Welcome to the Karl Sharp Photographics website.
I am a photographer based in Sydney, Australia.

Karl is an up-and-coming young photographer, with a background in the graphic arts industry.

Karl worked in the industry for 14 years prior to changing his career and becoming a full time photographer in 2001.

It was in the graphic arts industry where Karl received his formal training, which he later complemented with additional training in photography, digital technology and design.

Karl has had a lifelong interest in photography (beginning with quirky shots taken as a ten-year old) and decided to pursue photography as a full time career, spurred on by some initial success with his exhibition “Images of India” at the Hester Gallery in Newtown in 1998.

Karl's special photographic interest lies in documenting city life, its people and its architecture.

Most of his personal work is taken in black & white, focusing on seemingly unusual coincidences and collisions of people and their creations - be they buildings, objects, environments or social occasions. These images to Karl are simply realities that often escape our perceptions as the result of the increasingly "busy" contemporary life most of us lead.

His business, Karl Sharp Photographics, commenced in January 2001, mainly focusing on the architecture and construction industries.

Other aspects of his work include commercial photography and events, both for private and government clients.

Karl has been continuing to gain in recognition through purchases of his photographs by the NSW State Library, National Library of Australia and the Australian War Memorial.

For further information please contact me.
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Many thanks to Grea for her help with this website.

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