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About the Artist
Ar�st Statement
The Wildflower Season in Western Australia:
A Photographers Dream
I was born in the �ny town of Mt Barker in
Western Australia, under the shadow of the
enigma�c S�rling Range, or as it is called by the
original inhabitants, Koikyennuruff. As a small
child my father would carry me up the tall Genevieve Milnes
slopes and then as I grew I began to climb the
different mountains and hills with my teenage (Australia)
friends and then later with my husband and
children. So I started to document the burn. That was
The Range is famous for its colorful wildflowers the year that Covid struck. We were severely
and ground orchids, also for its bush walks and restricted in what we could do but the S�rling
climbs. My passion is photography. Range was on our ‘back door’ so we went out
Firstly, rather naive a�empts to capture nes�ng most days to watch the rehabilita�on of the
birds from within a bird-hide in the school burn.
grounds, to capturing portraits and animals on Standing watching the beau�ful tendrils start
my Brownie Box camera than a Kodak to push through the cinders was my happy
Instama�c. place. There was devasta�on but there was
My interest grew and I took classes in dark- also life. I mourned the loss but then I saw
room techniques, studied under a portrait animals moving across burnt ground and knew
photographer with available light photography that all was not lost.
and other courses in understanding the I pause in those beau�ful, terrible places and
camera. So my interest in photography grew honour the cycle of life and the beauty of our
along with my profession as a Clinical Psy- created planet.
chologist. I took weddings and birthdays, Dr Genevieve Milnes BDiv., M Appl Psych (Clin
celebra�ons and par�es. & Ed), PhD Clinical Psychologist
At the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020, Genevieve Dr Genevieve Milnes BDiv., M Appl
Australia was struck by bushfires, all along the Psych (Clin & Ed), PhD Clinical Psychologist
east coast and in the West in my beloved S�r- AHPRA PSY0001578221
ling Range Na�onal Park. Fourteen kilometers Phone: 08 92279796 Mobile: 0410303358
from my home Email: genevieve@psychaust.com.au
was alight. There were thousands of fauna and
flora going up in flames every minute! Our Email: genevieve@psychaust.com.au
beau�ful kangaroos, wallabies, snakes and www.psychologyaustraliamtlawley.com.au
lizards were being slaughtered and we could no www.alexeyadoninart.com
nothing. The whole area is 447 sq miles and the
fires took out one third of the park. We were and see here on Instagram
devastated and knew it would be a long road h�ps://www.instagram.com/p/CVGr9grjaiN/
back.
Solo exhibi�on “Reflec�on” at “The Balcony Gallery of “Jerusalem Theater” (2011)
