Untitled – Hayden Golder
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The ‘selective focus’ technique that runs throughout the twelve portraits in my series “Untitled” allows the viewer to focus on the subjects’ individuality amidst their busy environments. I chose subjects that not only looked interesting but lead interesting and eccentric lives. I wanted to show something of their personality by capturing them in their natural surroundings – bedrooms, living rooms, hang-outs – wherever they spend most of their time or go to relax and get away from the outside world.
Hayden Golder
Melbourne based photographer, Hayden Golder entered the photographic industry shooting for international skate magazines One, Rolla, Be-Mag and Slam.
In 2007, Golder graduated from RMIT University attaining his BA Photography with Distinction and has since shot for premier engineering companies Cardno and Tomkinson and surf/skate giant Rip Curl.
Between assisting commercial photographer Louis Petruccelli, Golder is currently photo editor for Rolla magazine and maintains his position as Australia’s leading inline skate photographer.Email: me@haydengolder.com
Website: www.haydengolder.com
Untitled – Stewart Leishman
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This series is a personal ongoing documentation of urban commuters in their urban environment. My original inspiration started whilst capturing contemporary architectural buildings with daily commuters in their day to day environment.
I began to relate to these people on their quest to reach a destination, a goal, which I guess is what we spend most of our lives doing. I’ve also found in my own experiences that the lightness & darkness in each image somehow represents the 2 sides to most human behavior patterns with all the shades of grey in between.
Stewart Leishman
Stewart was born in Sydney, grew up in Cairns and now lives in Melbourne. His profession for the past 12 years has been cooking, working as a chef. He accidentally discovered photography whilst on a holiday in Hong Kong. With a Sony Cyber shot point & shoot, there was no stopping.
Even now, after two and a half years of photographing, he is surprised to look back at the images that he created without knowing any compositional laws. A friend commented that he had an eye after viewing snap shots, however it needed refining. “It was that moment that could have crushed my hopes and dreams but his encouragement lead me on to the path of photography”.
Untitled – Dan O’Day
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It’s the witching hour. That time of night where everything outside is completely still. My senses are heightened and soon become exaggerated…all thoughts quickly convert to paranoid realizations. Before I know it the pounding coming from inside my chest is the loudest sound in the room, “stop thinking, stop thinking, stop thinking”
Am I alone? Or are there other bedroom soldiers out there at war with their own imagination.
Dan O’Day
Holding his first solo photographic show in 2006, Dan has held a number of solo exhibitions and has participated in many group exhibitions since. His work has been well documented in the Canberra press as well as being included in a number of national publications. He has been lucky to be the recipient of numerous art awards, including the Canberra Critics Circle 2007 Photographic Award and in 2009 being a “Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize“ finalist.
His latest solo exhibition “My Paper Pictures” was held at the Catherine Asquith Gallery in Carlton,Victoria.
