Nathan David Kelly
A lifetime of photography
Nathan has spent more than 30 years creating images.
His skill, attention to detail, the ability to create images spontaneously, approach subject matter in unique and different ways and always seeking to align his way of seeing the world and his vision as a photographer into the final image is what makes Nathan a true professional.
Kelly's work has been published all over the world in books, magazines and television productions.
His photographs are also included in several prestigious collections and galleries including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Portrait Gallery and The National Library of Australia.
It was amazing to see the one amd only Missy Higgins on Sunday night at Savannah In The Round up here in Far North Queensland.
This allowed me to create one of the best live photographs I think I have ever taken, top 10 for sure.
I saw her making these hand gestures the first chorus when I was photographing wide with the gorgeous back up sing
ers in the background and took a gamble this would occur in the second chorus...and it did.
What do you think is it a classic image of Missy in full flight 🤷♂️
@missyhigginsmusic @savannahintheround @athertontablelands @visitmareebashire #savannahintheround #missyhiggins #livemusicphotography #concertphotographer #cairnsphotographer
Come along and see @heather.kelly_music play @tanksartscentre on the 30th of October....tickets are just $10
There was a lot of music over the weeekend at Savannah In The Round but the most beautiful, moving and authentic was seeing James Blundell and his son Briar at midday on The Bull Bar Stage, you couldnt fit anymore people in there.
The stories and the songs...
And good advice
"The thing with touble is, trouble starts with fun"
@thejblundell @briarblundellmusic @savannahintheround
#jamesblundell #countrymusic #ausmusic #savannahintheround @david_crisafulli @breejamesmp @davidkemptonlnp
So great to see James Blundell this weekend at Savannah In The Round, I haven`t seen him since the 1990s.
His set with his son was just so beautiful and authentic.
In the 1990s there was not much of a country music scene like today in Australia and I remember James and Lee Kernaghan were treated pretty poorly by the industry and the press back then...for being not "real" country boys
We both agreed the 90s were great and that the songs of Slim Dusty have just grown over time.
He has kept doing what he was doing and I have kept doing what I was doing....hope it isnt 25 years till our paths cross again.
If James is coming by for a show get along and see it.
@thejblundell #jamesblundell #countrymusic #australiancountrymusic
#savannahintheround
@briarblundellmusic
What a festival....what a band.
Cal Callaghan amongst the crowd at Savannah In The Round.
@savannahintheround @ganggajang #ganggajang #savannahintheround
It is always interesting to reconnect with people you knew from another place and another time doing other things.
I caught up with Billy Vincemt yesterday who is running haed chasing his dreams as a musician through Nashville, New York and LA and came along to play Savvanah In The Round.
A young musician to watch for sure.
@billyvincentofficial
#billyvincentmusic
Look as a photographer if you are gonna get called out by anyone.... Don Maclean is a good one 🙈🙈🙈
Just before my phone died.
I have never seen a crowd dance and sing along like tonite at Savannah In The Round when he played American Pie .... what a life moment for me and many others.
@thedonmclean @savannahintheround #americanpie #donmaclean #savannahintheround
James Blundell needed a bigger stage.
@thejblundell @savannahintheround
@musickingdomaustralia
#jamesblundell #savannahintheround
@briarblundellmusic
the journey
"I love creating images it is the way I gain understanding of the world in which I live and the experiences I have...to record these moments to share with the world...that is what I do."
"Nathan Kelly has produced some of the best music portraiture i have ever seen, simply by being where it matters most.
Away from the public Gaze."
Mark Seymour
"You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears"
Paul Cezanne
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