The Photographs of Len Johnston

JOHANNA BEACH
& THE VICTORIAN COAST

Photographs from 1980s to the present day
(a small selection)

A constant.. a teenager then an "adult" with a kombi, like the ocean forever changing, but perhaps not that much at all?

An unending source of inspiration and regeneration, a place and a friend...

the 80s

gSweetie at Johanna 2006... she didn't like the sea

Pt Campbell, 1986

Phillip Island, 1985

Wave, Port Campbell 1985

Pt. Campbell, 1986

Kelly's Steps, Port Campbell 1985

Winter at Johanna, 1985

Diny at Johanna, 1985

Johanna Wave 1985

UNTITLED SERIES

1986 - 1996

(a selection)

The work on show here was the main photographic focus throughout the 1990s.
At this time I was so caught up with photography and wanted to change that fixation.
Other than this photographic work at Johanna and other southern beaches for the remainder
of that time the camera usually stayed in the drawer and I got on with with other aspects of life.
Balance, perspective and development have their place in life as well as in the visual arts!

It was refreshing to visit Johanna and impose a limited subject matter - hand, beach, sand, seaweed and the elements. There was always something new, never tiring of it.. An exhibition in 1996 at Ertia Gallery was culled from this body of work.
Since that time I've dropped my hand, while still photographing the beach but the gaze has returned and broadened as before.