucial the … Read More
At Tanunda: space/place
I have taken the opportunity kindly offered by a group of people who are walking the Lavender Trail to join them for a 5 day camp at Tanunda in the Barossa Valley this weekend (22nd-27th August). My designation is a … Read More
phototrip to Claypans
I leave for a short photo trip to Claypans in the Murray Mallee in South Australia tomorrow morning (Saturday 15th, June). It’s only for a couple of days, to allow me to do some black and white photographs of some … Read More
a Wimmera detour through historical traces
I am off to Melbourne to attend the Melbourne Art Book Fair 2019 at the NGV and to see what is happening in the world of Photobooks. I plan to make a detour via the Wimmera Mallee as the weather … Read More
re the exhibition at Murray Bridge Regional Gallery
The exhibition at Murray Bridge Regional Gallery in South Australia has been shifted to 2019/2020 and it has been given larger space–the main gallery. The exhibition is a summing up exhibition of the 1st 3 years of the collaborative Mallee Routes project between Eric Algra, Gilbert Roe and myself. … Read More