Stanley Breeden

I’m not used to writing about myself as though I were someone else, so forgive me for writing this in the first person.

I began nature photography in 1955 when it was mostly in black and white and Kodachrome was rated at 12.5 ISO (or ASA as it was then). I continued photography on film of plants, animals and landscapes until 2000. Over the years I managed to take some nice pictures and thought a few were quite good. Magazines such as “National Geographic”, “The Smithsonian”, “Natural History”, “Geo” and others also liked them and were kind enough to put them on their pages. National Geographic even sent me on assignments in Australia and India. The Indian assignment was a beauty—photographing endangered wildlife all over the country. I loved Indian wildlife and wild places so much that I stayed for eleven years. With Belinda Wright, I did some more National Geographic assignments including a TV special on Wild Tigers called “Land of the Tiger”. What a thrill that was. Belinda and I made other films on monkeys, rhinos, butterflies, bats, wetlands. People liked the films too and showered us with awards, including two Emmy awards—one for cinematography and one for writing.

But after eleven years in India I couldn’t stay away from Australia any longer. Once again National Geographic to the rescue. They sent us to fabulous Kakadu in northern Australia. A dream assignment to produce another TV special called “Australia’s Twilight of the Dreamtime” and a story for the magazine. But what I took away from Kakadu that I valued most was a deep respect for the Aborigines and their views and understanding of the natural world. It was a revelation.

Australia was not for Belinda. She returned to India where she’s moving heaven and earth to save tigers in the wild.

Over the 45 years up to 2000 I managed to write and illustrate some 20 books for both children and adults.

We have pictures of Australian and Indian plants, animals and landscapes. Living as we do in Australia’s tropical rainforest, our most extensive coverage is of this area. Should you wish to view or use photographs from my picture library they are available from our agents.

Kaisa Breeden

I am a third generation artist and graphic designer—I grew up in a family of eccentric bohemians; artists, writers, sculptors, marionette puppeteers and textile designers. I have eucalyptus in my veins—we lived surrounded by national park; sandstone, waratahs, banksia men and mountain devils deep in the Blue Mountains. The special tingle you get in the soles of your feet shinnying up a smooth–skinned angophra tree I can still feel just by thinking about it (though I'm unlikely to be in a fit enough state to carry out the deed nowadays).

I was a third generation East Sydney Technical College student in my family also, but the first not to graduate (I ran away). To make up for it, I completed a Diploma of Multimedia in 2001.

Jointly:

We have combined our skills and artistic visions into a singular style. Our specialty is nature macro photography using only natural light, and now use new techniques involving HDR (high dynamic range photography), focus stacking, and macro panoramas. We work mostly in tropical rainforest, where we live.
We currently produce large (2 X 1 metre) fine art prints of the highest quality possible in this country. It is an intense and absorbing process.

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