Derek Galon

BIOGRAPHIE

Born in Poland, I studied music, arts and photography. My first photo job came at age of 14, and my first solo exhibition at age of 16. I have vast photography experience supported by knowledge of arts and decades of creative work. After living for 26 years in Canada, I decided to relocate to Dominica, Eastern Caribbean, which I now call my home. I earned several prestigious titles and distinctions such as Fellowship of Royal Photographic Society (UK), won dozens of international awards, sat as a juror of top photography competitions, co-managed photography book publishing house Ozone Zone Books, created 3-D animated holograms, organized workshops and competitions. To say it simply - my work is my passion. I keep photographing and filming, documenting nature at its most beautiful and also most difficult moments. In recent years I switched more to video works. Experience of getting through category 5 hyper-hurricane Maria made me want to film all destruction and recovery, and since them I am more often working with film than photography. However I find my art photography experience invaluable.

FILMOGRAPHIE