TAYLAH CHAPMAN

Taylah Chapman is a photographer and graphic designer based in Wollongong. She has worked professionally as a photographer since 2018 and full time since 2021. Taylah has always had a passion for photography. She was that family member that constantly had a camera in hand to capture candid family moments. This skill may make her unpopular at family Christmas, but has been invaluable in establishing her as an artist who can tell a stories through her photos.

She graduated with Bachelors in Commerce and Creative Arts, majoring in marketing and graphic design, with a minor in photography from the University of Wollongong in 2021. Since graduating, Taylah has worked full time as a freelance designer, photographer and marketing consultant. The Studio Kiama is lucky enough to have Taylah as our resident photographer and marketer!

Taylah will be exhibiting a range of live music photography taken between 2021 and 2022, during the special period of time when artists could finally re-connect with their audiences live.

20% of profits from the sale of Taylah’s photos will be donated directly to the artists.

ADELAIDE MOURD

Adelaide is a photographer and creative based on the beautiful South Coast of NSW. From a young age Adelaide fell in love with visual storytelling and the ability to connect to human experience through imagery. After watching Sean Penn’s, Into the Wild at age 16, Adelaide found herself entranced by how an aesthetic can communicate powerful stories that resonate with the soul.

Adelaide is passionate about visually sharing our human experience, provoking thoughts and feelings, which leave us and our world a little better. Her work in this exhibition focuses on living a slower and more intentional lifestyle. Photography for Adelaide is always a collaborative and documentary style project.

Chasing her passion, Adelaide has a Bachelor of Communications (Media Arts & Production) from UTS, and at 21, began selling photographic prints through a print gallery in Sydney and was pushed to start calling herself an artist. Since then, Adelaide’s work has been featured in Slow Journal, Real Living, Elle Magazine and Selling Houses Australia. It was through these experiences that Adelaide also fell in love with the entire branding and marketing experience. The power of telling a visual story…

50% of profits from the sale of Adelaide’s GG Series will be donated to SurfAid through Gong Gurfers.

PHIL HARMER

Phil is a recently retired, secondary school teacher. After teaching economics to the next generation for over 35 years, Phil has now turned his keen eye to the art of capturing our natural world through the lens of a camera.

Phil is currently focused on getting out into nature, on his own or with his equally passionate partner Ali, and deepening his learning of the art. For Phil, photography is very much about connecting and reconnecting with nature. His favourite locations include Blackheath, Capertee National Park, Blue Gum Swamp in Winmalee and Minammurra Rainforest.

With COVID hitting our social and travel abilities hard in recent years, Phil has become increasingly interested in photographing the native trees and flowers in his own garden and town.

All profits from the sale of Phil’s photos will be donated to the GIVITl NSW & Queensland flood recovery fund.

ALISON HARMER

After a long career as an academic in the health sciences, Alison is looking forward to her retirement, where she can turn her focus to her other passions - photography, the bush, the ocean, rivers, bushwalking, cycling and snorkeling.

Alison loves being immersed in the Australian bush, listening to the sounds, observing and capturing photographs of the flora and fauna, and reflecting on the beauty of the natural world. Alison loves the serendipity of spotting an unlooked-for bird, a rare bird, or quirky bird behaviour. Time seems to be suspended when she is fully immersed in the moment of photographing a bird, although there is often only a brief window of opportunity to compose and focus the image. The increasing fragility and loss of natural habitat and biodiversity weighs on her soul and Alison supports all efforts of conservation and restoration.

Alison has loved the art of photography since she was a child. Her Dad was a keen photographer and when he was young, developed his own photos. No doubt Alison inherited her passion from her Dad. Reconnecting to the bush after her Dad passed away last year, and the COVID-19 lockdowns, brings Alison a measure of joy and peace.

All profits from the sale of Alison’s photos will be donated to BirdLife Australia.