Celebrating Colour (2007) Carpeting wildflowers, Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia
Above: Colour is without doubt my most
important ingredient as a photographer of the
natural world. In fact, as a young underwater
photographer, it was the intense colour found in
marine life that fuelled my drive to document
then share the images with anyone who would
look. Flowering plants have presented me with
similar joyful moments. This image is a
celebration of that journey, a journey into one of
the world’s most diverse and colourful kingdoms,
the flowering plants of Australia.
Opposite: From popular floral, state and
regional emblems, through to the decoration of
public and domestic native bush gardens,
Australian wildflowers are well and truly
embedded in Australian consciousness.
Regardless of where I am on the continent when
I enter a field of flowers with my camera I always
feel light-of-heart and soon find myself in a stateof-play.
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