The Bridge - Hardcover

Billington, Robert, With Sarah Billington; Foreword By Giles Auty

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1863220143 ISBN 13: 9781863220149

Publisher: Peribo Pty Limited, 1999

Synopsis

Before he produced this classic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Robert was born in England in 1954 and moved to Australia from the U.K. at the age of 18 with a Nikon F2 Camera as a method of recording his new life. Inspired by Mirella Ricciardos' book Vanishing Africa, Robert set about becoming a professional photographer. Working for the Elton Ward Photographic Studio (1980), Robert studied portraiture and the art of wedding photography. In 1994, Robert won Australian Photographer of the Year by the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers (AIPP). He then continued on to win over 100 medals in both Australia and England, winning the prestigious Hasselblad Masters Award twice (1988, 1992). Whilst working professionally Robert continued to photograph personal fine art photographs, steering towards Black & White quirky street shots and the Australian landscape. Now some 25 years later the results of his photographic journals and art are now viewed on this website. With his young family in tow, Robert moved to Arcadia, North of Sydney in 1988. Robert started shooting images for his first book, Rustic Paradise. These shots captured a unique part of Australia. Arcadia was then a community largely untouched by the hustle and bustle of city life, and the images Robert created were humorous, emotional, quirky, and very Australian. Max Dupain hailed the book "a classic". His list of publications has now grown to include nine books, some of those titles being Balmoral, every man and his dog, The Bridge, This is Australia, Australianimal, Billington's Sydney and his most recent Bondi - The sound of tumbling waves.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peribo Pty Limited
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1863220143
• ISBN 13: 9781863220149
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120