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About

To hear Chuck Bradley speak, you'd be surprised to learn that he's been working as a photographer in Australia for the past 27 years. His accent still strongly carries the sounds of Willow Street, Pennsylvania where Chuck was born and discovered what he calls his "love of the light".

Chuck got his first camera - a Canon AT1 - as a graduation present from his parents who were anxious over what he'd do for work. The gift worked. Chuck's first job was as a darkroom technician in a big studio, watching photographers there and learning the craft. It wasn't long after that Chuck went out on his own, never assisting for anyone, but shooting "shed-loads" of film to develop his style. "I love the light," says Chuck. "The lighting has always been paramount to me: the way it looks on an object or a person."

For that reason, Chuck loves to let the subject speak. "It's about the subject, not the post production," he says. It's a philosophy he takes both to his commercial work and his personal projects. His current "Life Aquatic" work is a great example. Capturing fish, ducks, and jellyfish in almost lyrical studies, Chuck is striving to open up a world that no-one ever sees. "It's organic. You find your subject, you light it, it is what it is - minimal retouching. It's nice to escape overworked images and the trickery that's so prevalent in this CGI world."

Crossing the Pittwater in Sydney's North by tinny from his home on Scotland Island, Chuck is always on the lookout for new subjects. And new inspirations. Recently, he has even gone back to doing Polaroid transfer, tracking down cameras and old stocks from far and wide.

When Chuck isn't shooting, he is spending time with his wife Marijo and two boys, aged 17 and 14, sailing as crew on a 30-foot Currawong yacht called "The Angry Penguin", skippering his own Laser or banging out some classic rock & roll as the drummer in a 60s & 70s cover band.

He has three Polaroid transfers in the Polaroid collection in Cambridge Ma., has been a finalist at D&AD and AWARD, twice a finalist in the Folio Awards, has silver and bronze awards from AIPP, and has had numerous pieces accepted into the ACMP collection.

In the past few years, his commercial work has been in demand amongst clients including Optus, IBM, American Express, QANTAS, Bundaberg Rum, Jim Beam, and Telstra.

Contact

Chuck Bradley

chuck@chuckbradley.com.au
Studio 213 117 Old Pittwater Road Brookvale NSW Australia 2100
Mobile: +61 (0) 417 023 373

Production Coordinator:
Leesa Murray Productions

+61 2 9557 4991
+61 2 (0) 419 21 4418

leesa@leesamurrayproductions.com.au


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Wet Plate Collodion

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Full Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Half Plate BGA

Full Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Full Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Full Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Full Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Whole Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Quarter Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Sunflower

Quarter Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Quarter Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Quarter Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Quarter Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Quarter Plate Black Glass Ambrotype

Commissioned

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Bose

Levis

Levis

Reach Dental Floss

Reach Dental Floss

Reach Dental Floss

Optus

Kellogg's

Listerine

Legless copy

Radar

Bundaberg Rum / Diageo

De'Longhi

Singapore Business Times

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Jim Beam

Paraderm / Wyeth

Caltrate / Wyeth

Caltrate / Wyeth

Aqua Ear / Wyeth

Johnnie Walker / Diageo

Jim Beam

Tooheys New

Tooheys New

Bundaberg Rum / Diageo

Bacardi Yellow

Bacardi Rum

Bacardi Rum

Bundaberg Rum / Diageo

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Jelly Study No. 1

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All that remains

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Boat


sexton


Utensils


Tools


Shackles


Porthole


Hook&Shackle


Fishing_Reel


exstigisher


Ends


Drill


Door


Bits


Ace_of_Hearts


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Really Tiny Things

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Stealth

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