Louis Porter was born in the north of England in 1977 and has been based in Melbourne, Australia since 2001. His work has been exhibited in Australia, England , Canada and Austria. He regularly undertakes editorial commissions and has been featured in ; Monocle , ADbusters , GEO , Trace , The Age , The Monthly and The Big Issue amongst others.
"..Porter photographs suburbia like an antipodean David Lynch.." - Ashley Crawford , The Age
Selected Exhibitions
2008 Interior-External, 3space3 Gallery, Beijing (China)
2008 Finalist Olive Cotton Award, Tweed Shire Gallery (Australia)
2007 Tribal Living - IndexG Gallery, Toronto (Canada)
2007 Finalist , Ulrich and Win Schubert Photograpic Award - Gold Coast Art Gallery (Australia)
2006 Unnatural Selection - Darwin Museum and Art Gallery (UK)
2006 Australian Suburbia - House of Architecture , Graz (Austria)
2005 Suburban Picnic - Uber Gallery , Melbourne (Australia)
2005 Faith and Charity - Start Gallery , Melbourne (Australia)
2005 Finalist, Ulrich and Win Schubert Photographic Award - Gold Coast Art Gallery (Australia)
Awards and grants
2008 Australia-China Council residency - Beijing
2007 Nominated for PDN (Photo District News) top 30 photographers list (New York)
2005 Artist Development Grant - City of Yarra
2004 Winner , Nikon Colour Award- Centre for Contemporary Photography , Melbourne (Australia)
Selected Publications
2008 Young Australian Photographers Journal - Serps Press (forthcoming)
2007 The Lost Emperors - The Big Issue by Melissa Craneburgh
2007 Photo profile - GEO magazine (Germany)
2007 Interview - Nothing Mag by Jason Lingard
2006 Back to School - photo set ADbusters (Canada)
2006 Call Connect photo set - TRACE magazine (US)
2005 Strange Seduction of Suburbia - The Age , by Ashley Crawford
2005 Suburban picnic review, Meagan Backhouse, The Age
2005 Fun - photo set, Spinach7 magazine, Marni Cordell
2004 Interview , Sunday Arts ABC Television
Selected Clients
Australian Volunteers International - Monocle magazine - The Age newspaper - Reconcilliation Victoria
The Monthly - City of Melbourne council - Champions racing museum - Overland magazine - The Australia council - City of Port Philip council - Round Design - ARTplay - Cultural Development Network - Greek Gourmet Travelar - AUSAID international.