Glen Barton – photographer from Jan Juc, on the Surf Coast Australia.

I began shooting on a borrowed canon A1 12 years ago and since then have worked to develop my own style of image making. I am largely self taught, but have completed several short courses and 1 year of a professional photography diploma at NMIT in Melbourne.

Over the last 10 years i have participated in many group exhibitions, and held three solo exhibitions, entitled “the eyes of india”, “experience” and a launch for the summer range of the fashion label, Mortimer and Luke.

I am currently shooting with a canon DSLR, and have recently rediscovered the joys of lo-fi image making, and am experimenting with a medium fomat (120mm) Holga – a plastic lensed beast that is beautifully unpredictable and expressive.

Even more recently, I stumbled onto another technique, using a contraption made from an old kodak duaflex camera, some scrap cardboard and a pringles tin. I love these images – the atmosphere, character and simple charm.

To me, making images is a way to engage with the world and the people around me, and the joy and “in the moment” peace i get from taking photos is something that i wouldnt swap for the world.

Hope you enjoy some of my images!!!!

glen