SIMON O’CONNELL: BORN 1965 IN COLCHESTER ENGLAND. SELF TAUGHT PHOTOGRAPHER. CAME TO AUSTRALIA 1969 I THINK THAT IS WHERE I GOT THE TRAVEL BUG. I JUST LOVE TRAVELING IN AUSTRALIA WAKING UP EARLY TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE MAGNIFICENT SUNRISE OVER FOGG DAM IN THE NORTHERN TERITORY. EVEN TREKKING THROUGH THE RAINFOREST IN TASMANIA TO TAKE A PHOTO OF A WATERFALL YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT. I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND SOMETHING I ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO DO AND I GET TO TRAVEL THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. MY PHOTOGAPHY WAS A HOBBY FOR ALONG TIME SELLING THE ODD PIECE. THEN I FRACTURED MY SPINE AT WORK, THAT’S WHEN I DECIDED I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING I LOVED FOR A JOB AND HERE I AM. I TRIED PHOTOS ON CANVAS AND THAT WAS OK. BUT I FOUND SOMEONE WHO PUT THEM ON A FINER FABRIC STRETCHED OVER THE CANVAS AND I THINK I GET BETTER COLOURS AND CLARITY AND I LOVE THE RESULTS. NOW HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF THE BEAUTY OF THIS COUNTRY WITH OTHERS.