About
Brett Leigh Dicks
Born in Sydney, NSW, Australia
Resides in Santa Barbara, CA, USA
and Fremantle, WA, AUS
Brett Leigh Dicks is an Australian/American photographer who shares his time between the United States and Australia. His photographic endeavors have led him to explore the world's natural and urban landscapes with the resulting imagery spanning Australia, America and Europe. In employing the tradition of fine black and white photography, Brett primarily investigates the landscape and the fragile ties that it shares with human history. In addition to his own photographic pursuits Brett has written extensively on the subject of photography along with curating exhibitions for public and private galleries and museums.
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ALUMNI
The Atomic Photographers Guild
Los Angeles Center of Photography
PUBLICATIONS
Behind These Walls
Photographs of Decommissioned Australia Prisons and Gaols
By Brett Leigh Dicks
ISBN 9-780980-677-133, Maitland City Council, 2017
A Quiet Conviction
Photographs of Decommissioned Prisons
By Brett Leigh Dicks
ISBN 978-0-9924351-1-0, Fremantle Prison, 2016
AWARDS
Finalist, 2019 CLIP Award
Finalist 2019 Head On Photography Festival Landscape Prize Award
Finalist, 2019 Mono Awards
Finalist, 2019 Monochrome Awards
Finalist, 2019 Fine Art Photography Awards
Juror's Pick, 2018 LensCulture B&W Photography Award
Winner, 2018 12th Pollux Awards
Juror Selection, 2018 ND Awards
Finalist, 2018 Museums & Galleries NSW Imagine Awards
Finalist, 2018 Fine Art Photography Awards
Finalist, 2018 Sony World Photography Awards
Finalist, 2017 Fine Art Photography Awards
Finalist, 2017 11th Pollux Awards
COLLECTIONS
Attebury Grain
California Department of General Services
Diefenbunker: Canda's Cold War Museum
The City of Jefferson Missouri
The Cold War Museum
Figge Art Museum
Government of Western Australia, State Heritage Office
Maitland City Council
The National Media Museum
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
State Library of New South Wales
Zemaitijos Nacionalinis Parkas
