Jackie's Story
I endeavor to respond to my urban, rural and domestic and travel landscapes in an authentic way. While at the same time reflecting on the past and all the influences I have had. Accepting the continuing challenges of showing work, I will endeavor to keep true to myself and enjoy life to the fullest.
I have shared many important experiences of my life, through photography. In particular a series of images that was to change my life was made with my aviator father, Dick Nell. In his old bi-plane he became my ‘flying tripod’ in a series of images called ‘Aerial Abstracts’. This was where I learned to ‘see’ the landscape in a different way. The idea of the series was to shoot straight down to the ground, without any perspective of what’s up or down. The problem was that the lower wing of the old bi-plane was getting in the way. We solved this issue by making the exposures at the top of an aerobatic loop. ‘While Dad is performing the loop, I look up and watch the sky then...
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Jackie has over thirty years experience within the arts. Her interest began with photography at the tender age of 16. Her art practice then shifted to ceramics and painting gaining an Associate Diploma in Fine Arts.
Returning to photography throughout the next fifteen years she worked within the industry as a darkroom technician, freelance photographer, wedding photographer, commercial photographer and photojournalist, learning her craft.
In 1996 she began work as a teacher of ‘Fine art’ photography at Illawarra TAFE, Goulburn.
Now as an art photographer she combines her art practice with teaching and as a presenter in workshops and seminars internationally.
Jackie is a Director of Queenstown Centre for Creative Photography in Queenstown New Zealand where she conducts photography workshops with her husband Mike Langford. www.qccp.co.nz.
She has a close association with Canon New Zealand and Canon Australia. The Canon company have had a very positive influence in my career. I use Canon 5DMKIII and a wide range of lenses.
She is a Canon Master Photographer.
All my life experiences have modeled me into a person who is ‘happy in her own skin’.
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