David Hume

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On Finding Inspiration

On Finding Inspiration

An essay on finding inspiration in your photography. In short: don’t hold your breath.

David January 10, 2020November 26, 2020 Art, Photography Read more

Why Shoot Film

This is a little essay on what film brings to my photography

David January 10, 2020November 26, 2020 Art, Photography Read more

Venice Biennale 2019

A couple of photo essays on the Venice Biennale of 2019.

David November 15, 2019July 28, 2024 Art, Photography, Reviews, Travel Read more

Italy 2019

Here are the photo essays from our Italian Trip 2019.

David November 15, 2019June 4, 2021 Photography, Travel Read more

On the Beach

These photos were made at Aldinga Beach from the mid 1990s to the end of 2018. I am still trying to paint those cliffs. They are part photo, part memory, and part of an exploration of how we see things. They

David December 4, 2018December 27, 2020 Photography Read more
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Fleurieu, Perceptions of Place (2023)

Fleurieu, Perceptions of Place (2023)

A photographic exhibition for the SALA Festival of 2023

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Recent Posts and Articles

  • Sensor Sensibility July 27, 2024
  • 1000 Words – Lee Salomone April 23, 2022
  • 1000 Words – Gretl Watson-Blazewicz March 23, 2022
  • Camillagate: Highway ’96 Revisited December 4, 2021
  • 1000 Words – Vicky Dennison November 10, 2021

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Contact David

Send me an email or get in touch via Instagram.

My email address is

(myfirstname) at (myfirstandlastnames) dot (net).

I'm hoping humans can work this puzzle out and robots can't!

I welcome feedback and like catching up with other visual artists, photographers and writers.

Cheers, David

Enjoy an Instie

David Hume

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This is not a painting of the sea - it is a painti This is not a painting of the sea - it is a painting of a photograph (of the sea). So why do we call it a photo if it comes out of a printer at Officeworks and call it a painting when I make it at home out of oil paint? 

I'm glad you asked.

The distinction between a photograph and a painting is, on the surface, material. One is made of ink or silver; the other, of pigment and oil. But when a photograph is not simply printed, but painted from—when it is rendered again, by hand, in oil—it enters a different space. In this space, the photograph ceases to be merely a trace of reality, and becomes a site of re-authorship. It is no longer a "capture" but a construction. But, for the record, I'd like to say that I still think this is a photo.

#photography #oilpainting #seascape #postphotography
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What’s Next for Team Dave?

In 2025 I'm working on a book based around a month I spent in Venice in 1995, as well as looking at new ways of rendering my ongoing low light seascape works.

In 2024 I began to develop ideas for some new work, which was exhibited in the Newmarch Gallery in May 2025.

2023 was mainly directed to working towards a solo show in August. This show formed part of the SALA (South Australian Living Artists) Festival and was held in Adelaide. It brought with it many wonderful things and made me very tired. I am now trying to recharge after three very challenging years. (Challenging, that is, by my standards.) I'm still working on a couple of series in 2024 though, and we'll see how that goes.

2021-22 saw the completion of a Masters Degree in Contemporary Art at UniSA. This was a return to full time study for the first time since 1984.

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