BIO

Stuart Spence started out as a magazine photographer in Sydney in the 80's and early 90's, specialising in celebrity portraiture, principally shooting magazine features, record covers and advertising campaigns.

From 1986 till 1992 he produced an extensive black and white portrait exhibition called Salute, and in 1994 showed his colour portrait series called Lost In Face.

From 2003-2007, Stu devoted his time almost exclusively to fine art photography and the completion of As Yet Unclear Pt 1., which showed at the Mary Place Gallery in Paddington, Sydney in 2007.

As Yet Unclear Pt. 2 (complete with artist interpretations) was shown at the Noosa Regional Gallery in Sept/Oct 2008, the Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney and will open at MARS Gallery, Melbourne in July 8th - August 2nd.

Spence has produced regular columns for the Sydney Morning Herald, Qantas and Virgin in-flight magazines, has shot book covers for Allen and Unwin and Harper Collins publishers, and has also written and photographed personality and travel pieces for GQ, W Magazine (NY), Women's Wear Daily (NY), The New Scientist (UK), Australian Style, Rolling Stone, Juice, The Weekend Australian, The Good Weekend and Spectrum.

He has worked on television, received awards for album cover art, guest lectured at University of Technology, Sydney, and has done extensive charity work.

Of late, Stu has been immersed in the wild new world of mobile phone entertainment... but that's another story!

FYI, Spence wears shirts of questionable taste, and when asked, thinks he does a hilarious Jack Nicholson impersonation.