ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Mrs Maprang rents a rice field from a local rice farmer and lives there with her daughter-in-law and their children in an old corrugated iron shed, just near the rice field. She has lived there for 30 years. The land where she lives is just enough room for the house and gravel road front where she sells deep fried bananas and vegetables with a friend. The rice field isn’t big enough to feed her family anymore, so selling the bananas and vegetables subsidises her income, just enough to provide food for the family. Mrs Maprang stopped working in the rice field about 10 years ago when her husband died of cancer. They used manual tools to work the field and it was very difficult. It shows on her face, feet and hands.

AUTHOR
Ian is passionate about landscape, wildlife and portrait B&W and Colour Photography. He has been doing this for 40 years. While not paid to create his works, he aspires to present the highest quality art he can within his means.

Ian has a diverse and interesting span of experiences and careers ranging from Jackaroo, Environmental Manager and Educator, National Parks Ranger, Industrial Environmental Officer, Programmer and Software Developer, Project and Program Manager and consultant. That diversity has delivered him exposure to fascinating and beautiful people and landscapes across the world.

Ian grew up in Sydney and in Minnesota, USA, travelling the world with his family. Ian's father was an excellent photographer and had an eye for the unusual and eye-catching scenes, landscapes and moments in time. Ian, taking on his father's artistic merits, has built a repertoire of images that could not be left unseen.

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