PAM WRIGHT GREW UP IN SYDNEY WHERE SHE TRAINED AS A REGISTERED NURSE AT THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN. PAM THEN WENT ON TO DO MIDWIFERY AT THE BROKEN HILL AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL BEFORE R...view morePAM WRIGHT GREW UP IN SYDNEY WHERE SHE TRAINED AS A REGISTERED NURSE AT THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN. PAM THEN WENT ON TO DO MIDWIFERY AT THE BROKEN HILL AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL BEFORE RETURNING TO R.A.H.C.
FROM AN EARLY AGE PAM DEVELOPED AN INSATIABLE CURIOSITY ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND HER, A DEEP LOVE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND AN ADDICTION TO THE BEAUTY OF LIGHT AND THE JOYS OF PHOTOGRAPHY. SHE TRAVELLED TO TASMANIA IN 1974 AS PART OF AN AROUND AUSTRALIA FOUR WHEEL DRIVE HOLIDAY AND SINCE THAT TIME HAS MADE TASMANIA HER HOME, ALTHOUGH SHE HAS CONTINUED TO TRAVEL WIDELY BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT AUSTRALIA.
PAM IS SYNESTHETIC; A MIXING OF THE SENSES WHEREBY LETTERS, NUMBERS, WORDS AND SOUNDS ARE NOT JUST LETTERS, NUMBERS, WORDS AND SOUNDS BUT EVOKE IN PAM’S MIND A HIGHLY SPECIFIC STRONG SENSE OF COLOUR AND SHE HAS OFTEN WONDERED IF HER UNUSUAL WAY OF THINKING HAS ENHANCED HER DELIGHT IN THE WORLD AROUND HER.
PAM LIVES IN WEST HOBART, TASMANIA WITH FAMILY INCLUDING SOME VERY PAMPERED DOGS, AND CONTINUES TO WORK AS A REGISTERED NURSE.view less