2007-8 |
Building Wothahellizat Mk2.
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2005-7 |
Travelling around Australia photographing nature and writing
magazine articles.
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2004 |
One of several of Australia's leading photographers invited to
take photos for a WWF-funded book on the Tarkine Wilderness, a
project designed to help have this area World Heritage listed.
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2003 |
Represented by Adrianno's Fine Art Gallery, Perth.
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2002 |
Represented by The Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
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2001 |
Now live on the road full time, photographing Australia.
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2000 |
Still building motorhome, will it never end?
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1999 |
Ran two more MONOscapes workshops, this time we did three-day
affairs in the Blue Mountains with walks into the Grand Canyon.
Still building the motor home.
Still guest lecturing at the Canberra School of Photography.
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1998 |
Taught first MONOscapes workshop. It was
a success so we have scheduled another for 1999.
Still guest lecturing at the Canberra School of Photography.
Otherwise very quite photographically, too busy building my motor
home |
1997 |
Regular guest lecturer at the Canberra School of Photography.
Designed and release a new range of 40 greeting cards.
Designed and released seven posters featuring National Parks and other
wilderness areas.
Started writing a regular column in a new magazine about black &
white photography published by The Black & White Enthusiast.
Finished the book MONOscapes:The thoughts and images of Rob Gray. |
1996 |
Regular guest lecturer at the Canberra
School of Photography.
Gave talks on landscape photography at camera, bushwalking and cross
country skiing clubs, also at local high school.
Released range of 32 greeting cards.
Approached by The Black & White Enthusiast to write a book
about black & white landscape photography.
Images selected for the Creative Monochrome yearbook (one of a handful
of photographers to be selected for all three editions). |
1995 |
Opened The Rob Gray Gallery in Canberra.
Images selected for the Creative Monochrome yearbook. |
1994 |
First solo exhibition.
Started selling photographs at local markets.
Image selected for the Creative Monochrome yearbook. |
1993 |
Returned to photography, specialising in
large format black & white landscapes. |
1981-93 |
Left photography to work in the computing
industry. Although I kept in touch by teaching adult classes in basic
photography and darkroom practices. I also wrote and/or photographed
articles for travel magazines on subjects such as London, Paris, African
wildlife and bushwalking. |
1979 |
Newspaper photographer, Grafton. General
photography of sports and events with the occasional fire and storm
damage photos. |
1978 |
Darkroom technician, A&B Studios, London.
All forms of darkroom work for the advertising industry, including
extremely accurate stripping of line and half-tone negatives. Also
did much of the product photography for the studio.
Joined Globe Photos stock library, New York. |
1975-76 |
Employed by Noel Holly (Illustrations
P/L in Perth) as a commercial/product photographer. Studio and in-store
product photography. Smaller industrial jobs and assisting Noel with
larger jobs. Fashion and model's folio shots. Interior and exterior
architectural work. |
1972-75 |
Darkroom technician with
the Australian Information Service in Canberra. Also wedding work. |
1971 |
'Asked' to leave school. I never
went back.
Nearly joined the Army, passed medical but, after being kicked out
of boarding school because I couldn't handle the discipline, how
clever would it have been to join the Army
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| Non-photographic experience includes, barman, greenkeeper,
farm hand, plumber's mate, telecom technician, electronic engineer,
carpenter, welder, metal worker, mailroom clerk, dry wall fixer, software
engineer, garbage man, forklift operator, furniture manufacturer,
clerk, diplomatic mail courier. |
