Biographical
Len Metcalf
Artist | Photographer | Writer | Educator | Adventurer
Copyright © Tim Parkin
PUBLICATIONS
Journeys of the heart, Jody Rose, Arbon Publishing 2015
Photography Compendium, Australia, Bob Kersey & Mary Meyer, Daylight Productions, Sydney
XOXO Magazine Issue #1 Nov 2013
Better Photography, regular contributor, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Australian Photography, 2012 - regular contibutor
Camera Review, 2014, 2015, 2017
Australian photography and gallery compendium 2011, Bob Kersey, Daylight Productions, Sydney
Mediapedia, creative tools and techniques for camera, computer and beyond, 2009, Kit Laybourne, The Global Pequot Press, Connecticut,
Studio Bambini 2005
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION JUDGE
Willoughby Heritage Awards, 2014
Southern Highlands Camera Society, Annual Photography Awards 2011
Inter club competition 2011, 3 Western Sydney Camera Clubs
Australian Climbing Festival Photographic Competition - Judge 2007
Blue Mountains Photographers Exhibition / Competition - Judge 2006/2005/2004
Blue Mountains wilderness photography competition - Judge & Sponsor 2012
PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS
Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club
Lower Blue Mountains Camera Club
Highlands Camera Society
Northside Creatives Camera Club
Blacktown Camera Club
Inner West Camera Society
Hawksbury Camera Club
Blackheath Art Society
Copyright © Herb Asherman
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Intimates’, Light and Shadow Gallery, Leura 2018-2019
Nudes; a retrospective. Photo Muse, The Indian Museum of Photography, India 2017-2018
Landscapes of the mind, Hat Hill Gallery Blackheath 2007
‘The Northern Territory in Black and White’ The Smoke House Gallery Yerrinbool 2006
Intimate Landscapes, Redbank Gallery, Picton 2005
“Canyons of the Blue Mountains Wilderness”, an exhibition of Ilfochrome prints at the Leonard Metcalf Gallery, 2000
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
I Speak for the Trees, organised and curated by Unni Pulikkal, featuring Mark Littlejohn, Tim Parkin, Unni Pulikkal S. Herb Asherman, Theo Berends, Sake Elzinga and Len Metcalf. Photo Muse, The Indian Museum of Photography, India 2017-2018
I Speak for the Trees, organised and curated by Len Metcalf, featuring Mark Littlejohn, Tim Parkin, Unni Pulikkal S. Herb Asherman, and Len Metcalf. Heritage Gallery NPWS Blackheath June 2017
A Meeting of the Minds Exhibition, featured artist, The Lake District, UK November 2016
Abstracted, Judy Warburton, Thomas Buckwalter & Len Metcalf, TAP Gallery, November 2014
Beauty, Mike Stacey, Ian Brown & Len Metcalf, Gallery in the Park, NPWS Cultural Centre Blackheath October 2014
Naked Lens, fine art nudes organised and curated by Len Metcalf, featuring: Jock Sturges, Anthony Browell, Gordon Undy, Peter Stanton, Roberto Duran, Garth Knight, Zelko Nedic, Edmond Thommen, Thea Tulich, Nicole Bordes, Yaz O'Brien, Dawn Webb, Murray Austin, Scott Hartog, Mandy Harvey, Vivian Ward & Len Metcalf May - June 2013, Gallery Mercure, Darlinghurst 2013
Atmospheres, Mike Stacey, Ian Brown & Len Metcalf, Gallery in the Park, NPWS Cultural Centre Blackheath September 2013
Over exposed, Nicole Bordes, Thea Tulich, & Len Metcalf - TAP Gallery Darlinghurst 2012
Slow Photography, Mike Stacey, Ian Brown & Len Metcalf, Bramier Gallery, Springwood, 2011
Blue Mountains Photographers Exhibition - 2003/2002/2001
Break O Day - Tasmanian Wilderness Photography Exhibition - The Wilderness Gallery, Tasmania, 2004
Beardies Festival, Glen Innes, Lyre-Bird Dell & Coachwood Forrest photographs, 2000
Graduating Students Exhibition, Ivan Dohety Gallery, , Handmade book of photographs, drawings and lithographs & Belmore Falls series of photographs, 1987
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
Queer, Christine and Len, Mardi GRAS fringe exhibition, TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, 2012
The Angle and the Cross, Christine and Len, Mercure Hotel, Potts Point, 2012
Accidents of Beauty, Christine and Len, TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, 2011
You + Me = LOVE, Christine and Len, Ambo Ars, Newton, Head On Photo Festival, 2011
AWARDS
Olive cotton portrait awards - finalist 2011
5th Annual Lloyd Rees Youth Art Award, Awarded Second Prize, Open Section, photo-realistic watercolour “Autumn Leaves”, 1984
Graduating Students Exhibition, City Art Institute, NSW Institute of the Arts, awarded Best Overall Advanced Colour Photography, photographic installation, 1987
Willoughby Municipal Art Exhibition, Highly Commended, “Belmore Falls Series”, Kangaroo Valley. 1988
'Leonard Lizard Loves It' Chakola Circa 1985 - unknown photographer
LEN'S QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Master of Education (Adult Education), University of Technology, Sydney
Graduate Diploma in Education (Art Education), University of Sydney
Certificate IV Workplace Trainer and Assessor, University of Technology, Sydney
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts - Photography major), City Art Institute, Sydney
Diploma in digital imaging, Western Sydney TAFE NSW
OUTDOORS
Diploma (Outdoor Recreation), Blue Mountains College, Western Sydney Institute, TAFE NSW)
Alpine bushwalking guide
Adventure based Learning
Adventure tourism
High and low ropes course supervisor
Search & rescue
Basic Canoe Skills Instructor
Cross Country Ski Teacher
OTHER
Advanced Wilderness First Aid
Certificate IV Small Business Management
Statement of Attainments:
Indigenous studies
Mental Health First Aid
Suicide Assist
Web design
On-Line & Distance Education