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CV Doug Thost Currently based in Hobart. Seventeen trips to Antarctica, seven of which have been summer field seasons working in remote locations as a geologist/glaciologist, have given me access to some amazing places and experiences. My time "Down South" has truly been life changing. I've worked as a lecturer and field guide for tour companies, travelling to the Antarctic Peninsula and Ross Sea regions. My interests in photography are not restricted solely to the Antarctic region: images from Nepal, South America, Africa, Asia and of course, Australia, will start to populate these pages. In 2006 I was awarded the Arts Tasmania Cultural Residency at Lake St Clair National Park, where I enjoyed two months freedom to explore, and attempt to incorporate, the often ignored "human" element in wilderness photography. Current projects include completing my commercial pilots licence, working on a number of time-lapse projects (including one from Angkor Wat in Cambodia), and a portrait project of men and women who spend their life flying (web exhibit coming soon). 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.
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. Collections Australian Antarctic Division, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (Islands to Ice exhibition) Private collections,
Publications Australia Post postage stamps for the Australian Antarctic Territory (5) Use of numerous images in magazines, books, calendars, cards and newspapers Book Covers: "Southern Quest", "The Antarctic Dictionary". Related work Producer, 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 (uncredited) 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. |