“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand and we will
understand only what we are taught.”
Baba Dioum
Liam Lynch
Photographer · Artist · Filmmaker
Liam Lynch is an Australian photographer, artist and filmmaker whose work bridges fine art and environmental storytelling with a foundation in commercial precision. Through traditional palladiotype printing and immersive field expeditions, he captures rare glimpses of wildlife and landscapes that reveal our fragile connection to nature.
His images blend craft, care and authenticity — merging timeless photographic process with contemporary vision to create work that is both enduring and emotionally resonant.
A Life in Image and Observation
Born and raised in Victoria, Australia, Liam Lynch has built a career that bridges fine art, environmental storytelling and professional image-making. From assisting some of Australia’s top fashion and advertising photographers in the early 1990s to shooting campaigns across Los Angeles, Paris, Amsterdam and Auckland, his foundation in commercial photography instilled the discipline and technical mastery that underpin his artistic practice today.
Returning to Melbourne in the late 1990s, Liam established his studio and has since collaborated with leading architects, designers and brands, producing refined imagery and film projects that merge creativity with precision. While these commercial commissions honed his craft, they also enabled him to pursue a deeper calling — to use photography as a way to explore humanity’s relationship with the natural world.
In the Field: Storytelling Through Immersion
Over the past two decades, Liam’s camera has taken him from the dense jungles of Borneo to the deep blue channels of the Pacific. His work has documented critically endangered species — from the Tapanuli orangutan in Sumatra’s Batang Toru forest to the humpback whales migrating through Tonga, and the Little Penguins filmed underwater for the first time off Phillip Island. Each expedition is grounded in respect: for the species, the landscape, and the privilege of witnessing nature on its own terms.
At the heart of Liam’s fine art practice is his devotion to the palladiotype, a 19th-century photographic printing process that values time, chemistry and touch. Every print is hand-coated, contact-printed and developed in natural light using materials mixed from raw elements. The results are deeply tactile, luminous works — images that exist not merely as photographs but as enduring art objects. In an era of speed and automation, this process reintroduces patience, presence and permanence.
Art as Conservation
Liam’s fine art photography is both aesthetic and ecological. His images capture rare encounters and fleeting expressions of the wild, urging viewers to reflect on the interconnectedness of all life. Whether documenting the work of conservation programs in Indonesia or creating limited-edition fine art prints that bring the wilderness into gallery spaces and homes, his mission remains constant: to celebrate, preserve and protect.
Liam’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally, collected by public and private institutions, and featured in major publications including Australian Geographic, Capture Magazine and Oxford University Press. His projects with conservation organisations and environmental agencies have further cemented his reputation as both a storyteller and a craftsman — someone equally at home in the studio or waist-deep in a tropical river, waiting for a moment that tells the truth.
Today, Liam continues to balance his commercial and fine art practices, creating imagery and films that reflect both precision and poetry. His work invites viewers to slow down and look deeper — to find meaning in detail, beauty in patience, and connection in the fragile spaces between humanity and the wild.