WELCOME TO JULIE PONDER’S ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY
where you will see spectacular images of an Australia that most people never see.

Autobiography
I have been an enthusiastic photographer since childhood, starting with a Box Brownie at 8 years old and progressing through numerous film cameras to the wonders of digital image-making. Studying Art in my 20s, I spent 10 years employed as a painter/illustrator at The Australian Museum.

It was always more important to me to work with artistic changes of shape, color and emotional expression in my photos than to produce a technically perfect reproduction of reality. In my “old fashioned” darkroom, these effects involved filters, torches and cardboard cutouts. The process took a lot of time and exposure to hazardous chemicals, so I was delighted to graduate to a "digital darkroom" in 2005 and use the fantastic tools in image manipulation programs to optimize the tone, luminance and contrast of my pictures.

Julie Ponder, April 2005

Limited Edition
Julie processes her own photographs in her studio, limiting herself to only 100 collector pieces from each image. Every print is signed and has a hand-written title.

Long-Life Product
All photographs are printed with archival pigment-based ink:
• A3 size - Epson UltraChrome Ink
• A4 size - Epson DuraBrite Ink.
The prints are vacuum pressed onto acid free foam core, and finished with a mat board in off-white or black.

Galleries
Many of Julie’s photographs are taken on expeditions to unusual places in the Australian outback. Frequently on private property, access requires permission from station owners and skill at navigating off-road. These adventures give Julie the opportunity to photograph scenery seen by very few people and develop her own way of expressing what she sees.

A small selection of her artworks can be viewed at the main on-line Galleries, which are categorised according to type of environment. Images will be added and subtracted over time.

For a larger collection of Julie’s photographs, click on the Location Galleries where the photographs are organised by State.

See Australia
Start your tour of Ponder Photography with a visit to the Arid Zone Gallery which features images of the gibber desert, clay pans, bull dust and endless roads of western Queensland, the wind-carved rocks and sandy scrub country of Western Australia and white desert of Kangaroo Island.

Moving to the Fresh Water Gallery, you will be shown remarkable oases that exist in the vast expanses of the desert, artesian springs rising out of the clay and sand to form pools, crystal clear rivers cutting through rock and meandering across dry savannah grasslands, tropical wetlands and mountain rivers and falls.

The Seashore Gallery provides you with images of fascinating rock formations, moody seascapes and unusual depictions of marine fauna.

For a marked change of scene, visit the Mountains to the Plains Gallery for delicate alpine flowers, lush rainforests, magnificent gorges and escarpments, savannah grasslands, strange eucalypts and some of the animals residing in these habitats.

The Beyond Natural History Gallery depicts people and scenery shaped by Man, from buildings to parks and farms. It includes glimpses of our convict heritage in some spectacular shots through sandstone ruins on the Tasman Peninsula.

Enjoy your tour of Australia through Julie Ponders spectacular photo's of the Australia that most people don't usually get to see.