Vincent Ross

Chai Girl, print on canvas, 1219x1524mm, $565

Hashish Pipe, print on canvas, 914x1219mm, $385

Hilltribe Girl, print on canvas, 914x1219mm , $385

Pushkar Boy, print on canvas, 1219x1524mm, $565

Rajasthani Gypsy, print on canvas, 1219x1524mm, $565

Snake Charmer, print on canvas, 1219x1524mm, $565

Two Turbans, print on canvas, 914x1219mm, $385

Veiled Lady, print on canvas, 500x800mm, $265

ARTIST: Vincent Ross

Vice President Australian Society of Travel Writers
I have been a journalist for 28 years, working in newspapers and public relations, and over the past ten years as a freelance travel writer and photojournalist.

I am keen to help promote projects, pursuits and developments of an environmental or humanitarian nature, or which help generate a wider awareness of the world's natural wonders. I see travel photography as an art form which reflects the unique character and beauty of foreign landscapes and cultures.

People and places visited, written about and photographed over the past 30 years cover countries including Turkey, Thailand, Laos, Borneo, Bali, Sri Lanka, Israel, Greece, Britain, Scotland, France, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Singapore, Malaysia, North Korea, South Korea, Tahiti, Fiji, Samoa, India, New Caledonia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Macau, the Philippines, Argentina, Australia, the Falkland Islands and Antarctica.

I believe travel writers and photographers have the potential to make a difference to the world our children will inherit by broadening public understanding and appreciation of the lives of others, the fascinating subtleties of foreign cultures and the exotic landscapes which shape them.

In 2004 I won the Best Travel Feature Award, presented by the Korea National Tourism Organisation, for a feature article on a stay in a South Korean Buddhist temple.