Natalie Cunningham

Natalie Arber is a self-taught lifestyle and environmental portrait photographer based in Melbourne who practices mostly in black and white. She documents candid moments with an emphasis on authenticity, emotions and human expression. Natalie carried a camera around and enjoyed photography from a very young age but didn’t take it seriously until boredom during the lockdowns in the pandemic kicked in! She converted her garage into a studio and spent most of the two years in there making portraits with her family, experimenting with various camera techniques and lighting. Once the world opened up again she explored all genres from macro to landscape and while she enjoys all of them, ultimately realised her passion is photographing people (and animals)! As Natalie experimented with her style, she fell in love with the emotional choreography performed by shadow and light and while some images occasionally call for the use of colour, these days she favours the unique story-telling properties of black and white portraiture.