About THE INFINITE - Julian Cook Photography

Julian Cook is an award-winning photographer, currently based in Perth, Western Australia.

Originally from the UK, graduating with BA Honours in Fine Art in 1994. He has lived and worked in England, New York, Tokyo and Bali, before moving to Australia in 2012. He has exhibited widely in both Australia and internationally. His work has received numerous international awards and is held in public and private collections.
 

His practice explores the psychological and surreal dimensions of landscape, often blurring the line between inner states and external environments. Working primarily with digital photography, Julian reframes familiar terrains as dreamlike, sometimes absurd spaces shaped by memory, solitude, and human intervention.

A central tension in his work lies between photography’s traditional role as a record of ‘fact’ and the viewer’s awareness that something has shifted — subtly or profoundly — within the frame.

Often drawn to remote or desolate environments, he seeks out places that appear suspended in time — landscapes that seem empty, yet charged with narrative. His imagery reveals moments of stillness and ambiguity, inviting viewers to engage with the landscape as a space of reflection, mystery, unease, or revelation.

 

Recent Photography Awards/ Exhibitions:

 

  • The Mono Awards - Ground Zero - Commended - September 2024
  • Kalgoorlie Arts Prize - Group Show - September 2024
  • Belmont Art Awards - Group Show - September 2024
  • Subiaco Photography Awards - Group Show - Highly Commended - August 2024 
  • The Landscape Awards - Shortlisted - 2024
  • Minnawarra Art Awards 2024 - Group Exhibition, Armadale, Western Australia
  • A Break in the Rain IV - Purchased for the City of Belmont Civic Art Collection
  • APH POTY - Australian Photographer of the Year - Top 10 Award - 2023
  • Belmont Art Awards - Group Show - September 2023
  • Minnawarra Art Awards 2023 - Group Exhibition, Armadale, Western Australia
  • Viewbug - Desert Explorer Competition - Grand Jury Winner - October 2021
  • IPA - International Photography Awards 2020 - Honorable Mention
  • IPA - International Photography Awards 2020 - Honorable Mention
  • A1 Darebin Art Solon 2020 - Group Show - July - August 2020
  • Solo Exhibition - Montsalvat, Melbourne - The Sands of Time - March - June 2020
  • Group Exhibition - Montsalvat, Melbourne - Destruction, Beauty & Hope - February 2020
  • Australian Photography Awards 2019 - Landscape - Honorable Mention
  • Australian Photography Awards 2019 - Landscape - Top 100
  • International Photography Awards 2019 - Honorable Mention x 2
  • See.Me/ Exposure Award – Digital Display at The Louvre, Paris
  • Canon Light Awards – Featured Image in The Daily Telegraph
  • International Photography Awards 2017 - Honorable Mention x 2
  • Won Photo4Me Editor's Choice Award
  • Travel Photographer Asia 2016 - Featured
  • Fine Art America - Homepage Featured
  • Fine Art America - Art Photography Featured
  • Won Viewbug Achievement in Originality Award
  • Won Viewbug Featured Award - Many Times
  • Won Viewbug Peer Choice Award
  • Won Viewbug Staff Favourite Award
  • Won Viewbug Staff Winter Selection Award
  • Won Viewbug Curators Choice Award
  • Won Viewbug Member Selection Award
  • Won Viewbug Curator's Choice Award
  • Won Viewbug Behind The Lens Award - Many Times

Biography Archive:

2006

  • Living Exposure (Best Contemporary Photography) - Photography Auction, Bonham's, London
  • EPSON - Focus on Imaging, Birmingham NEC
  • BIPP - Focus on Imaging, Birmingham NEC
  • Camerasure Alliance – Exhibition - Focus on Imaging, Birmingham NEC
  • Runner up in the Camerasure Alliance Fine Art Competition 2006

2005

  • UK Winner in the Camerasure Alliance Fine Art Competition 2005
  • Guest Lecturer - Maltese Photographic Association, Malta
  • Award of Excellence - British Professional Photography Awards 2005
  • Over 20 Merits - British Professional Photography Awards 2005
  • Living Exposure (Best Contemporary Photography) - Photography Auction, Bonham's, London
  • Fuji Film Digital Retoucher of the Year 2005 Finalist with an Exhibition in AOP Gallery, London
  • Full 6 page photography feature in the January edition of The Photographer magazine

2004

  • Award of Excellence - British Professional Photography Awards 2004
  • Over 20 Merits - British Professional Photography Awards 2004
  • Photographer of the week - British Journal of Photography
  • Licentiate Member of The British Institute of Professional Photography

2003

  • Photography Exhibition - Sabou Gallery Dogome, Akiruno City, Japan
  • Photography Exhibition - Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
  • Photography Exhibition - Gallery M - Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan

2002

  • Photography Exhibition - Gallery M - Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan

Pre-Millenium

  • Fresh Art - Business & Design Centre, London
  • Mythinformation - Fine Art Exhibition - Hackney Arts Centre, London
  • EXI(S)T - Fine Art Exhibition - Merlin Theatre, Sheffield 
  • Fulcrum - Fine Art Exhibition - The Magnet, Manchester 
  • Fine Art Exhibition - Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield