Rodney Schaffer B.Sc, B.A (photog), M.A (photog) is an Internationally acclaimed fine art and commercial photographer whose career has spanned both worlds. He was a founding partner of Whites Creek Lane and Globe Studios Sydney and Big Studio Melbourne. His commercial work has taken him all over the world where he has documented and exhibited work from Rio de Janeiro and South America. Schaffer’s most recent work has brought his focus back home, it explores the interaction between imagination and landscape. His series, ‘Before the Deluge’ was shot over a 2 year period. Schaffer traversed the seascapes around Sorrento, utilising his skills and equipment from his high end commercial work to produce incredible detailed studies of rock and ocean as sculptural forms.
“The project is informed by research into the contested notions of the sublime and the beautiful, and influenced by historical and contemporary approaches to landscape theory and image-making.”
Schaffer undertook this project as a shift away from from his structured and more restrictive commercial work to explore a more personal and psychologically based photographic inquiry.
Rod has won global recognition appearing in Award Shows, British Design & Art Direction (D&AD), Folio, Communication Arts, Graphis, Cannes, Archives 200 Best Photographers, AWARD, MADC, New York One Show and London Festivals.