Secret surfing escapes of the Pacific Ocean
Ditching our local frigid waters and heading to warm tropical islands is what we’re all about. Sure the surf at home is pumping in winter, but I’ll take tropical waves and boardies over a wetsuit any day. If the usual suspects like Bali and Fiji are driving you nuts with crowds, here are some options ...
My Greek Island Home
On the other side of the world, there’s another Australian living an island life. In search of creative inspiration, photographer Claire Lloyd relocated to the Greek island of Lesvos and hasn’t looked back. Late last year she published her new book My Greek Island Home – a beautiful collection of photography and words that takes us ...
This River Life
Sydney-based artist Andrew Mamo has turned his daily ferry commute into a cool photography project. Using nothing but his iPhone4, Andrew captures life on Sydney’s Parramatta River and shares it through Instagram. Harbour sunsets, sunken anchors and summery palms feature heavily throughout his Instagram feed, giving us a unique look at river-focused culture and the ...
Shaun Freeman takes you to Paradisio
The guys I went to high school with sure are a talented crew – musicians, photographers, board shapers, artists and furniture designers, they’re all over the creative scene. Australian artist Shaun Freeman is one of them and he’s having a solo show titled ‘Paradisio’ that’s kicking off Friday the 1st of February at the Glass ...
Walking Drawings
Who hasn’t drawn marks or doodles in the sand while at the beach using a stick or even their big toe? British artist Everton Wright, aka Evewright , has taken this basic human urge to make sense of our transient existence through mark-making and married it with sophisticated and age-old technologies, a personal vision and ...
Andrew Quilty at Semi-Permanent
Photography aficionados have a great opportunity to hear the award winning Australian Photographer Andrew Quilty speak about his career and work at the upcoming Semi-Permanent design conference in Brisbane on August 30. Quilty has a proven track record, having won both a World Press Photography award and inaugural Walkley Young Australian Photojournalist of the year ...
Politicians in bathing suits
On our way to the Gellért and Széchenyi baths in Budapest, we visited the Hungarian House of Photography to see an exhibition shot by one of their lifeguards more than 80 years ago. During the 1930’s in Hungary, a lifeguard wasn’t the bored person dressed in white at the side of the pool – a ...
Surf photography by Frothers
Frothers is a Sydney-based website run by a bunch of photographers who each share a common love of the ocean, sun and sand. Every morning they photograph our beautiful beaches, and in turn document a way of life. Images of local surfers charging and soft-sand runners running are captured in that golden hour before most ...
Sydney through the lens
Sydney’s Head On Photo Festival will soon be over, but there’s still plenty of great events to enjoy. With more than 200 events spread out across 100 venues, a smorgasbord of stunning photographs to suit any taste are on show. Two exhibitions that capture the essence of living in a city with beautiful beaches and ...
Follow us on Pinterest
If you haven’t yet discovered why digital guru Pete Cashmore has named Pinterest as the breakout social network of 2012, now’s the time. Whether you’re into design, travel, photography, fashion, books, beauty or palm porn, follow This Island Life on Pinterest for all the inspiration you need to live an endless summer. Follow us at ...
Luke Taaffe x Ryan Heywood
Ever wondered what would happen if you threw a collection of dark photographic seascapes onto some whitewash plywood boards and added a hand painted homage to beach and surf culture over the top? What about a bunch of beaten-up wetsuits sewn together to create a giant logo-covered patchwork doona? Well with photographer Ryan Heywood and ...
Vintage Kate Moss
Editorials don’t get much hotter than this vintage castaway shoot featuring the fabulous Kate Moss, so I’m going to make this brief. Shot back in 2002 for UK Vogue, photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott captured Miss Moss at what I think was the peak of her hotness. Faded colours and salvaged materials were combined ...
David Prichard Photography
When I went to pick up my tourist visa from the Brazilian Consulate, I was preparing for a confrontation of the bureaucratic kind, not of the arrestingly beautiful variety. But there in front of me was a collection of images titled ‘Strength and Beauty’ by Australian photographer David Prichard – images from the very country ...
