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WILD WOMAN (Single)
DESCRIPTION
The subject here (my daughter - Tilly) has always had a fascination with reptiles since she was a very little girl. Now a teenager and wanting to be her own style of different, we used a mask of make up to describe the way she looks at the world around her, through her own unique eyes. She wants to make her mark on this world by being her own brand of interesting. We shot this in a quirky homewares store in our town, using the morning light bouncing off the footpath outside. The two feathers in her hair were grabbed from a bush turkey at her most recent school excursion. (She was sitting down on the ground to eat and a turkey came to try and steal some food, so she grabbed the turkey for a cuddle and ended up with two wonderful pieces to complete her outfit.) With all the earthy background colours & textures, the albino snake was a perfect prop to describe this teenager's yearning to be a fearless WILD WOMAN warrior.
AUTHOR
Thomsens Photographic Gallery was established in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia by my parents Narelle and Wilson Thomsen, in 1970. They left the farming life to pursue their passion for photographing people and telling stories with images, created through the lens and brought to life in Dad’s darkroom. I grew up in the back of the studio before and after school, unknowlingly picking up the people skills it took to offer clients such a personalised experience as having a portrait taken. I learned classic posing and composition from my elegant and artistic Mum and available light and studio techniques from my talented Dad. Watching the paper go from the big enlarger, to the developer, then fixer tray was one of my favourite childhood memories.
After school, I worked at a professional lab, making prints on huge machines from medium format 120 & 35mm negatives and learning the chemical side. In 1995 I joined my parents business and was presented with my very first Hasselblad, an 80mm & 150 mm lens and a light meter.
My parents retired in 2007 after going digital in 2005 and I have continued this 47 year family business alone since then with pride.
After school, I worked at a professional lab, making prints on huge machines from medium format 120 & 35mm negatives and learning the chemical side. In 1995 I joined my parents business and was presented with my very first Hasselblad, an 80mm & 150 mm lens and a light meter.
My parents retired in 2007 after going digital in 2005 and I have continued this 47 year family business alone since then with pride.
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