For much of my early life I wanted to be an artist. I attended life drawing classes at the National Gallery School in Melbourne, and I even enrolled in an Art course the following year. But after 6 months I realised I did not have the talent, or at least perseverance to make it as an artist. My partner is a real artist - a painter - so I understand the dedication required. So I went to uni and studied Economics, then more of life intervened and my artistic ambitions were submerged. But then in my late ’20’s a friend and I created a shared darkroom and photography came into my life. My artistic inclinations were almost revived, but not quite. I moved house and lost the darkroom. Then serious adult life took over, I lost my camera, and never gave it another thought. But then a miracle happened - the digital camera was invented. The first one I had was awful and cost a heap - awful colours and clumsy software to manage the results. It was not until 2006 with the beta release of Adobe Lightroom became available. This was a ‘game changer’ for me, and I have been using it ever since. However I had little time to pursue this interest so photography remained on the periphery of my life. But then I retired and finally I was free to be an artist, or at least a man with a camera, if not a photographer. So here I am re-releasing a web site in the age of doom scrolling social media apps. Its a place I can store a small selection of my art work, change it when the inclination moves me and show my work to friends. And I am more than happy to sell any images. Contact me on: russell.curr at gmail.com Any money I gain from sales goes straight to the fossil fuel industry to buy more diesel to feed my ute, which carries me and my gear to outback locations I am obsessed with. One day I will have an EV…! I am based in south east Australia (Melbourne area) and photography has been a passion of mine for many years. Over the last decade I have focused on the beauty of arid Australian landscapes. But being Australia, one can’t help but also focus on the magnificent coastal regions we have. I have shown my work in a number of exhibitions and publications and have been selling work over the past 12 years. I hope you find some interest here.