Brad Walls
| Brad Walls | |
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| Born | 11 August 1992 Sydney, Australia |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| 💼 Occupation | Photographer |
| 📆 Years active | 2019–present |
Brad Walls (born August 11, 1992)[1] is an Australian aerial photographer,[2][3] Walls is best known for his collection Pools from Above.[4][5]
Early life
Brad Walls grew up in Sydney, Australia. He studied science at the University of Sydney and after graduation he started aerial photography using a DJI drone camera.[3]
Career
Walls began his career shooting short-form aerial videos based of his travels around south-east Asia then, he became interested in swimming pools.[6][7][8][9] Inspired by Annie Kellys' book "Splash: The art of the Swimming Pool",[10] walss created a photographic series of the pools from an aerial point.[11][12] In June 2020, he released the 'pools from above' collection of 20 images.[13][14]
In November 2020, he released "Ballerine de l'air" a collection capturing an Australian Ballet artist Montanna Rubin from above using a DJI Mavic 2 drone. The Ballerine de l'air collection captured at Carriageworks, a multi-arts venue based at the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops in Redfern, Sydney, Australia.[15][16][17][18]
In 2020, he placed second in the Sport category in the Sienna drone photo awards[19][20] and won the sport category whilst placing second in the people category at the Inaugural Aerial Photo Awards.[21][22][23][24][25]
Style
Walls is known for using symmetry, negative space and leading lines within his work.[13][26]
Walls cites Maria Svarbova as an early influence.[3] His work has also been contextualized in reference to David Hockney and Slim Aarons.[27]
Awards
- Siena International Photo Awards - Drone Photo Awards.[19]
- Aerial Photo Awards - Sport & People.[28][29]
Publications
- Ponderings Anthology Second Edition., Ponderings Australia, 2020, ISBN 978-0-64503-091-4
References
- ↑ "Brad Walls Photographer | All About Photo". www.all-about-photo.com.
- ↑ "Montana Rubin and Brad Walls: the making of Ballerine de l'air". The Australian. Retrieved 2021-02-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Aerial Photography by Brad Walls, Australia". Aerial Photography Awards.
- ↑ "Brad Walls : Pools From Above". The Eye of Photography Magazine. August 15, 2020.
- ↑ Shurvell, Joanne. "Stunning New Aerial Photography Of Ballet Dancer Inspired By Vintage Image From 1935". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Petzold, Dirk (8 August 2020). "The Beauty Of Swimming Pools – Aerial Photography by Brad Walls".
- ↑ "Pools From Above: A Striking Series by Sydney Photographer Brad Walls That Does What It Says on the Tin". Broadsheet. Retrieved 2021-02-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Here's Some Serious Pool Porn To Get You Through The Heatwave". HuffPost. 2020-08-06. Retrieved 2021-02-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Hoeller, Sophie-Claire (August 12, 2020). "A photographer takes stunning pictures of swimming pools from above to show them in a whole new way". Business Insider. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ CNN, Francesca Street. "The pools that capture the dream of summer". CNN. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ Swann, Dee; Walls, Brad (31 August 2020). "Perspective | An ultra-high-dive perspective into pools" – via The Washington Post. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Hoeller, Sophie-Claire. "A photographer takes stunning pictures of swimming pools from above to show them in a whole new way". Insider Inc. Retrieved 2021-02-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Photographer captures swimming pools from above". August 6, 2020 – via BBC. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Rolinck (13 August 2020). "„Pools from above": neue Fotografien von Brad Walls". Architectural Digest (Germany) (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "Stunning Drone Photos Capture Unique Perspective of Ballet's Elegance From Above". November 6, 2020.
- ↑ "Brad Walls : ballerine de l'air". The Eye of Photography Magazine. November 6, 2020.
- ↑ "12 Mesmerizing Photos Of Ballerinas From Above Captured By Photographer Brad Walls". 9 November 2020.
- ↑ "12 Mesmerizing Photos Of Ballerinas From Above Captured By Photographer Brad Walls". 9 November 2020.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Kalnitz, Max. "Brad Walls' "Ball Up" contrasts a tennis player's abstract movement with the straight lines of a tennis court". Insider Inc. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Schwering, Maaike (2020-10-27). "Belgische fotograaf wint de Aerial Photography Awards 2020". Site-KnackWeekend-NL. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ↑ "Stunning Pictures That Won Drone Photo Awards 2020 Show Our World From Interesting Perspectives". Times Internet. 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2021-02-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Take to the Skies with the Winners of the 2020 Aerial Photography Awards". petapixel.com.
- ↑ "Aerial Photographer Captures Olympic Sports from Above". petapixel.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ↑ "World seen from above: Siena Drone Awards 2020". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2021-02-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Schwering, Maaike (2020-10-27). "Belgische fotograaf wint de Aerial Photography Awards 2020". Site-KnackWeekend-NL. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ↑ "'A new perspective': swimming pools from above – in pictures". August 29, 2020 – via TheGuardian.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Brad Walls' new series Pools From Above showcases swimming pools from a bird's eye view". ICON Magazine. August 11, 2020.
- ↑ Bloom, Laura Begley. "27 Breathtaking Pictures From The Sky: Winners Of Aerial Photography Awards". Forbes. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Some of the world's best photographs from on high". The Canberra Times. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
Category:21st-century Australian photographers
Category:Artists from Sydney
Category:Aerial photographers
Category:University of Sydney alumni
Category:Living people
Category:1992 births
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