Alex Frayne
alex frayne
Alex Frayne has been involved in film and images from his earliest school days. Beginning with
an 8mm camera in hand he has continued his love affair with visual media ever since. His stills photography
work has earned acclaim and his work is held in galleries including the National Portrait Gallery (two images
in the Permanent Collection).
He shoots mainly analogue film formats, including 6x6cm, 6x9cm and 35mm formats.
In 2023 his performance MUSIC FOR OTHER WORLDS had its world premiere at the prestigious Adelaide
Festival of Arts, featuring the esteemed pianist Paul Grabowsky responding in real time to a series of his
photographs projected.
He has four art books published by Wakefield Press
with the latest edition "DISTANCE AND DESIRE" published in May 2024.
Simon Caterson, for The Australian, writes: "the last book confirms that Frayne deserves to be thought
Simon Caterson, for The Australian, writes: "the last book confirms that Frayne deserves to be thought
of alongside Ansel Adams and the other great landscape photographers.' (Landscapes of South
Australia, Wakefield Press, 2020).
BOOKS
-Adelaide Noir, 86pg, 2015
-Theatre of Life, Portraits - 80pg, 2017
-Landscapes of South Australia, 216 pg, 2020 (3 print runs)
-Distance and Desire, 224pg, 2024