Concrete Playground

The Jungle and the Sea is a collection of photographs taken in the northern reaches of the New Guinea islands. The exhibition spans three years, and documents a people untouched by modernity, where the jungle and the sea provide everything that is needed to sustain life. This is a rich and delicate series of portraits that allude to the harsh reality of life in the jungle, while maintaining a respect for it’s beautiful simplicity.

Ted O’Donnell is a fashion and portrait photographer, with a background in reportage photography. He works in Sydney shooting for designers, artists and magazines, and was recently selected as one of 10 outstanding emerging Australian Artists in the Absolut Pedestrian.tv State of the Arts series. After travelling to Papua New Guinea for the first time in 2008, he has been unable to resist the simplicity and freedom of life in the islands and is continually drawn back.