Philip Kuruvita

“Photography is my passion, and for 30 years now I have been lucky enough to do something I love.

Whether it is for my own exhibitions or family portraits, the best thing about being a photographer is that you get invited into some amazing places by amazing people. Family portraits on one day, cookbooks the next, it is the diversity of the photographic assignments that we undertake
that has kept us at the top of our game for so long.”

Many couples say that they could never work together, but Vicki and Philip have been doing it for over 25 years now, since they started their photography studio in Launceston, Tasmania. Their personalities and talents complement each other perfectly so that everything gets done with great attention to all the little details that matter. Samantha, their daughter is following in her father’s footsteps and has joined the business as a fully accredited professional photographer to share the workload and ensure the smooth running of this busy photographic studio.

Five times Tasmanian Professional Photographer of the Year, a Fellow of both the Australian and New Zealand Institiutes of Professional Photography, Philip is Tasmania’s only Grand Master of Photography and one of just a handful in Aus...

Landscape and art photography - the stuff Philip does just for the passion!

Most photographers you talk to will tell you that they got into the industry because they just love taking pictures. All too often, however, this passion gets left behind in the struggle to create a business and earn a living. Very early on, Philip realised that the reason he loved photography was because it allowed him to describe the world, not only in terms of what he saw, but also how he felt. Over the last 20 years, Philip has continued a rigorous program of exhibitions which feature his landscape and art photography - the stuff he does just for the passion! Shooting purely for himself, these images are not constrained by briefs or other people’s requirements, and are a true reflection of the beauty that Philip sees in the world around him.

2015 FACES OF LAUNCESTON - 20 years
Queen Victoria museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
2013 FACES OF LAUNCESTON - Knowledge
New Gallery, UTAS Newnham Campus, Launceston
2012 OUTBACK Wursthaus at Olivers, Launceston
Images of Outback Australia
WINTER Wursthaus at Olivers, Launceston
Images of Winter in Tasmania
2011 COASTAL LIGHT Wursthaus at Olivers, Launceston
Images of coastal Australia
LAUNCESTON Wursthaus at Olivers, Launceston
Images of Launceston
2010 FACES OF LAUNCESTON 2010
Academy Gallery, Inveresk, Launceston
2008 SECONDS OF ETERNITY Wursthaus at Olivers
Images from Tasmania & around the world
AFRICA The Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain
A collection of images from Africa - with Alice Bennett
BREATHING BOULDERS SPEAKING SILENCE
Tasmanian Design Centre, Launceston
A collection of images celebrating the artform of
rock sculptor and landscape designer Chris Calverley
2006 FACES OF LAUNCESTON 2006
Tasmanian Design Centre, Launceston
2004 HERE AND THERE Old Post Office Building,
Launceston
34 images from Tasmania & the other side of the world
solo
exhibitions
2001 NEW YORK Country Club Resort, Launceston
25 images from New York, USA taken just prior to 9/11
2000 SOFT SUMMER DAYS Country Club Res...