Nilmini De silva

Country: Australia 🇦🇺

I am a national and international award winning photographer from Australia and a Grand Master of the Australian Photographic Society (APS). I have also obtained honours from the Federation of International Photographic Art (FIAP) and the Photographic Society of America (PSA). I love to combine my passion for writing & documenting, with my sense of adventure and insatiable curiosity. I draw my inspiration from places that are off the beaten track and the people I meet while travelling.

I discovered my passion for photography in 2010 when I spent a month volunteering in South Africa on a Conservation & Photography project during a sabbatical year travelling solo. Since then, I have launched a number of photographic exhibitions including an exhibition at the HeadOn 2015 Photo Festival. In 2014 I authored ‘Fate or Destiny, Living Life with Passion’, a book of stories and images that aim to inspire people to make conscious choices in life.

I shoot a variety of genres with my drone and Canon R6. My curiosity to explore a new genre, led me to aerial abstracts during the Covid lockdowns. It is fast becoming the place where I am crafting my own style. I find that photographing the landscape from an aerial perspective is quite other-worldly and helps me create unique images.