Currently showing at Blender Gallery, Paddington is a recent collection of works by acclaimed photographer, Toby Burrows. Entitled Footprint, the exhibition documents the artist’s journey to Broken Hill, a regional mining suburb located in the far west of outback New South Wales. Images of picturesque scenery and vast landscapes present the beauty within the isolated town, and are cleverly juxtaposed with close ups of bird droppings smeared on windscreens and bugs splattered on the front of cars.

Burrows studied at Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle before later moving to London. There he became the manager of Holborn Studios, Europe’s largest photographic studio complex. Since his return to Sydney, Burrows has created advertising imagery for international corporations including Virgin mobile, Slazenger, Guinness and Epsom. He was commissioned by National Geographic to photograph deserted areas and remote communities within Australia, including Wilcannia, an outback region with a large indigenous population. Burrows has won several awards for his art practice including gold at the New York Festival, numerous finalist positions at the Cannes Film Festival and a World Press award.