The people who were actually there.
Every GeoChange edition is made by a photographer or artist who works in the place it comes from. They are credited on the edition, paid on it, and each one is tied to the conservation cause closest to their work.
Andre has a huge passion for the ocean. He has worked beneath or on the ocean most of his life, which has given him a deep knowledge of marine life, and he seems more at home in the sea than on land. Highly regarded in his field, Andre is one of the most in-demand water camera operators in Australia. He has worked on some of the largest and most complex ocean documentaries ever filmed in Australia, including Shipwreck Hunters Australia for Disney+, and on productions for BBC, National Geographic and Netflix. He is always striving to help the environment in any way he can, above all by sharing beautiful content that shows the world the wonders we have and inspires others to protect them.
- Shipwreck Hunters Australia (Disney+)
- Disney+
- BBC
- National Geographic
- Netflix
Work by Andre
Anouska Freedman
Nush Freedman (Anouska) is an underwater photographer and cinematographer from Exmouth in Western Australia. She has dedicated much of her life to work in, on and around the ocean and has a deep passion for protecting our blue planet and its wildlife. Nush is a water woman with training as a freediver, dive master and skipper. She has travelled to all corners of the globe working in the photography and film industry and has been part of several high-end blue-chip documentaries and conservation missions, including Shipwreck Hunters on Disney+. Her work often features the animals of her home reef, Nyinggulu, and her greatest passion is protecting this reef and its inhabitants against industrialisation.
- Shipwreck Hunters (Disney+)
- Freediver, dive master and skipper
- Disney+
Work by Anouska
Daniel Nicholson
Daniel is a professional underwater photographer and videographer. Born and raised on the east coast of Australia, he has been surrounded by the ocean all his life. After years of working as a dive instructor, he picked up an underwater camera and instantly fell in love with photography, and he has never looked back. Daniel seeks to share the beauty and magic of the underwater world, inspiring conservation and change through his photography. The oceans are the lungs of our world, and their inhabitants need all the protection we can provide.
Work by Daniel
Duncan has practised as a professional artist since returning from studying fine art in Italy in 2005, working across drawing, painting and sculpture. The inspiration for his work begins with observing life and culture around him, responding to beauty and injustice as equal muses and telling visual stories that affirm or challenge preconceived beliefs. Attention to light and movement defines his style: light is like truth, revealing what is hidden, and movement is energy and life, a quality he works to evoke in every piece. Parallel to his artistic work, Duncan is involved in ongoing efforts to educate and comment on environmental issues, having partnered with several organisations over the years to raise funds and awareness of the plight of endangered species, in particular the rhino and penguin populations of Southern Africa.
- Studied fine art in Italy
- Partnered with conservation organisations for rhino and penguin protection
Work by Duncan
Ian Daniell
Ian Daniell is a British artist and ocean explorer living and working in Wooditchup / Margaret River, WA. His practice, Life-Size Ocean Art, is a celebration of Australia's iconic marine life and an ode to encounters in the wild. Having grown up by the north-east coast of England, Ian studied at Chelsea and Camberwell College of Arts in London between 2006 and 2010. During a twelve-year spell in London the sculptor and painter produced solo exhibitions and featured in group shows including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, and worked as an art technician and project manager producing work for the likes of Sir Anish Kapoor and the British Museum. In 2018 encounters with wild orca, whale sharks and giant manta rays in Western Australia inspired him to relocate and begin his current series of ocean-inspired work, shown across the Margaret River region, at the Bunbury Biennale 2023, FORM Gallery and PS Art Space in Fremantle, and in the solo exhibitions OCEAN and SWIM at Kamile Gallery, Perth. Krill (2022), a work depicting thousands of tiny krill at 1:1 scale, was acquired by WA Museum Boola Bardip to be displayed alongside Otto the blue whale.
- Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
- Krill (2022) acquired by WA Museum Boola Bardip
- Bunbury Biennale 2023
- Sir Anish Kapoor studio
- British Museum
Work by Ian
Jake Wilton is a professional nature and travel photographer from NSW, Australia. Jake's journey into photography began in 2019 while living and working on the Ningaloo Reef. After spending the first few years focused on underwater photography he has built an expanded portfolio across travel, wildlife and accommodation, which he incorporates into his commercial client partnerships. Jake has a passion for all things nature and hopes to use his imagery to help drive conservation initiatives at home and abroad, to ensure our natural world thrives into the future.
- 2021 Ocean Geographic Pictures of the Year, 1st prize Emerging Photographer of the Year
- 2022 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year, 1st prize Threatened Species
- Nikon Australia Creator
- Epson Australia
- Aquatica Digital Ambassador
- Discovery Channel
Work by Jake
Julia Freiseisen is an intuitive painter from Austria, currently living in Perth, WA. Surrounded and inspired by a vast and diverse landscape, it is reflected in her large-scale paintings, which are balanced, visually appealing and emotionally resonant. Creating art serves as a means for her to navigate and channel her emotions. To read a painting, Julia asks the audience for a period of observation, not only of what is immediately present but also of what lies within ourselves, almost like an act of meditation. Beyond the studio Julia is a passionate gardener with a deep connection to nature; the goal of her efforts is to preserve and protect ecosystems and minimise the harm done to land and wildlife, by acknowledging that humans are a part of nature, not distinct from it.
- Represented by Kamile Gallery
- Mural in Mosman Park
- Ceramic and steel sculpture with First Nations artists
Work by Julia
Ollie Clarke
Growing up on the south coast of England, Ollie developed a love for the ocean from a young age, which led him to pursue a career in marine biology. After completing his studies in the UK, Ollie spent almost eight years travelling the world and working in marine conservation, the dive industry and photography. Ollie now lives in Exmouth, Western Australia, with extraordinary access to the Ningaloo Reef and its iconic megafauna: in his words, it is hard to find a better place to be an underwater photographer.
- British Underwater Photographer of the Year 2023
- Ocean Photographer of the Year finalist across two categories
Work by Ollie
Paul Hilton
Internationally acclaimed conservation photojournalist Paul Hilton is a wildlife crime consultant who has partnered with some of the largest conservation not-for-profits in the world, including the Rainforest Action Network, Greenpeace, WildAid and the Oceanic Preservation Society. Over three decades he has documented deforestation and the illegal wildlife trade in Sumatra's Leuser ecosystem, followed the shark-fin trade from the ports of Yemen to the high seas of the Pacific and Indian oceans and the dried-seafood markets of Southern China and Hong Kong, documented a newly discovered blue whale migration and the satellite tagging of humpback whales, and worked on sustainable pole-and-line tuna fisheries worldwide. His footage of the illegal wildlife trade features heavily in Racing Extinction, directed by Oscar winner Louie Psihoyos, and his work has appeared in documentaries for Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. His photograph of 100 tonnes of seized ivory is the image GeoChange was founded on.
- World Press Photo award 2012 (shark-fin trade)
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2020
- Asian Geographic Best of the Decade
- Ark Trust Award for exposing bear bile farming
- Author of Man and Shark (2010)
- Rainforest Action Network
- Greenpeace
- WildAid
- Oceanic Preservation Society
- Discovery Channel
- Animal Planet
Work by Paul
Hailing from Australia, Shannon Wild is an acclaimed wildlife photographer, cinematographer and devoted advocate for wildlife conservation. Since 2004 she has lent her creative talents to organisations including National Geographic, NatGeo Wild and the United Nations, as well as wildlife-focused NGOs such as Wild Tomorrow Fund, The Perfect World Foundation and WildAid. In 2017 Shannon established Wild In Africa, Bracelets For Wildlife, an initiative providing direct support to wildlife conservation organisations, and she co-founded MAC MEDIA, a natural history and film production company based in Southern and East Africa. With three published books and an international speaking career including the NatGeo Live series, Shannon also serves on the board of directors of the Wildlife Society of Filmmakers, and her background as a creative director brings a keen eye for detail and design to her work.
- Three published books
- NatGeo Live speaker
- Board of directors, Wildlife Society of Filmmakers
- Founder, Wild In Africa
- National Geographic
- NatGeo Wild
- United Nations
- WildAid
- Wild Tomorrow Fund
- The Perfect World Foundation
