Levon Baird

Bio

ORIGINALLY FROM WAIHEKE ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND LEVON BAIRD'S CURIOUS MIND LEAD HIM TO TAKING PICTURES ON THE STREETS OF WELLINGTON WHERE HE STUDIED FILM. THROUGH A PROCESS OF OBSERVATION, EXPERIMENTATION AND RESEARCH, HE TRAINED HIMSELF IN THE MEDIUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY. HE HAS CONTINUED TO RELY ON THAT SAME PRACTICE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER: FINDING INSPIRATION IN DIVERSE AREAS, WORKING IN A BROAD RANGE OF MEDIA FROM LO-FI DIGITAL TO DARKROOM PRINTED FILM, AND DRAWING REFERENCE EVERYWHERE FROM REALIST ART TO URBAN TYPOGRAPHY. LEVO HAS A CONSIDERED AND GRAPHIC STYLE AND UNIQUE COLOUR WORK THAN IT CAN EASILY BE CATEGORISED BY A SINGULAR GENRE OF PHOTOGRAPHY. HE OFTEN SPANS STILL LIFE, DOCUMENTARY, PORTRAITURE AND FASHION SENSIBILITIES IN AN INDIVIDUAL IMAGE. HE HAS WORKED WITH COMMERCIAL CLIENTS SUCH AS DAVID JONES, NIKE, ROMANCE WAS BORN, SASS & BIDE, GENERAL PANTS, MANNING CARTELL AND KITX AND EDITORIAL CLIENTS VOGUE AUSTRALIA, DOINGBIRD, I-D, OYSTER, PAPER, SIDE NOTE, JONES.