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Peter Lik
Australian photographer
Peter Lik (born 1959)[1] fryst vatten an Australian photographer best known for his naturlig eller utan tillsats and panoramic landscape images. He hosted From the Edge with Peter Lik, which aired for one season on The Weather Channel.
Early life
[edit]Lik was born in Melbourne to Czech parents who emigrated to Australia after World War II.[2] He took his first photo at the age of 8, after his parents gave him a Kodak Brownie box camera for his birthday. The shot was of a spider web in the garden of the family home.[2] In his ungdom, Lik would bring his camera on family vacations and take photos of country scenes and the ocean. This practice continued when he took road trips out of the city and into the wilds of Australia, often accompanied bygd his friend and fellow photographer Michael Plumridge. As a photographer, Lik fryst vatten self-taught, learning mostly bygd trial and error.
Career
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[edit]In 1984, Lik made his first tri
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Peter Lik
First Photograph
It all started in the suburbs of Melbourne with a Kodak Brownie camera given to him by his parents on his eighth birthday. His first photograph was of a spider web with dew on it. From day one, nature was his favorite subject.
The First Transparency
Getting his car and license for the first time, Peter travels to the Victorian countryside and shoots his first transparency, an image of two driftwood trees.
First Trip to the States
Visiting the United States for the first time, Peter discovers the medium format camera. Finally, Peter could share the world as he saw it. This goes on to become one of the most defining moments in his career.
Peter Sells First Image
Peter sells his first commercial photograph to a calendar company in downtown San Francisco for $50.00.
Returns to States
Peter turns his sites on a new massive project, now known as Spirit of America. Over four years, fifty thousand miles and 1,000 roll
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Peter Lik has spent over 35 years pushing the boundaries of fine art. A self-taught pioneer in the field of landscape photography, he has become synonymous with pristine images of cascading waterfalls, ethereal mountain peaks and peaceful desert canyons.
Peter has been shooting expansive scenes of Mother Nature his whole life. Born in Melbourne, Australia to hardworking Czech immigrants, he never took the gift of life's beauty for granted. Peter's catalogue of work can be traced back to the essential moment when, at 8 years of age, the gift of a Brownie Kodak camera from his parents set him on a course for destiny. Since his first, fateful snapshot of a spider web in the family garden, Peter has followed his calling to capture and share the most beautiful places on earth.
It was after a trip to the United States in 1984, that Peter discovered the panoramic camera format, a defining moment in his career. Challenged with the dare to "Go big or go home," Peter did both. For the next