Field Trip Melbourne

Earlier in the year I photographed Field Trip Melbourne, a creative conference primarily for artists, illustrators and designers, brought to fruition as a collaboration between Australian Infront and The Jacky Winter Group.  What I loved about it was the strong focus on practical demonstrations, rather than just slideshows and presentations that you usually get at most creative conferences.  It was one of those days that left me totally inspired and had me constantly distracted by what the speakers were actually creating on stage.  We heard from the ever inspiring Jacky Winter artists: Ben Sanders, Eamon Donnelly, Luke Lucas, Madeleine Stamer, Mimi Leung and Oslo Davis. With the next Field Trip event coming up at the end of the month in Sydney, I thought I’d share a few of my favourite photographs from Melbourne.

Field Trippers got some nice goodies from the sponsors. I love my Mail Chimp shirt. It’s so soft.

A long time inspiration of mine, Eamon Donnelly was one of the speakers. I shot this candid portrait of him during an interview with Saxall. It’s probably my favourite from the day:

Eamon Donnelly’s work:

Eamon Donnelly on stage:

Luke Lucas on stage:

Field Trip goodies bag, illustrated by Oslo Davis:

Field trippers enjoying their new paraphernalia:

One of the Field Trip crew.  A bit of a happy, accidental alignment, I’m sorry:

Oslo Davis, making magic on stage.

Ben Sanders, live on stage:

I met Jeffrey Phillips, at the after party at Strange Wolf.  He had drawn a bunch of people he came across that day, including one of the speakers, Madeleine Stamer:

If you’re in Sydney, you can check out the line up and get tickets to the next event on 30th August, here!