THE Millicent Visitor Information Centre is now home to a unique photographic exhibition, which explores the diversity and beauty of the Australian outback.
South East photographer Graeme Mellor captured the images while travelling from northern South Australia to the Northern Territory on a month-long photography trip last year.
Mr Mellor described the landscape photographs featured in the exhibition as “different” and “immersive for the viewer”.
“My landscapes are different to the usual landscape shots taken,” he said.
“I have gone for the opposites for example – a reverse sunset and the back of the Devil’s Marbles and I also photographed the hot springs and Ayres Rock.
“My inspiration is to tell a visual story that people can immerse themselves in.”
Mr Mellor said he had taken photographs for “as long as he can remember”.
“I have been into photography since a very young age and always had a camera of some sort.
“I started with film and I still use it.
“In the late 70s, early 80s I started shooting seriously when working on the railways in New South Wales shooting trains with 110 and 35mm film and developing and printing at home as costs allowed.
“After joining the military in 1987 I had a forced hiatus to my work until the 2000s when I obtained a new digital camera and started shooting travel snaps for the family.
“As time progressed the interest grew again and slowly my skill set was renewed, however still in the digital age.”
Mr Mellor’s first exhibition was in black and white and was held at the Millicent Gallery in 2016.
He has also participated in local photographic competitions and an image he captured of the Salmon Hole in Beachport is featured on the Cleanway garbage trucks.
