IRIS

During the northern summer of corner of Australia 1981 a little group of refugees made the perilous voyage from Vietnam to the Malaysian coast. Among those swiftly sheltered in Australian homes was Dr. Tam Doan, his wife Thanh-Tam Pham and their 10 month old son Hieu. Southern Australian temperatures were below average that June but warm smiles need no translation, this was to be their new home... The Doans treasure the wide open spaces of their Australian home. It constantly lures them from their busy medical practices whenever opportunity arises. Weekends can see them travel for some thousands of kilometers sometimes for just a few images. For them, this is a family affair where each of the members provokes the others to greater and more creative "seeing". In their youth in Vietnam Doctors Tam both enjoyed using an old Canon camera but such pleasures had been put to one side during the tumultuous years that followed... Not until nearly fifteen years later when son Hieu began to..

Also known as: Iris Limited, Iris Photoscapes

Primary location: Kent Australia