Big Sky.

Photographs by Adam Ferguson.

GOST Books, 2024. 88 pp., 46 images, 11½x13¾".

The ‘Outback’ has no demarcated border but refers to Australia’s vast and sparsely populated interior—73 percent of Australia’s territory, more than two million square miles—is inhabited by just 5 percent of its 24 million people. In spite of its relatively small population it is an important and diverse segment which defines the character of the country and has been mythologised in poetry, song, literature and screen.

Ferguson was originally inspired by Richard Avedon’s portrait project, ‘In the American West’—which shattered romantic notions of the west. Ferguson’s project is similar in scope and ambition but stylistically divergent. As the project evolved it became evident that portraiture alone could not narrate the stories of the people he met.

"Part of the experience of living in this huge, sweeping landscape is the relationship each individual has with the land and environment. It made sense to position everybody in the spaces they occupy. I wanted to construct a scene which complemented, or reinforced the stories of the people I photographed."

— Adam Ferguson

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