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CV Doug Thost Born in Sydney, raised in Malaysia and rural NSW, Doug Thost now calls Hobart “home”. Having borrowed his fathers camera at the age of 12, and neglecting to give it back, his photographic career began at high school, spending hours inhabiting the dark room and experimenting with black and white printing. A background in geology and glaciology has given him access to that most amazing of continents, Antarctica, which he has visited 18 times since 1987. He has been shooting landscape and wilderness images for over 20 years, specialising in cold-weather and remote locations using 35mm, medium format panorama, and digital cameras (Canon EOS 5D Mark II). In 2006 he was awarded the Arts Tasmania Cultural Residency at Lake St Clair National Park, where he enjoyed two months freedom to explore, and attempt to incorporate, the often-ignored "human" element in wilderness photography. His current projects include portraits of men and women who spend their life flying, and aerial photographs of Tasmania's more remote regions. You can see a portfolio of his work here. Doug also offers affordable photographic services in the Hobart area, including family portraits, event and wedding photography. You can see examples of his more general photographic work at www.photography.dougthost.com Front Cover of Tasmania's premier magazine "Tasmania 40° South", issue 53 June 2009
Solo Exhibitions 1994 Untitled. Studio Showcase, Rozelle (Sydney). 2002 From a Frozen Land.
2003 Being There: people and places in
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2006 Frozen. The Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain Chateau, Tasmania.
2008 2009 Frozen II. Fullers Bookshop, Hobart, Tasmania. June. 2009 Postcards from the Ice. Christchurch City Council, Christchurch, New Zealand. September. Awards 2006 Arts Tasmania Wilderness Residency at Lake St Clair National Park, March – May. Group Exhibitions 2004
2005
2006 AURORA - Extraordinary visions of Antarctica. Parliament House Canberra, 6 September - 4 October. 2006 Digital Fringe. Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, 27 September - 15 October. 2007 Antarctica - A Place in the Wilderness. Parliament House Canberra, August - September.
2007 Significant images Significant places - celebrating Tasmanian WHA 25th Anniversary. The Wilderness Gallery, Tasmania, December '07 - January '08. 2008 Fagus. The Wilderness Gallery, Tasmania. 2008 Extreme Environment Photographic Competition. Finalist (2 images). 2009 Extreme Environment Photographic Competition. Finalist.
Collections Australian Antarctic Division, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (Islands to Ice exhibition) Private collections,
Australia Post postage stamps since 1997 (8) for the Australian Antarctic Territory, including the International Polar Year 2007-08 series, and the Poles & Glaciers series issued in 2009.
Use of numerous images in magazines, books, calendars, cards and newspapers Book Covers: "Southern Quest", "The Antarctic Dictionary".
Related work Director, and camera for ABC documentary "Ice Shelf" shot on location in Antarctica and Heard Island (ABC Nov 2003). Additional photography credit in ABC documentary "Eye of the Storm: El Niño", shooting time lapse of storms and clouds in Ecuador. Additional Antarctic footage used in the documentaries "Killers of Eden" (ABC), "Surviving Extremes" (ABC), and "4 Corners" (ABC, 28.08.06). Sound recordist for ABC documentary "Island of the Vampire Birds", shot on the Galapagos Islands Video footage represented through Nature Footage in the USA. |
