“Pool is one of those rare kinds of photographers; he has the strength to show us that the common and everyday qualities in the human form are just as beautiful as glitter and glamour. Raw, powerful, and completely truthful, this is what nude photography should be all about.”

- Andrew Kaiser (Editor) The New Nude Magazine

 

Education

2011 Bachelor of Photography (Honours First Class) – QLD College of Art
2006 Photography short courses – Brisbane Institute of Photography

Exhibitions History

2010 Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, St Kilda, VIC
2009 P is for…, Josh Levi Gallery, Wooloongabba, Brisbane
2009 Olive Cotton Award Finalists Exhibition, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2009 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane
2009 Faces (solo), Urban Grind, New Farm, Brisbane
2008 Vivid National Photography Festival, Canberra
2006 Beneath the Skin (solo), Gallery Six Nundah, Brisbane
2006 Photofest, Rydges Southbank, Brisbane
2006 Down Under and Beyond, Galerie Dauphin, SINGAPORE
2005 Loading Zone, New Farm Art Stockroom, Brisbane
2005 Into the Soul (solo), GPO Hotel, Fortitude Valley Brisbane

Prizes/Commissions

2011 Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards
2010 Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards
2009 Winner, Hanger’s Choice Award, Olive Cotton Portrait Prize
2009 Finalist, Churchie Emerging Art Prize
2008 Winner (photography), Nundah Art Prize
2006 Third Place, Queensland Open Photographer of the Year (Photofest)

Collections

Tweed River Regional Art Gallery NSW
Various Private Collections Worldwide

 

The Future...

2011 has seen the start of a new body of work that will seek to build upon my first 7 years worth of experience 2004 to 2010.

This includes the knowledge gained at the QLD College of Art, where both the positive and the negative have helped shape this new era and it is with great anticipation that I look to everything that comes out of it... I also look forward to working with some of my favourite people and a few new ones too.

2012 has had a brilliant start with the collaborative 'FLESH' exhibition with Clarissa Bones and the forthcoming release of my first book. A wonderful show and amazing experience.

Cheers

Ian

 

 

From my first shoot ever... 'Wept'.

Special thanks to Jean-Maree for everything.