A New Eye on Nature

Tasmanian Land Conservancy photographic residency with Nick Green, Karen Marie Keefe, and Kelly Slater

Sat 2 Dec 2023 – Sun 17 Mar 2024

In 2023, the Tasmanian Land Conservancy ran a photography residency on its nature reserves, allowing three emerging photographers to deeply immerse in place. The TLC operates on the principle that to conserve nature in the face of climate change and ecosystem collapse, it is not enough to remove humans from the picture: we must recognise our influence and make evidence-based interventions.

Through this residency – aimed at photographers marginalised from mainstream nature photography – the TLC has encouraged contemporary and diverse views and understandings of our relationship with and responses to nature.

As nature changes in dramatic and unpredictable ways, so too must our representations of nature. These photographs will spark conversation on what nature is, what it is becoming, and how conservation organisations such as the TLC might respond.