Australia Wide: The Journey [Hardcover]

Ken Duncan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Panographs (March 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0958054428
• ISBN-13: 978-0958054423
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #67 in Books > Travel > Australia & South Pacific > Australia

More About the Author

I first got interested in photography in my early teens and became quite unpopular by dismantling my father's Bellows camera to make a B&W enlarger. On leaving school, I went into photographic sales, progressing to become senior technical representative for Australia's leading photographic supply house. When that company imported the 'Widelux' camera, I found a vehicle which could finally translate onto film exactly what I could see in a landscape.

Photography quickly became a passion. In 1982 I left Sydney to realise my dream of producing a quality book of Australian images. Little did I know that the dream would cost me my house, cars and everything else I had and take five years to complete.

During my travels around Australia, I have collected over 100,000 panoramic images. But I had to endure many hardships in the pursuit of that dream. A fall from Kata Tjuta in Central Australia resulted in gangrene and the eventual amputation of my left big toe. The freezing damp of western Tasmania caused hypothermia and severe damage to my nervous system that took many months to recover from.

I spent most of my time from 1982 to 1986 travelling extensively throughout Australia. During that time I married my beautiful wife, Pam, my strong supporter, my faithful ally and my best working buddy.

As a photographer, I see himself as merely an interpreter of God's creation. The art is in seeing, capturing and presenting these images to others.

Locations of our Galleries and details of our products are available at www.kenduncan.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely stunning!, September 18, 2003

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jinushaun "jinushaun" (Kent, Washington USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Australia Wide: The Journey (Hardcover)

Ken Duncan has managed to capture Australia beautifully. This is an an excellent buy for those who appreciate landscape photography.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnific Landscape of Australia, June 14, 2003

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"akelaminh" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Australia Wide: The Journey (Hardcover)

This is a beautiful book of a gifted photographer. Just like the "America Wide" this book offers much joy and peace in browsing through its pages. Thanks God for giving Ken such talent and skills.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars God Created Such a Beautiful World, August 5, 2005

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Zoooma (Fairbanks, U.S. Territory of Alaska) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Australia Wide: The Journey (Hardcover)

In this age of immense suburban sprawl and the drive by many to pollute this world as much as possible, we can be reminded of some of the beautiful places that still exist. This book is an example and what a terrific book it is. It's absolutely appalling one would take a permanent marker to this book to black out God's glorious name. He did, afterall, create this place that we all share as our home. God created it for us to enjoy and we ought to praise Him for that everyday... not black out His name.