Naked Portrait
& Nude 1994-1999
Updated June 2011
Mainly nude black and white photographs, 1981-1993. I prefer the term naked portrait to nude, but for web clarity I retain the word nude
These images are from the time I moved to Quinninup in the Western Australian Main Karri Belt. This juncture also marks my leaving the studio environment and returning to photography in the diminishing natural environment. During the period 1994-1999 my personal work was the documentation of the defense and destruction of the karri forest
Prints are for sale as fine limited edition archivally processed silver gelatine prints in rag board mats
Gardner 08 State Forest, January 1999
The tree really was that big. The dimensions are; widest diameter 4.07 metre, circumference around butresses 14.03 metres
The timber turned out to be "useless" and now lies on the forest floor. I have heard that a video recording was made of Wayne Crombie-Wilson felling the tree
Regarding the logging of Gardner 08 State Forest, Peter Beatty, CALM Planning Officer for this block stated "This [Gardner 08] was the most ancient and pristine area [of karri forest] we had. We decided to log it because the timber industry was locked out of Jane and Giblett Forests by protests."