INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER
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TED GRAMBEAU
b. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
FORMAL STUDIES
Illustrative Photography
RMIT University Melbourne, Australia.
EXPERIENCE
Life, observation and world travel - the journey.
INSPIRATIONAL INFLUENCERS
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastião Salgado, Ansel Adams, Frank Hurley, Ernst Haas, Robert Capa, Neil Davis, Burt Glinn, James Nachtwey, Walter Iooss, Ellen von Unwerth, Howard Schatz, Art Brewer, Peter Lindenberg.
EXHIBITIONS
The Surfer and the Mermaid - Australia
Bleach Arts & Culture Festival - Gold Coast
Sealevel Pipeline Gallery - Hawaii
AFrame Gallery - California
SEALEVEL - The Art of Awareness
Head On Photo Festival - Sydney
Stanley Street Gallery - Darlinghurst
Dust Temple Gallery & Bleach Arts Festival - Gold Coast
Affordable Art Show - Melbourne
BOOKS
‘Adventures in Light’ - Ted Grambeau 2018
‘Masters of Surf Photography - Ted Grambeau’ by Surfers Journal
‘The Surfer and the Mermaid’ - Ted Grambeau & friends
AMBASSADOR
AquaTech Waterhousing
Manfrotto Imagine More
GUEST SPEAKER (National/International)
Nikon, Apple and AquaTech.
Podcasts & Interviews.
PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
‘Surf Ocean Lifestyle’ Photography Workshop Bali 2019
with Foto Frenzy - Darren Jew
CLIENTS (National/International)
30+ years of Professional Advertising & Commercial Photography.
Apple, Rip Curl, Billabong, Speedo, Quiksilver, Patagonia, BMW, Corona, Surfing Australia, Balter Brewers, Zoggs, Nikon, PhaseOne, Manfrotto - National Geographic, Smithsonian, AquaTech Waterhousing, Canon, Valley Eyewear, Oakley, Dragon, Nev House, Needs Essential, The Potting Shed, The Lane, Aquadeus Swimwear - to name a few.
ADVENTURE EXPEDITIONS & MOVIES 2019 - 1991
2019 - Surfing Australia HPC (Olympic Surf ‘Team Australia’)
2018 - Unstoppable - Bethany Hamilton (film)
2015 - Point Break (the movie) - Tahiti
2013 - Rip Curl Mick Fanning ‘Missing’
2011 - Rip Curl ‘Tip 2 Tip’
Patagonia
2011 - Rip Curl ‘Seven Ghosts’
2006 - ’Shelter’ Chris Malloy
2006 - Somewhere : 42 North Iceland
BMW South Americas
2005 - Rip Curl ’The Art of the Search’
2001 - Billabong ’The Odyssey’
1999 - Quiksilver ‘The Crossing’
1995 - Rip Curl ‘Feral Kingdom
1994 - Beyond Boundaries
1991 - Rip Curl ‘Searching for Tom Curren’
1991 - 2016 Rip Curl ‘The Search’
LOCATIONS
Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Liberia, Morocco, Cape Verdi, Iceland, Easter Island, Chile, Azores Islands, Cannery Islands, Galapagos, Tahiti, US, Cook Islands, Fiji, PNG, Maldives, USSR, Russia, Japan, Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Cuba, UK, Scotland, Norway, Svalbard, Reunion, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Mauritius, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Micronesia, Vietnam, Uganda, Rwanda, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Israel, France, Taiwan, Canada.
MAGAZINE COVERS 1977 - 2019
40 years of Professional Surf Photography
Numerous covers every year:
Surfer Magazine - US publication, Surfing Life - Australian, Surfing - US, Surfing World - Australian, Surf Session - French, Carve - UK, Smithsonian Magazine - US, Surf - Portugal, Tres-60 - Spanish, Surfers Journal - US, Surf Europe, Zig Zag - South Africa, Inside Sport - Australian, Great Ocean Quarterly - Australian
EDITORIAL FEATURES (print/digital) 1985 - 2019
Numerous features every year.
Surfer Magazine, Surfing Life, Surfing World Magazine, Surfing, Surf Session Publication, Carve, Surf Magazine, Tres-60, Surfers Journal, Surf Europe, Zig Zag, Inside Sport, Great Ocean Quarterly, Tracks, Blue, White Horses, Slow Magazine, Adventure Journal, Outside Magazine, Mens Health, Mens Journal, Monster Children, Communication Arts, Capture, Stab, Photo Review, Radical Surf Magazine, Stanford Magazine Stanford University, Swell and numerous surf photography platforms, Summersite, Empire Avenue, ESPN, The Lane and Staf Magazine, Canon, PhaseOne, AquaTech, Nikon, PDN (Photo District News) New York - Sports Photography, Communication Arts - Landscape/Seascape Photography, Better Photography Magazine - Photography Book Publishing Feature.
IN PRINT (hard cover/paperback/magazine)
Tip 2 Tip, The Reverse V, Focus on Australia - Lumix, Surfing Life Swimwear Issues (annually), Surfers Journal, Surf for your life Mick Fanning by Tim Baker, Chain of Fire Surfing World, Parko + Friends, Transmission Surfing World, Ocean Surfing Life, Red Bull, Switch Foot, Rip Curls 25th Anniversary Book, Graphic U.S., Teahupoo Surfing Life, Australian’s Century of Surf, Red Bull - Illume 2023.