Latest News from Adam Monk

My Karijini Photo Tour for April 2023 is out and ready to book, actually its already half full. Since this tour is for an exclusive group of just 4 participants it means there are only 2 spots left.

You can see all the details for the 2023 tour HERE>> and if you have any questions feel free to email me at tours@adammonk.com or give me a call on +61 415 854 179.

Where was this image shot?

The Image above is Dales cascades, one of the locations we shoot on tour. This image was shot on my pre tour reccie (before a private tour) 2 years ago, with the Phase One IQ3-100 digital back on the Cambo WRC400.

Camera Electronic’s Perth Photolive Expo is happening again in Perth this year. We missed a couple of years of Photolive due to COVID, but now it’s back, bigger and even better than before. Once again it’s on at the main conference room at the Novotel Langley Hotel in the Perth CBD, Sunday the 7th August 9am – 5pm.

It’s that time again, the iconic Perth PhotoMarket and camera swapmeet is on again this Sunday, 24th July 2022. The Workshop Camera Club has been running this event about 4 times a year for 25 years now, I have been going along on and off for most of them!

Returning to Covid Normal

COVID is still around, but it does look like it’s reaching a state of “normality” where we are finally accepting that we must find a way to live with it… Which in Australia has definitely NOT been the policy so far.  So far we have been more “keep it out at all costs”,   Which means we have missed out on all the gruelling measures and the death toll that most of the world has been enduring.  

We are living in interesting times right now, something that is for most people quite unprecedented. The COVID19 pandemic has created chaos to the whole world and many people are suffering.

At a time like this it seems a little frivolous to talk about Photo Tours, but we all must do our part, so basically all of our current tours are postponed until further notice. We will post any updates here as the situation evolves (See individual tour pages for full details).

I think the most important thing right now is to remain calm and be extra nice to each other. We are all in this together, but some are doing it harder than others. Those who are older and can’t get out to shop or walk their dog, those who have lost their jobs and are struggling to make ends meet in this crisis. Start with your friends and neighbours, make contact with those you might not have seen for a while (we are all so busy normally), ask if you can help them. Or, if you are one of those in need, ask friends for help, there is no shame in needing a little help.

As a lovely lady, who has personally lived through 2 world wars, mentioned to me today: The way to get through these things is to pull together. We are all in this together, be generous and together we can survive it.

Be strong if you can, and be kind. See you on the other side.

After 13 years of running the Fremantle gallery it has come down to just two weeks to go until the end… Well, until I close the gallery anyway, which for me is really a beginning, the beginning of the next chapter.

To make a little easier for everyone to know what stock I have available on sale I have created a web page with a list that you can see HERE>>

Another year, another birthday.  This December 15th Monk Art Photography Gallery turns 13, and this will be the final birthday.  After 13 years I am moving in to the cyber age and going completely online… and shutting the Gallery.

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Happy Easter Long Weekend for 2017.  Down here in Fremantle it’s the weekend of the Fremantle Street Arts Festival, which has grown into one of the biggest festivals we have here and definitely my favourite.  This year is extra special because the festival pitches are spreading out right down High Street past the gallery.  From Saturday 15 April until Monday 17th April High Street will be closed to cars and the whole of High street down to Mouat Street will full of performers performing and watchers saying “Wow!”  There will be loads of happy people wandering around enjoying the sights and having fun,  it’s probably the best weekend of the year to visit Fremantle, especially with the magic weather we are having, so come on down and join in.

The Gallery is Open all weekend.

The High Street Gallery will be open the whole weekend (Saturday-Monday) from 10am to 5pm with a great new selection of new images, including this one below…

Another year draws to a close and I can hardly believe it’s over already!  Thanks to everyone who supported my efforts this year, came on a tour, participated in a workshop, came into the Gallery or just stopped and chatted in the street, if you didn’t do any of these things, there is always next year.  Speaking of next year, it’s going to be a big one, hold on!

Gallery Holiday Hours.

All of us at the Gallery are taking a short break over Christmas and New Year, we will be back again for business as usual January 8th 2017. Until then, have a Merry Christmas and fun and relaxing New Year’s.

I just returned from Melbourne where I went to watch the judging of the Australian Professional Photography Awards (APPAs) where I managed to achieve 3 Silver awards… Of course I submitted 4 Gold with distinction images from one of my many trips to Bhutan, but something happened to them on the way over and they transformed to three silvers and one bombed out completely at 78 (No award, Silver award starts at 80 points).

The judging was certainly fierce, and there were no free rides handed out.  I look back on many of my past entries that got easy silvers, and I doubt they would even get a look in now. I think that really shows how the standard of photography in Australia has risen, my own with it I hope, and the competition is now very intense.

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