For as long as I can remember, ever since I was a child growing up in Australia, the UK, Canada, Africa and California, I loved being in nature. In the wilderness of these countries, I began to take photographs to create a spiritual connection to the land and to put on film the existential feeling of spirit and place that I felt. I found that often I could only express my true feelings about nature in black and white – and so began a lifetime’s mission to photograph the wilderness around the planet, mostly in black and white. Soon my passion for nature combined with my connection to traditional cultures and I began photographing people in the landscape and creating environmental portraits. Both were in an effort to be a part of the powerful message on conservation that still images can evoke.In this portfolio, I hope to share my passion and respect of landscape and to show how culture is intricately woven into the narrative of mankind and our relationship to the land. In this portfolio, I hope to share my passion and respect of landscape and to show how culture is intricately woven into the narrative of mankind and our relationship to the land.