Australians will tell you that stories about the Outback are more truth than fiction. Hardships come naturally in that part of the country; what you learn about life doesn’t always come from a book.
“If you don’t put in the hard yards, you will not get results,” says Kathy Ellem, who grew up in Beechworth, a small town about 175 miles north of Melbourne in the state of North Victoria, where her family owned and operated a 100-acre apple farm. “Sometimes nature or the markets seem to be against us but without that effort in the first place we would go nowhere.”
Read the full article in the May/June 2021 issue.
A Gentle Light
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30” by 40”
“It isn’t very often that I will be out taking photos and know without a doubt that I will be using that reference image and have a plan just come to mind immediately, but it did happen on this occasion.”
Two Lefts and a Right
Oil
30” by 40”
“I was very inspired by the relationship this Bullocky had with his animals; there was a great deal of mutual respect. On a technical note, I was captivated by the light on the subjects and really wanted to show texture and grit walking in the dusty paddock.”
