Edwin Culling

Profile

Age: 23
City: Melbourne
Country: Australia

Joined: Feb 2007

Ever since I can remember my life has been surrounded by art. My father is a sculptor, my mother is a art teacher and each have impacted of my creative life.

From a young age my fascination with representing my inner thoughts visually has prompted me to create works of art. My journey began with the somewhat “physical�? medium of drawing and painting.
After years of failing to accurately perceive and create my inner thoughts as an art form, I found my true passion. Photography. Through the eye of the camera I found the ability to truly represent my understanding visually of how I view and conceptualise the world around me. By immersing my self in digital photography and image construction I have the ability to conceptualise and create images which are only limited by my thoughts and fantasies.
My works present a contrast between tone, texture and composition which attempt to share how my eye perceives the world .

I find my ideas from every where, whether it’s the shadow on a car door or the water from a giant water fall. I find my inspiration mainly comes from contrast and the colours of the world around me.

Photography to me is really a “canvas�? which presents my ideas and understanding of the visual world. I find that the photo almost becomes secondary to the idea and the “atmosphere�? of the shot. My photos begin with a composition and end with a sense of atmosphere which is complementary to the raw photo. I prefer to paint or colour an image, as I feel that every photograph has points which need to be highlighted or changed so that it then becomes a work of art and not just a recorded image. By using digital media I have the ability to create and find the essence of the idea I’m attempting to portray in the photograph.