Peter Dombrovskis b. 2 March 1945

  • Artist (Photographer)
Peter Dombrovskis was intimately involved with the natural environment, not only through photography but as a conservationist and adventurer. He developed a close friendship with Olegas Truchanas', also a Tasmanian nature photographer, calling himself Truchanas' disciple. Dombrovskis was heavily involved with the 1982 No Dams movement led by the Tasmanian Wilderness Society. His photograph Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River (1979) was instrumental in the prevention of the proposed Franklin Dam on the Gordon River in 1982/3. Dombrovskis' large-scale colour photographs possess grandeur and a monumental quality. There is an echo of the sublime character of nature throughout his work
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Mountain Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River
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This work was instrumental in the 'No Dams’ campaign of 1982, it was reproduced in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age and on voting materials for the 1983 federal elections.

 

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  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain, TAS (collected in)
  • Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Digital Collections Pictures, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain, TAS (collected in)
  • Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS (collected in)
  • Australian Heritage Commission (collected in)
  • National Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Digital Collections Pictures, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)