CAREER
For over three decades, I have had the privilege of working at the intersection of theatre and photography, capturing the ephemeral magic of live performance through still images. In the early 1990s, I was engaged by the Sydney Theatre Company as Production Photographer. From that time through to 2007, I documented hundreds of productions, working as a close collaborator with directors, designers, and performers to visually interpret and preserve their work.
My portfolio includes work on major commercial productions such as The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for The Really Useful Company, and Cameron Mackintosh. As well as Nigel Triffitt’s Tap Dogs, and large-scale outdoor works like the international production of Aida—an open-air performance presented by SFS. Alongside this, I continued my long-standing work with Sydney Theatre Company and Bell Shakespeare, covering a broad and ambitious range of classical and contemporary theatre.
Through this work, I developed a deep sensitivity to the rhythm, light, and movement of live performance. My role has always been to honour the essence of each production while offering a photographic narrative that stands on its own—able to evoke the mood, tone, and emotional resonance of the live moment.
During this period, I was also the Production Photographer for the Sydney Opera House, where I worked across a wide range of productions presented by leading national and international companies in theatre, dance, opera, and contemporary performance. The Opera House’s architectural scale and its constantly shifting artistic programming offered a dynamic and challenging canvas for photographic storytelling.
Throughout my career, I had the opportunity to collaborate with many of Australia’s most respected directors, including John Bell, Gale Edwards, Wayne Harrison, Michael Gow, Adam Cook, Benedict Andrews, George Ogilvie, Marion Potts, Pamela Rabe, Roger Hodgman, David Berthold, and Barrie Kosky. Their bold and often groundbreaking visions helped shape the visual identity of Australian theatre and deeply informed my approach to performance photography.
My archive reflects a transformative era in Australian performing arts—capturing not only the aesthetics of stagecraft but also the evolution of storytelling and performance across generations. Through my lens, I have aimed to preserve the soul of the stage: those ephemeral, powerful moments that live on long after the curtain falls.