I have had a passing interest in photography for many years - mainly as a record of places I'd been to whilst bushwalking.
In 'my former life' as a University Professor teaching structural engineering in Australia and before that in Canada I started collecting 35mm slides of a technical nature (buildings, bridges, concrete, steel, timber etc.) that I could use in my teaching. In this role I was instrumental in the early 1990s to start collecting technical images of all aspects of structures and to start putting these images into a more pictorial 'multimedia' orientated teaching environment.
Much later, after retiring from Academia, I moved from 35mm slides to digital cameras. A great deal later (about 2010) I invested in a Nikon D80 and after a few years I decided to get a few of my images commercially printed. I was blown away by the quality of the prints and this encouraged me to take photography a bit more seriously. I had also taken up 4WD and getting back into the Australian bush such as to the High Country in Victoria and New South Wales as well as doing the Simpson Desert and Central Australia.
All this influences my current subjects - landscapes, seascapes, heritage structures and transportation.
I am expanding my interests into different forms of photography. In Australia, I have produced a range of blank greeting cards and postcards. I have had a few exhibitions.
Some of this new directions can be followed on my websites www.cards4guys.com.au and www.photoscapes.com.au
Peter Kneen joined Fine Art America on January 10th, 2015.
