Notes On Peter Dombrovskis.

Born March 1945 Died March 1996
- Australian photographer most notable for capturing scenes of Tasmania.
-Born in a refugee camp in Wiesbadon Germany to Latvian parents.
-Grew up on the slopes of Mount Wellington said to have been the main inspiration for his profound love of nature.
-Became the protege of noted wildlife photographer and activist Olegas Truchanas.
-Equally influenced by American landscape photographers Ansel Adams, Edward and Brett Weston and Elliot Porter.
-Instrumental in the conservation of Tasmanian wild places.
-Photo portraying a section of the Franklin River which was due to be submerged by the proposed Franklin Dam spearheaded the visual appeal in the contentious 'No Dam' campaign of 1982.
-Died while out doing what he loved best, photographing Tasmania.
-For all his photos he used a large format Linhof Master Technika 5x4 inch flatbed field camera, he used only three lens; a 90mm Nikkor F/4.5, a 150mm Schneider Symar-S (standard lens) and a 300mm Nikkor MF9.

 

Photos taken from nla.gov.au

Don't know for sure but the final shot above I believe is of the Franklin River and maybe the one used in the Dam campaign.