Dara Kretschmer Photo

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The path to my career in photography began, like many, when I picked up one of my parents’ cameras and began to shoot. We were fortunate to have a number of cameras around the house, as my grandfather was a photographer and owned a camera store in Omaha. My parents encouraged me in many ways – one of which was never once questioning the amount of film I was having developed (and charging
to their account) at the local camera store.

In high school, I took my first photography class, learning how to develop both film and prints, in black and white and colour. I did every photography class available and worked on the yearbook. There was a brief interval in my photographic career as I veered into law school at Duke University. Later, living and working in New York, I studied at the International Center of Photography, defining and refining my aesthetic.

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Dara Kretschmer is a fine art photographer who has lived and worked in New York, Los Angeles, Melbourne and Sydney. A native of Los Angeles, she has worked in commercial photography in both the USA and Australia where her work has been included in numerous publications and advertising campaigns.

Her works are also held in a number of private collections.

In addition to her commercial photography, Dara has worked as a portrait photographer since she settled in Sydney in 1994. Over that time, she has had the opportunity to work with numerous subjects and family groups around Australia.