I truly hate the idea of collecting sounds and images to use for more artworks. If I cannot take the photographs and record the sounds that create the artwork then I do not deserve to make the artwork.
I understand it looks like this limits me but on the contrary I believe it inspires me to succeed. I have on occasion used images that weren’t mine (but only under the strict guidelines I set for myself and that is that the image does not exceed my skill as a photographer ¬¬– if I could not take the exact photograph given the right opportunity and location– then I do not use the image.
I therefore cannot talk about the sounds and images I would collect from www.commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/main-page . So I will talk about some of the things I have photographed thus collecting.
I have done news photography at the Sunshine Coast Daily the past six months which has involved photographing a number of horrific accidents, joyous occasions such as the recent home coming of Jessica Watson and a large variety of soft news stories.
I travelled around Europe for three months in 2007 which exposed me to many different things – I photographed a dog giving birth, different cultural experiences, famous and historic landmarks, graveyards, castles and a sea of Europeans. All in which opened my eyes to see the inequalities, cultural differences and magical moments in Europe.
Back in Australia I have travelled most of the east coast and a fair bit of the southern states. I hope to do a lot more travelling around Australia in the next few months and I am currently saving for my world trip which I will do in 2011. Every photograph is a representation of something I have learnt in that moment.
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