Taken on a plateau between peaks in the Himalaya mountains in January on the way to Mt Everest, this photo was taken at 4,500m on the Friendship Highway. The Friendship Highway is the highest road in the world crest 5,000m thee times along its 806 kilometre stretch between Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and the Nepalese border.
As a visual artist my creative practice is rooted in my love of photography, capturing images that evoke a reaction in the viewer. It started with my first camera – a Kodak 110 instamatic – progressing through 35mm to Polaroids and 120mm film; ‘going digital’ while lecturing at university in the 1990s using Apple’s QuickTake and the Kodak/Nikon DCS. My creative practice uses a bewildering combination of film cameras, instant cameras and digital equipment to capture my images then I experiment with different printing, media, mounting and framing techniques to create my pieces.
