Glenn GUY
MOMENTS OF TRANSITION
5 - 28 May 2016
a joint exhibition with Helga Leunig, 'Mother Country' and
Marion Vincent, 'Dynamic Light'
The emergence of science as the new god of modern western culture has resulted in our society abandoning the age of faith and, with it, separating us from the importance of ritual and myth. These changes have challenged our traditional belief system and, as a consequence, our relationship with God and nature has suffered, as has our ability to unite our outer reality with our inner self.
I believe that we learn more about ourselves through adversity and that paradise and hope are both earthly notions, which we carry with us, wherever we go. It might be that hope exists only in the journey where, in the beginning, all is possible: every aspect, every dream. With the destination subordinate to the journey, the search for meaning is a continuous process.
To see the world through the camera is a uniquely personal experience. My role as a photographer is to communicate and I am unafraid to show my love for that which I photograph. As storyteller I produce images where subjects, existing simultaneously as character and co-author, inhabit the world as whole, independent beings in a world of perpetual light. Working within a narrative tradition, I endeavor to discover a poetic thread in which to house a feeling or experience that would otherwise be lost or assigned to the vagaries of memory. The process can be summarized as follows:
Yield - To gain a better understanding of the world in which I live by immersing myself into the landscapes and cultures that exist beyond my everyday experiences.
Act - To experience much of the beauty and diversity of the world and its peoples and then to translate my emotional response from feelings into form.
Revere - To make sense of the world by evoking a higher truth through the telling of a story about the beauty that exists on the edge of our understanding.
Preserve - To utilize my camera and associated photographic processes to visualize and render these scenes poised, in all their complexities, between one moment and the next, in a process that allows me to make metaphors from metamorphosis. To record for posterity and to convey the magic of the moment outward to an ever wider audience.
My images deal with what it is to be human. They have helped me understand my own personal journey and to resonate that outwards into the poetry of the everyday and beyond, towards that certain inner beauty found in simple things. Through the production of a living diary this process of photographic documentation has allowed me to record my own life’s history. To live the life I dream and to share that dream, my vision of the world, is the ultimate outcome.
I believe that we learn more about ourselves through adversity and that paradise and hope are both earthly notions, which we carry with us, wherever we go. It might be that hope exists only in the journey where, in the beginning, all is possible: every aspect, every dream. With the destination subordinate to the journey, the search for meaning is a continuous process.
To see the world through the camera is a uniquely personal experience. My role as a photographer is to communicate and I am unafraid to show my love for that which I photograph. As storyteller I produce images where subjects, existing simultaneously as character and co-author, inhabit the world as whole, independent beings in a world of perpetual light. Working within a narrative tradition, I endeavor to discover a poetic thread in which to house a feeling or experience that would otherwise be lost or assigned to the vagaries of memory. The process can be summarized as follows:
Yield - To gain a better understanding of the world in which I live by immersing myself into the landscapes and cultures that exist beyond my everyday experiences.
Act - To experience much of the beauty and diversity of the world and its peoples and then to translate my emotional response from feelings into form.
Revere - To make sense of the world by evoking a higher truth through the telling of a story about the beauty that exists on the edge of our understanding.
Preserve - To utilize my camera and associated photographic processes to visualize and render these scenes poised, in all their complexities, between one moment and the next, in a process that allows me to make metaphors from metamorphosis. To record for posterity and to convey the magic of the moment outward to an ever wider audience.
My images deal with what it is to be human. They have helped me understand my own personal journey and to resonate that outwards into the poetry of the everyday and beyond, towards that certain inner beauty found in simple things. Through the production of a living diary this process of photographic documentation has allowed me to record my own life’s history. To live the life I dream and to share that dream, my vision of the world, is the ultimate outcome.
Glenn Guy Travel Photography Guru
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Helga LEUNIG'S 'Mother Country' exhibition webpage 
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Marion VINCENT'S 'Dynamic Light' exhibition webpage 
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Glenn GUY
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
EMPLOYMENT
Proprietor, Travel Photography Guru 2010-2016
Proprietor, Blue Sky Photography 2003-2010
PHOTOGRAPHY TUTOR
CAE, Melbourne, 1992-2016
Northern Melbourne Institute Of Technology, 2007-2010
Masters Assessor, RMIT (Media Arts), Melbourne 2001-2005
Photography Studies College, Southbank, 1998-2010
Box Hill Institute of Tafe, Nunawading, 1994-2007
Product Manager, Kodak Professional 1995-1997
Technical Hotline Specialist, Kodak 1990-1995
On-Line Production Emulsion Testing, Kodak 1990
SPEAKER
Guest Lecturer, Kodak, Chengdu & Shanghai, China 2005
Keynote Speaker, Vic Photographic Society, Ballarat 2001
EDUCATION
RMIT, Melbourne - Master of Arts (Media) 1994-1995
RMIT, Melbourne - Post Grad Dip (Fine Arts) 1992-1993
PIT, Bundoora - Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) 1989-1991
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
Aipp Landscape Photographer of the Year (Victoria) 2002
Leica Award for Documentary Photography, CCP, 1997
Felix H. Man Memorial (Finalist) National Gallery Vic 1992
Critic’s Choice Color Photography Award VCP 1992
Council Achievement Award, Phillip Institute of Tech 1991
EXHIBITIONS
CAE, Tutors Exhibit, Melbourne 2015
Corkwood Festival, Alice Springs 2001
Faces Of Buddha, Odiyana Centre, Hawthorn East 2001
Expressions of Faith, Eve’s Art, Hawthorn East 2001
Ancient Images, Photographers Gallery, South Yarra 1996
Ancient Images, Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton 1996
Felix H. Man Prize, National Gallery of Victoria 1992
Pit Graduates Photography, Roar Gallery, Fitzroy 1991
Proprietor, Travel Photography Guru 2010-2016
Proprietor, Blue Sky Photography 2003-2010
PHOTOGRAPHY TUTOR
CAE, Melbourne, 1992-2016
Northern Melbourne Institute Of Technology, 2007-2010
Masters Assessor, RMIT (Media Arts), Melbourne 2001-2005
Photography Studies College, Southbank, 1998-2010
Box Hill Institute of Tafe, Nunawading, 1994-2007
Product Manager, Kodak Professional 1995-1997
Technical Hotline Specialist, Kodak 1990-1995
On-Line Production Emulsion Testing, Kodak 1990
SPEAKER
Guest Lecturer, Kodak, Chengdu & Shanghai, China 2005
Keynote Speaker, Vic Photographic Society, Ballarat 2001
EDUCATION
RMIT, Melbourne - Master of Arts (Media) 1994-1995
RMIT, Melbourne - Post Grad Dip (Fine Arts) 1992-1993
PIT, Bundoora - Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) 1989-1991
RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
Aipp Landscape Photographer of the Year (Victoria) 2002
Leica Award for Documentary Photography, CCP, 1997
Felix H. Man Memorial (Finalist) National Gallery Vic 1992
Critic’s Choice Color Photography Award VCP 1992
Council Achievement Award, Phillip Institute of Tech 1991
EXHIBITIONS
CAE, Tutors Exhibit, Melbourne 2015
Corkwood Festival, Alice Springs 2001
Faces Of Buddha, Odiyana Centre, Hawthorn East 2001
Expressions of Faith, Eve’s Art, Hawthorn East 2001
Ancient Images, Photographers Gallery, South Yarra 1996
Ancient Images, Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton 1996
Felix H. Man Prize, National Gallery of Victoria 1992
Pit Graduates Photography, Roar Gallery, Fitzroy 1991
