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FEATURE “ Areli Bosson

I grew up in regional Victoria where my German father and Filipino mother owned a
bakery. As a mixed race child in a rural area my life seemed a bit different to other local
children, however I was always a creative child with a wild imagination. My sister and I
would spend weekends making home movies and imaginary fashion photoshoots.
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Our other favourite pastime was exploring our beautiful backyard, running through our neighbours
paddocks or walking along the old railway track. We were surrounded by everything that embodies the
unique Australian bush.
I have vivid memories of trees full of noisy corellas, I won’t lie, I barely slept a wink all week. Always
a paddock full of kangaroos, waking up to the a perfectionist I knew I wanted the photos to be
kookaburras laughing, mist rolling lazily along the something this family would cherish forever, so I
valleys in the early mornings, the smell of gumtrees put a huge amount of pressure on myself. I woke on
in the bush after the rain. I remember as a young the day of the session with anxious excitement but
child dreaming of one day owning a farm with horses, from that first family session, I knew this was where
cows, chickens and baby goats. Although it’s yet to be I wanted to be. The pull of capturing families in their
realised, this dream is still the driving motivation in my natural environment will always have my heart. I’m
work today. a storyteller and being able to capture the love and
emotion between people and freezing it in time, to be
Learning to shoot manual with my first DSLR reignited looked at for years to come is both a privilege and an
my forgotten love of photography and awakened my honour.
inspiration. I started out by shooting the landscapes
around me. Watching the light filter through the I still pinch myself that I have been privileged to be
gumtrees and the texture that nature provides was an published in Inside Out magazine and the Sunday
obvious source of inspiration. Golden hour is still my Telegraph and to shoot for wonderful Australian
favourite time of day to photograph. The soft warm light brands such as Ottway the Label and Barefoot Blonde.
gives a dream-like feel to my images. Seeing my images in print was such a memorable
moment in my career and I hope that I am lucky
My first official photography job was a natural enough to have further opportunities in the editorial
horsemanship clinic for a friend. Spending the day space.
smelling horses and leather then telling the story of
the clinic through photos left me wanting more. I could Feel free to say “Hi” on my instagram: arelibosson
feel both my curiosity and confidence building and I or on my facebook arelibossonphotography I am so
suddenly needed to photograph everything. I reached grateful for this beautiful community of creatives.
out to a local family and asked if I could take some Areli Bosson
photos of them with the stunning Tathra beach as a
backdrop. Instagram - @arelibosson
Facebook - arelibossonphotography

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