Christian Mushenko's exhibition extended

Martin Mishkulnig's Road Series for mental health social services

Pro Mente, a social service for mental health patients in Vorarlberg, Austria, has used Martin's Road Series of images he has taken on his travels for their annual report. The idea is that in life we choose many different roads, sometimes we go the wrong way.

Andrew Goldie joins Contacts

Andrew Goldie is the latest addition to the Contacts Photography stable, bringing the total number of photographers now represented to 10.

Goldie has been pursuing his passion for photography and film since his school days where he discovered the art departments, cameras and darkrooms, and went on to earn a B.A. in Photography from R.M.I.T. University.

On graduation Goldie ventured to London where he assisted and retouched for some of the top photographers in the advertising and fashion arenas. This was followed by a stint in Japan where he began to work on portraits and landscapes for his first solo exhibition "I'm Big In Japan".   

Returning to Australia, Goldie launched his commercial photography career, landing one of his first sizeable jobs for Ikea; a documentary project where he was commissioned to document the 'Australian family home', visiting over 30 families in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Since then Goldie has hit the ground running and worked with several major clients within advertising, as well as scoring numerous editorial portrait commissions for the likes of the(sydney)magazine, AFR Magazine, Sunday Life and Good Weekend.

Although Goldie shoots a diverse range of subjects, the key theme that resonates throughout his work is a strong understanding and use of light both in studio and on location.

Says Katy Young, Contacts founder & MD: "When I saw Andrew's work for the first time it was clear that he was a true photographer in every sense of the word. His passion for the craft is clearly evident in his personal work, and his commissions across advertising and editorial confirm how incredibly polished and proficient he is."

Whilst continuing his commercial work and creating short films, Goldie is currently working on numerous art projects, having recently wrapped up his latest exhibition, Transformations, at Customs House.

To enquire about Andrew Goldie, please contact the team at Contacts on 02 9331 6620. 

Martin Mischkulnig in Zurich

Earlier this year I posted a story about a shoot Martin did for the Swiss financial magazine Bilanz about Zurich West, a new upcoming area of Zurich, where industry meets chic inner city, a mixture of drab office blocks, bold new architecture, shopping, nightclubs, factories and freeways. Martin took the opportunity to shoot a personal project. For him it was an experiment in modern street documentary.

The Top of Europe by Martin Mischkulnig

Here is a recent project by Martin Mischkulnig about Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Switzerland and all of Europe.

A couple of these were published for an article about the top ten best things to do in Switzerland but Martin shot a whole lot more as a personal project.

Jungfraujoch boasts Europes highest railway station 3454m , the highest Indian restaurant (Bollywood), and ATM machine.

It attracts Tourists and climbers alike and while Martin was there a climber needed rescuing after falling from the peak and breaking his back.

The story is compiled in order. 

Contacts welcomes Tim Bauer

Over the last three decades Tim Bauer has become a stalwart figure in advertising and editorial photography. During that time he has worked for a string of high end clients including Westpac, Sony Worldwide, Bonds, Toyota, Warner Music, Thai Airways, Indian and Australian tourism commissions, Vodaphone, The New Yorker, NY Times, Harpers Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Time USA and Australia, Sports Monthly, In Style, and Men's Health amongst others. His portfolio includes portraits of Audrey Hepburn, Andy Warhol, Kylie Minogue, Vin Diesel, John Travolta, Grace Jones, and Daryl Hannah. Tim's prolific body of work is testimony to his photographic brilliance and his constant interest in all that is around him sees him capturing everything beautiful and bad.

Take a look at more of Tim's work on the Contacts website.

Martin Mischkulnig for Effilee magazine

Martin Mischkulnig recently contributed to the German food magazine Effilee. This page is a regular feature, titled Restaurant at the end of the Universe. Martin's shot was a creepy roadhouse in Iron Knob, South Australia where all he could get was fish and chips "fresh" from the deep freezer to the deep fryer.

Jason Furnari for Audi

Jason was recently commissioned by Northstar Publishing in the UK to shoot the super car Audi R8 V10 (worth about $400 000!!!). The feature is being published in Audi's worldwide customer magazine as part of their mega-travel issue themed "Four Corners". The concept is designed to showcase Audi's Quattro four wheel drive system within epic landscapes around the globe. There are four stories including Australia, Alaska, China and Chile. The team drove 3500kms from Bathurst to Broken Hill and back to Sydney. It was a great opportunity for Jason to couple his car and landscape photography, two areas he really excels in, but I think what he was most excited about was getting a chance to drive the car:

"It is seriously the fastest and most unbelievable car to drive!"

Jason.