Fantastic work. There is not a cliche in the bunch. There is an inherent respect for your subject, and for life, in your work that makes the most brutal photos a commentary on the wonder of life on earth. Your work is very humble also, not claiming to have any answers, but the answers float to the surface as it evolves. Much is said by not being said. Your awareness of light begs for more b&w. Looking forward to it.

Some very inspiring work from Trent Parke and essay producer Gideon Gold. Amazing!

those are inspiring works....cant wait for any incoming ones.

Dream/Life is one of my favorite books. I love the Minutes to Midnight work -- a remarkable point of view. I want that book NOW!

tremendous stuff trent. tremendous photography. tremendous feeling. tremendous Oz pictures. tremendous Oz story. tremendous relationship with light. great show too. is this online show going to stay available for ever (ish!)? i want to show it to everybody. i want to come back to it. here's to you and colour. you and narelle. you and your son. until another day my best /michael

Man what can I say. I feel youve taken my pictures for all the times I didnt, and Ill tell you what, you inspire me. ive lost my faith in photography in the past and Ive become embroiled in the tools and now I feel the need to almost get into a bath of developer myself. I lived and loved in Australia more then a decade ago and to be honest I never heard of ye until about a week ago, and you images strike me so much, they look like my own dark work taken on the streets of Sydney. I now live in Seattle and lifes the same as it is everywhere, America, ireland, Australia etc. man Ive seen changes, I saw my own country change from a veiled sleepy waterlogged chapel of discontent to a hardnosed brittle empty space, in just ten years. i have photos of Ireland in the early 90s when the world was fully awake and alive in new times and that country still slipped in its own wet farts. There is a beauty in those images, I knew it then but it was a private knowledge, everyone hated everything back then, so did I, but my pictures helped me to see, and when you said what you said in that film, I nearly broke down because spoke for me, you constructed the words for me, you made me realise something. All the best, and I wish you the very best in everything for you your other half and your little kid. Joe

too many photographers today, just a few photography lovers. thank you, trent parke, your work is a great example of personal commitment and professional integrity. ... and... yes,very inspiring, thank you again. From mexico city

Really quite spectacular. I really enjoyed imagining Australia as a dark place and waiting/anticipating light. Rhett Calgary, Alberta, Canada www.rockstarpoet.ca

Trent, we met in Paris after WPP in 99. I remember seeing some of your "wave" prints and thinking this guy is really on to something. Your work has evolved continuously, the key to being a true artist, which you are. And as Dorothy discovers, you have shown that magic that lurks around us, around our homes and lives, not only in far away places and exotic locales. Bravo. Roger

Thank you for your words and pictures! They´ve show me how photography is linked with life and dream.

trent, what an amazing documentary. it is great to be able to let speak the photograpy the life you live. these picture are your life. a moment in time, or is it the time of the moment? Only a few people can reach that stage. i am looking so much forward to the beginning of the new era, where color will take over the emotions and where you will achieve the what has never been done before. great! boris

you've done excellent work that you should be proud of. adding color will be new challenge but i guess nothing can go wrong with your way of seeing things around. wish you all the best!

I'm sitting in the dark, alone at home, it's 3 days before Christmas and I don't have a job. Corporate America decided they didn't have room for me anymore. I've been shooting some during this time but I didn't know where to go until I saw this piece. Trent you have given me the kick I needed to get out and explore my world, as you explored yours. As I type this thoughts of selling my home and paying off the Subaru are swirling about my brain. But for me my world is a place the size of Oregon (US). But I think I might just take off for a year or so. You've shown me how. This is some of the most honest work I've seen in a long time. The way you describe photography as a way to see your world really hit home in my heart, as I share that sentiment. Your shots are absolutely amazing, and I say good for you on your move to color. Man can not live on line and shape alone! Thank you for your work. Todd Meucci ~ Meucciphotographic

The reasons for the darkness, I feel are : overpopulation of the world even though there are not many folk in the outback, they are still affected by the # 2 cause : Media

Beautiful, classic and modern in the same time. "Life is in colour, but black and white is more realistic" is the theme I am working on at the moment. Greetings from the Netherlands.

..a real inspiration. I'm ashamed to say I've never seen your images before but will definately seek out and buy a copy of Minutes to Midnight asap. Thanks!

Fantastic moment. Parke's work is one of the most interesting in photography now. Inspiration, look on the world...thank you. It's remember me the city work of Harry Callahan.

Some of the things you say about loving life and about blocking out when your mother died I can relate to so easily and like yourself I chase images that stir my unconconscious they are the only ones that are valid for me. Love your work awesome and so moving

I love Trent Parke's work and hearing him talk about it just encouraged that interest. There is definately something special about his images and how he produces them. I've actually seen some of his prints at a photography festival and they are even more captivating in person. Infact i am currently focusing on his work Minutes to Midnight for my uni project. Trent, you inspre me! Nathan