One of my winning photographs at the Victorian Epson Professional Photography Awards earlier this month (an Epic Sense of Scale Antarctica; which scored a Gold with Distinction award with 95 out of 100 points), will go on display next week from June the 5th at Montsalvat Art Gallery in Eltham. I am very honoured to say that this is the third year in a row one of my photographs has been selected to be included in the prestigious Nillumbik Prize. I will be attending the opening gallery drinks at 7pm on the 5th of June so if you in the area and are stopping past please come and say hello. The print measures 24″ x 100″ inches and was printed in my studio on Moab Somerset Museum Rag paper. The task of framing a work this large was entrusted to Art Conservation Framers in North Melbourne.
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Namibia Desert Fire Portfolio Release
Today I am very pleased to be releasing my latest work – A Portfolio of new landscape photographs from Namibia titled ‘Desert Fire‘. This new release contains over thirty photographs from my recent overland Safari workshops to Namibia and includes photographs from the iconic locations Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, and the surreal ghost town of Kolmonskop.
In March and April this year I spent the better part of a month travelling through the deserts of Namibia on two back-to-back overland Safaris with my good friend Andy Biggs. During this time we experienced some incredible landscape and some fantastic weather and light that included sand storms, rain storms, rainbows and more. I will have a full debrief report on these two safaris here on my blog in the coming weeks. In the meantime, please enjoy this new release of photographs. The full portfolio can be seen on my website at www.jholko.com in the Namibia portfolio. I will also be publishing select photographs here on my blog over the next few months.
Australian Photography + Digital Magazine Features: My Favourite Photo Location
Australian Photography + Digital magazine has been running a series of articles over the last two issues on photographers favourite shooting locations around the globe. Every photographer has at least one favourite photo location – a place that never fails to inspire them. The current May 2014 issue features two of my favourite locations as the lead in to the article – Iceland and Antarctica ‘Poles Apart’. Just click on the image to download a high resolution copy.
Expedition : Wild Polar Bears 2015 – SOLD OUT
In July 2015 I am leading a unique expedition to the pack ice north of Svalbard to photograph Polar Bears living and hunting on the sea ice. This expedition has been more than 10 months in the planning and has been designed to provide the very best possible opportunities to Photograph Polar Bears in their natural environment. With the reduction in Arctic sea ice the Polar Bears in Svalbard are dwindling in number and the number of years left to photograph them is unfortunately limited. Late July is the ideal time to photograph Polar Bears north of Svalbard due to the dwindling ice around the archipelago. I had been planning to announce this new expedition to photograph wild Polar Bears was now open for bookings; however, due to initial expressions of interest and subsequent bookings the trip is already completely sold out.
If you are interested in travelling to the very top of the world to photograph Polar Bears living and hunting in their natural environment on the pack ice you can still email me to be put onto the waiting list or to express your interest in a future expedition.
This photograph scored a Silver with Distinction at the recent Epson Victorian Professional Photography Awards and was part of my winning Portfolio for Science, Environment and Nature photographer of the Year 2014.
Nillumbik Prize Finalist
I was thrilled to learn a few days ago that for the third year in a row my work has been accepted into the Nillumbik Prize and subsequently into the finals. The Nillumbik Prize is one of the oldest art shows in Victoria and the Prize celebrates artists and works from the Nillumbik region and recognises contemporary work of excellence in any medium. The prize features some incredible artwork across a very diverse range of mediums including everything from sculpture to photography. Over the last few years I have only seen a few other photographs make the finals so it is a great honour to again be included this year. The photograph ‘Antarctica – An Epic Sense of Scale‘ will be on show from the 30th of May at Montsalvat Art Gallery in Eltham as a 24″ x 100″ fine art print on Moab Somerset Museum Rag. This print recently scored a Gold award at the Victorian Professional Photography Awards and was part of the winning portfolio for the 2014 Creative Photographer of the Year and 2014 Epson Victorian Professional Photographer of the Year. Be sure to click on the image below to see it full size. If you stop past the Gallery please be sure to drop me an email and let me know what you think.
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