Biography

With a creative background stretching back to childhood (when she was known to vandalise the bedroom walls with crayon rabbit drawings and won 3rd prize in a photography competition at age 8), Cyndi went on to study a specific Art & Design stream for year 12.

After years of creative slumber working in a corporate environment, she obtained employment with one of Melbourne’s premiere bridal design houses and then eventually opened her own bridal boutique, creating unique hand crafted bridal gowns. Business took off and Cyndi’s gowns landed on the covers of five bridal magazines, shot by legendary wedding photographers such as Jerry Ghionis and Yervant. In this time, she also gained three Highly Commended Australian Achiever awards for excellence and won an Australian Bridal Industry Association award (with an unheard of perfect 100% score) for quality and service.

More recently, she has completed a Bachelor of Photography (following on from an Advanced Diploma - Art Major) at Photography Studies College in Melbourne, and a Diploma of Graphic Design at Torrens University. She also won the 2015 Victorian Student of the Year at the Australian Institute of Professional Photography's Victorian Epson awards.

It’s not so much a love of picking up a camera and taking a picture, but the construction of an image that holds a fascination for her, either spending hours (or days) making props and constructing sets, or playing with total image manipulation and compositing elements to make something new. Creating another world or a fictional scene, quite often with a hint of humour or absurdity is where the fun lies for her; creating something that didn’t exist before.

Among Cyndi’s favourite things are extremely hot chillies and rollercoasters, as they help to satisfy the secret thrill seeker that lurks inside. Her Burmese cats love Photoshop too, as they always seem to crowd out the desk and ‘help’.