Career Background and Highlights
Starting my photography journey by assisting established photographers in Sydney, I left the East Coast for Western Australia in 2000 to pursue editorial and advertising photography.
Editorial photography began with Scoop Magazine who assigned me for food and lifestyle shoots all over Perth. I also worked for News Corp at the Sunday Times Newspaper as the principal photographer for lift-outs such as Home.
Homes & Living Magazine, published in Perth, assigned me to shoot editorial of portraits, food, interiors and covers shoots.
Book Photography for Taste Margaret River
Attractive and detailed styled food images were created in a studio setting in Perth with a food stylist.
Going Tropical
Restless for change, I relocated to Darwin in the remote Northern Territory to pursue advertising for the N.T Government, fashion shoots for hairdressers, commercial images for local design agencies and editorial for Qantas Magazine.
Mediterranean Sea Change
Late in 2006 I moved to Spain, after many false starts, and lived in trending Barcelona, at this time I began working for a number of top travel & food titles from Sydney and London.
Travel + Leisure Days
The T+ L Australian edition, assigned me from Barcelona to shoot editorial in France, Spain, The Ireland, Portugal and Italy. These commissions ranged from large monthly features to smaller articles on food or travel. I had a wild ride for a few years, shooting in the Aeolian islands in Italy on travel articles or flying into Lyon or Nice in France for a food story. Barcelona and much of Spain also featured heavily in the magazine and Paella stories or a Spanish bar story was not uncommon.
Conde Nast Traveller, British edition, assigned me to various shoots in Spain for a Spanish lift-out.
Conde Nast Traveller, Spanish edition, assigned to go to Denmark and Sweden for a feature story.
Gourmet Traveller, published from Sydney, assigned me for shoots in Valencia and Madrid for feature articles.
OK! Magazine, Madrid edition, assigned me for editorial of local Spanish celebrities.
INK Magazines, London, assigned me for shoots in Barcelona for In-flight magazines.
Back Down Under
Returning home in 2009, as the recession gripped Europe, I worked from Perth, Darwin and Cairns for these clients below.
Jetstar Australia, Men’s Health Magazine, INK Magazines, Virgin Australia, Philippine Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Jet Airways India, Qantas
Conde Nast Traveller, Cover image from Bali – British April edition 2015, and stock photos from Asia
Travel & Leisure South East Asia, Editorial commissions and stock photos
Feast Magazine, Cravings, Delicious Magazine, Singapore Women’s Weekly, Editorial food photography commissions
Coles & Woolworth’s Supermarkets, Darwin Convention Centre, Amelia Park Food & Wine, Promotional food, portrait and advertising photography
Western Australia Tourism, Queensland Tourism, Editorial travel photography
South East Asian Adventures
Travels to Asia started again late in 2017 with a focus on Phuket, Penang and Bali. Jetstar Airways assigned me for a variety of shoots in Phuket and I supplied Jetstar in-flight magazines with stock photos for other feature stories.
SIMON FURLONG photos 