Inspiring Australian photography

Ken Duncan is one of the world’s leading exponents of panoramic landscape photography. We share Ken’s passion for the Australian landscape and his photographs adorn the walls of our Blackburn offices.

He has numerous national and international awards to his credit. Through his stunning photography he seeks to draw viewers beyond the mundane to a deeper experience of life on an awesome planet.

Interested in photography since his early teens, his turning point came when the Widelux camera became available in Australia. On testing the camera's capabilities, he realised he had found a vehicle which could translate onto film exactly what he could see in a landscape. In 1982 Ken left Sydney to realise his dream of producing a book to depict the vastness and diversity of the Australian landscape. He sought out places not previously photographed in order to provide a feeling of the real Australia and our pioneering spirit which exists beyond the coastal fringes.

In the course of his journey, Ken has endured many hardships in order to realise his dream, including taking a fall from the Olgas in the Northern Territory which resulted in damage to his left big toe causing gangrene and eventual amputation. The freezing damp of Western Tasmania brought about hypothermia causing severe damage to his nervous system from which Ken took many months to recover.

The Ken Duncan Galleries represent the largest group of privately owned photographic galleries in the country. They are located in the stylish Southgate Arts and Leisure precinct in Melbourne, the historic Rocks region in Sydney, the scenic Hunter Valley and the peaceful Matcham Valley on the Central Coast of New South Wales. They have become major tourist destinations and cater to overseas travellers as well as local visitors. The galleries are sanctuaries where God can refresh the human spirit through the beauty of His creation.

Constantly travelling to destinations both well known and unfamiliar, Ken continues to enthral people with the beauty of God’s Creation. He endeavours to bring this beauty to others so that they may be blessed by it. Ken sees himself as “an average photographer with a great God” and believes the art of photography is in seeing the image; capturing it on film is the technical craft. Ken is an interpreter of God’s creation and undoubtedly one of the world’s great photographers.

Visit the spectacular Ken Duncan Gallery on-line at www.kenduncan.com. When visiting our Blackburn offices, ask to see some more of Ken’s inspiring talent.