Sydney fine art photography prints

I've photographed Sydney's harbour, beaches and ocean pools for more than 35 years. I started out developing black-and-white photographs by hand in a tiny homemade darkroom.

Every photograph on this site is sold as a fine art photography print.

Hung in galleries around the world

YellowKorner is one of the most respected fine art galleries in the world, and they carry only about a hundred photographers worldwide. I'm one of them.

It always makes me smile to think this French fine art dealer has a picture of your local rock pool hanging on a wall. That's where the Australian landscape deserves to be.

YellowKorner describes me as "one of Australia's leading landscape photographers". Sixteen of my photographs are sold as editions through their galleries in twelve cities.

World map marking the cities where YellowKorner galleries sell Richard Hirst's work, with Sydney marked as the place the photographs were taken.

Paris · Amsterdam · Madrid · Athens · Dubai · New Delhi · Beijing · Shanghai · Hong Kong · Tokyo · Mexico City · Santiago

Available as prints

Sold through YellowKorner galleries

Patterns, by Richard Hirst
Patterns
New Perspectives, by Richard Hirst
New Perspectives
From Above, by Richard Hirst
From Above
Bathers, by Richard Hirst
Bathers
Cloud Surfers, by Richard Hirst
Cloud Surfers
Beach Boats, by Richard Hirst
Beach Boats
Paradise, by Richard Hirst
Paradise
Summer Days, by Richard Hirst
Summer Days
Pure Joy, by Richard Hirst
Pure Joy
Pathways, by Richard Hirst
Pathways
Summer Colours, by Richard Hirst
Summer Colours
Wash, by Richard Hirst
Wash
Swimmers, by Richard Hirst
Swimmers

The prints

Each photograph comes in five sizes between A4 and A0. You can order it unframed, in a white, raw or black wood frame, or printed on glass.

My museum-grade photographic prints are created to bring the detail, atmosphere and colour of the original scene into your home.

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Commissioned work

I was the official photographer for Vivid Sydney in 2018. Nikon ran four of my photographs in its I AM campaign, and Citroën commissioned a photograph of a DS under the Harbour Bridge for the 2019 Bastille Day Festival. See the commissioned work.

Tourism Australia, Sydney Airport, UBS, LinkedIn and the Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation have commissioned my photographs. If you are choosing art for an office, hotel or healthcare space, the corporate page covers how I work with designers and fit-out teams.

Commissioned by

  • Sydney Airport
  • UBS
  • Destination NSW
  • Park Hyatt Sydney
  • Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation
  • LinkedIn
  • Tourism Australia
  • St Vincent's Hospital Sydney