Australian Photography

EXPLORING THE WILD SOUTHWEST

I’ve been lucky enough to photography plenty of interesting locations around the world - the Swiss Alps, Nevada, Japan, Poland, and the Australian desert, and I’ve also captured a ton of urban landscapes in my time.

But what struck me the most about photographing Southwest Tasmania with the team from On Board is that it felt like nowhere else I’d ever been.

I experienced a place with a sense of untouched solitude – peppered by grand landscapes that leave you feeling dwarfed in wild wilderness. Rocky coastlines, rolling button grass hills, and crystalline quartzite ridges are a reminder that this is a place that few get to experience, let alone photograph. It’s a giant unforgiving landscape that genuinely reminds you that you are in the middle of nowhere – and this is all part of its unique charm.

THE JOURNEY

In preparation for this photography-optimised trip, I had been watching the SBS TV series Alone,

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