Bio.

Shane’s multidisciplinary approach to fashion and beauty photography affords him a unique and highly sought after point of difference.

 

Shane began his creative journey mastering hyperrealism in drawing and oil painting. A specialist in natural makeup and hair, combined with being a pioneer of digital retouching, places Shane in a very specialised niche.

 

With over 25 years of experience, Shane works very closely with his subjects to establish a trust and intimacy that not only transcends the physical but captures a clear record of their individuality that is timeless. A moment frozen forever to embed a singular, a signature (style) metaphysical beauty into his photography, delivering to the industry a unique and visionary artist who understands the legacy of cutting-edge creativity and humanity in the age and advancement of artificial intelligence.

 

“Beyond the natural order and minimalism in beauty and fashion, our place in this world, the choreographed portrait, the body or form, there is a higher responsibility to represent themes that can bring the mind back to something more profound.

 

Every image should embody a sense of storytelling, no matter how simple. There must be an organic connection that can be absorbed directly, understood immediately and resonate with our emotions beyond consciousness itself, and be immediately identifiable as being of the sentient and from the living.”

 

Through his travels around the world, combined with being an award-winning architect to high-profile clientele, Shane has also added the discipline of set design and art direction to his cinematic and humanist approach to photography and cinematography, exploring a lifelong fascination with light and shadow, and most of all, memory.

 

Shane has collaborated with top modelling agencies throughout Australia and Southeast Asia, fashion, beauty, magazines, publishers, private, corporate, and commercial clientele and has showcased work in numerous exhibitions over the years. Shane has tirelessly mentored colleagues, supported models and continues to be an educator within the fashion industry.

 

Exploring the human psyche through fine art brought an understanding of the relationships between empathy and the eternal, which started a lifelong fascination with the meaning of time against culture and the individual’s deeply personal role within it.

 

Renowned for his fearless passion for uplifting the human spirit, photography, is for Shane a medium where you can truly be honest. “Where you can be vulnerable. And that is how you make a difference with people.”

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This would translate over to experimentation with symbolism in the smallest of things. From a subtle facial expression to the infinite wonder of the human form.

 

Mentored at an early age by one of Australia’s top photographic journalists and political writers, the importance of the visual narrative in conveying information and evoking feeling has been fundamental in Shane’s development in illuminating the human condition.

 

“I believe light and shadow play a crucial role in framing form and meaning. To capture the invisible aspect of time within our environment so critically defines our emotional awareness. Ideas such as anticipation and mystery can be explored. This is interesting because you can also discuss creatively blurring the line between reality and fiction, ensuring a sense of animation and importance to the image.”

 

Central to Shane’s work is the idea of permanence in every moment. “No matter how transient, whether in nature, the human condition, the physical, the perceived nature of beauty, or the juxtaposition between the abstract and the inanimate, there is always an idea that can touch the viewer’s subconscious.

 

When I think about my work, I want for the viewer to be fascinated, to be transported to another dimension, to keep them guessing, and in that moment, ask questions and understand themselves and the world at large a little more.”

 

Shane is currently working on his latest exhibition exploring the essence of humanity against the vessel of time, covering a broad range of subjects, including beauty, sensuality, mystery, and the question of permanence.

 

“Timeless beauty, that’s what I want to make, that’s what I am trying to make.

 

What we are is very different to who we are.”