The Travellist Issue 1 October 2014 | Page 5

PHOTOGRAPHERS JOHAN BUTENSCHØN SKRE Johan is currently working in Oslo(Norway) and Swansea (UK)as a photographer and consultant. Not a travel photographer as such, but like many photographers he loves to travel. New people, visual variety, memorable smells and foreign languages are his greatest sources of inspiration. Every culture has a different angle on what it means to be human, something Johan’s personal work attempts to explore. www.facebook.com/slowphotographyno www.photoconsult.co.uk [email protected] EMMA MATSUDA Emma Matsuda is a Melbourne based photographer and cinematographer. Emma began taking photographs at the age of 15 on her father’s cheap Olympus digital camera. Realising that it wasn’t the camera but rather her ability to see the world photographically and intuitively, she began to realise that it was possible to portray beauty in any way she wanted. Being able to manipulate reality and make it whatever it was in her mind became the sole reason for Emma’s ongoing fascination with photography. It started with nature, with people and – more often than not – with places. To make a place seem more magical than it was at heart became exciting and a form of escapism. After graduating from the prestigious Victorian College of the Arts in 2012, Emma joined film production company Black Forest Films, where she recently shot the feature film ‘Under A Kaleidoscope’. In early 2014, she started her own freelance photography and videography company because, more than anything else, she couldn't tolerate having a boring retail job. It is Emma’s dream to make music videos and films full time – but she is also in love with mixed media, film and video, writing, and creative expression of any kind. www.emmamatsuda.com (folio) www.emmamatsudaimaging.com (business) [email protected] NICOLAS TOUZE Nicolas was born in France and grew up in Africa. After 13 years in Nigeria, 11 years in France and 6 years in Switzerland, Nicolas relocated to Australia in 2013 where he is working as a recruiter in Sydney. Nicolas has a true passion for traveling and for cultural diversity and loves sharing it through photography when he is not working. He bought his first DSLR while travelling in Thailand in 2008 and has since been focusing on people and landscape photography. http://500px.com/Nico2z https://www.facebook.com/Nico2z.photography/info KYO WU Photographer from Taiwan. Kyo received his first SLR camera when he was in the fifth grade. Since then, he has been recording images of wild animals and utilizing photography as a means of storytelling the lives of animals. Kyo has embarked on numerous trips around Taiwan on photography expeditions focusing on insects to promote issues related to conservation. Now he is making plans to travel to Sumatra, Indonesia, to photograph wild tigers. In addition to wildlife photography, Kyo also specializes in wedding and fashion photography. ERIC XIAO Photographer from Taiwan. He likes to live in contact with all levels of life and to observe people and ideas to condense into every single photograph. Hobbies are travelling; he likes to walk with a camera into the corners between streets and alleys, waiting to discover and capture hidden moments that occur all around. Currently specializes in street photography, documentaries, graphic design and brand design. OCTOB E R 2014 3