Australia is experiencing one of its worst droughts on record. This photo story reveals the heart of the resilient farmer, the desperation of the parched landscape and the deliverance of drought-breaking rain. In some ways it is a snapshot of the current state of farming in Australia. This series is part of a year-long project that I have been shooting as a committed member of the Beyond Reasonable Drought photography project.
Shooting this series has taken me to the dry lands of South Australia, central NSW and western Victoria and to central Queensland and Gippsland in Victoria to capture further hardship after severe flooding. |
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 Born 1974 in Canberra, Australia, Rodney Dekker is a self-taught Australian photographer whose passion is photographing environmental, humanitarian and social stories to inspire hope for change with drama and reality. The importance of documentary photography to Rodney is the stuff of providing reflexivity between a historical record and our definition of now.
In just two and a half years, Rodney is already making quite a name for himself by winning a number of national and international awards. He was nominated by his peers as one of the top ten Australian photojournalists - Australian’s Top Photographers 2008.
After receiving a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Science he is now completing a Masters Degree in Environmental Analysis and International Development.
He has secured a grant by SEARCH for a documentary project commencing in 2008 to photograph the effect of sea level rise on island communities and is currently seeking additional funding and collaborators.
Email: rodney.dekker@gmail.com
Website: www.rodneydekker.com
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