I was growing up in Tasmania, and every Saturday, the family would sit on the couch and soak up “Hey, Hey, It’s Saturday.” It was a family-friendly introduction to comedy, which morphed into things like The Comedy Company and Fast Forward and then evolved into The Doug Anthony All Stars and bootleg recordings from Melbourne comedy clubs.
I ran off to Melbourne three days before my 18th birthday to go to university and study. I spent my 18th birthday at Cheeseshop Live, my first pub comedy gig, and took blurry photos.
I hung around the comedy world, slowly meeting some up-and-comers and taking their photos for my uni folios, culminating in a whole folio of portraits of comedians for my end-of-uni folio.
After that, I turned from the weird guy with a camera taking photos to the weird guy hanging about who actually can take photos and can you take my photo please.
Since then there have been book covers, DVD’s, CD’s and more recently streaming tiles as well as marketing material for shows.
The whole story is below in a video (soon)
But here are some projects
SELECTED PROJECTS
A Variety Of Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night Portraits
2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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Behind The Curtain
2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival – Art Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
2021- Ballarat International Photo Biennale, The George, Ballarat
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Some Comedians
2006 / 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Gilded Balloon, Teviot Building, Edinburgh
Special Feature
2004 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Capitol Theatre.
Revolving Faces
2004 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Capitol Theatre Foyer
May Contain Traces Of Nuts
2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Gold Street Studios, Collingwood
2005 Big Laugh Comedy Festival, The Seymour Centre, Sydney
2005 Hobart Comedy Festival, Fullers Bookshop, Hobart, Tasmania
SOME AWARDS
I have a couple of hundred with the Australian Institute of Professional Photography at national and state levels, including wins overall in categories and as overall photographer of the year. They awarded me a Master of Photography with three gold bars. I would have more, but COVID ate the institute.
So I went to NZIPP and became a Master there in two years (it normally takes about five). I was finalised for Australian Portrait Photographer of the Year in 2022 and 2023.
In 2021, I won the public prize for the most highly-rated exhibition at the Ballarat International Photo Bienalle.
The Nyland Prize was also snapped up for a shot of Reuben Kaye in 2024. (this is a kinda big deal) – Details here
My kid bought my Father Of The Year trophy in 2021. I’m not sure what I did to not receive it in the preceding and subsequent years.
OTHER STUFF
In my day-to-day world, I’m Photobat.
There are many more… one day i’ll update this bit.
