Ep 64 - Chris Wright's On the Role or Landscape Photography in Climate Advocacy

Chris Wright is a photographer living on Sydney’s northern beaches, whose interests extend from natural and urban landscapes, to travel and street photography. As a university professor and senior climate change researcher, he has a strong interest in the natural environment and the sustainability of ecosystems and planetary health. 

His photography journey began more than thirty years ago growing up on Sydney Harbour, using his first cameras to capture the beauty of the ocean, as well as on fishing trips to Australia’s tropical north and Papua New Guinea (many of his images featured in fishing magazines of the time). 

In the 2010s he rediscovered a love of photography on overseas trips to major cities in North America, Europe and Asia. Embracing mirrorless, small format cameras, this late in life rediscovery of the joy of photography has grown into a consuming passion as his knowledge of the technical aspects of composition and processing has developed. 

In recent years, the pandemic has led him to shift his attention towards local seascape and landscape compositions and explore the creative possibilities of hidden waterfalls and the beauty of beaches and headlands at sunrise and sunset. He has also sought to marry his research interest in climate change with photographic projects exploring the fossil fuel industry and its physical impacts on the landscape and society. This includes exploring ways to extend his photographic vision into artistic and abstract compositions which address the realities of the vulnerability of the natural environment and the changing landscape we are now living within.

We discuss climate change and the challenges we face with it, how Chris uses his imagery in his educational career, the way photography has helped him with mental health and his career as a climate scientist along with a whole lot more.

I hope you enjoy the show!

 

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Theme music: Liturgy Of The Street by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

 

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