Steve Parish - Photography: A Pathway to Creative Life Purpose

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Steve Parish - Australian Landscape Photography
Steve is a passionate and highly motivational speaker, writer, teacher and photographic artist, and one of a few Australian photographers who can look back over five-plus decades of photography across a range of Australian social and natural history subjects.

Steve pioneered underwater nature photography in association with the Australian Museum which led to his first publishing ventures in the late ’60s and now manages the largest and most comprehensive privately owned photographic library in the nation; it is from this vast resource that he has created all his projects. While many of his featured images are now iconic, others are being seen here in this website and associated Fine Art Gallery and Stock Libraries for the first time.

Steve first started publishing in dive magazines in Australia and New Zealand at the age of 18. Since then, he has shared his work with the Australian community through thousands of publications, talks, exhibitions, and public events.

Today, he resides in the Blackall Range on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, where he and his partner are building a self-sustaining family community. From his digital studio, he and his family steer Steve Parish – Nature Connect, an internet portal that offers publishing, library services, fine art decor, photographic education Australia-wide.

Awards & Recognition:
In 2018 Steve launched Photography: A Pathway to Purpose in conjunction with Griffith University a major online Masterclass offering creative life and photographic communication education globally.
2014, Australian Marine Conservation Society Honorary Life Membership for a lifetime commitment to conservation in Australia.
2012, Australian Institute of Professional Photography Queensland Industry Lifetime Achievement Award Professional Photography.
2008, Steve Parish Publishing Best Illustrated Whitley Award for Growing Up with Australian Birds, by author and photographer Raoul Slater.
And many more...

2023 - 2024, Guest Presentations at the Etobicoke Camera Club
1. Sep 11, 2023 - Freeman Patterson: The Two Gardens of Claude Monet, New Brunswick, CA,
2. Oct 2, 2023 - Judy Hancock Holland: "Flash for the Scared Stiff", Vancouver
3. Oct 16 - Stephanie Johnson: The Art and Beauty of ICM, USA,
4. Oct 23 - John Paul Caponigro: The Wonderful Things Printing can do for You and Your Images, Maine, USA
5. Nov 13 - B. Dass: "Break the Rules", Ontario
6. Nov 27 - Mike Grandmaison: Ontario Landscapes, Winnipeg, CA
7. Dec 4 - Hazel Meredith: Working with Textures and Overlays - Turn Ho-Hum into a Work of Art, USA
8. Jan 8, 2024 – Alex Armitage “Drone Photography”, Colorado, USA
9. Jan 22 - Sarah Marino: Making the Most of Any Light", Colorado, USA
10. Jan 29 - Vin Singh: "Simple & Effective workflows for colour and black/white Landscape and Urbanscapes.
11. Feb 5- Steve Parish: A Pathway to Creative Life Purpose, Australia
12. Feb 26 - Kerry Ann Lecky: Nightscapes Adventures Around the World, Ontario, CA
13. Mar 11 - Viktoria Haak: People, Places and Dogs, British Colombia, CA
14. Mar 25 - Jesse and Susan Villemaire: "Persistence, Wildlife Photography in Algonquin Park".