• Oil Flare When oil is flared on an exploration rig the superstructure has to be cooled by hoses or some of the metal could melt. This image caught the light of
  • Timmy Burarrwanga Timmy Burarrwanga fishes the pristine waters around Bawaka, at Port Bradshaw in north eastern Arnhem Land. Timmy and other Yolngu are experts with p
  • Working dogs Sometimes it is hard to find stockmen for remote cattle stations and working dogs are coming into their own once again. A group of four or five do
  • Ringers at Dawn Ringers, or stockmen, wait in the dawn light for trucks to draw up to the cattle yards of an Outback pastoral station so they can begin loading; the c
  • Haul Truck Mechanics pose behind one of the gigantic machines used to haul ore at a north Australian mine. Many of the drivers are women who, reputedly, are be

Gallery Two Six - David Hancock Photography

Welcome to the home page of David Hancock Photography, Gallery Two Six and SkyScans Australia, all of which represent the work of one of northern Australia's leading photographers, David Hancock.

SkyScans Australia Photo Library contains more than 23,000 online images, with another 300,000 stored for immediate access. The library contains one of the best collections of contemporary and traditional Aboriginal subjects, along with stunning images of Outback life.

Gallery Two Six is where David Hancock exhibits a portion of his images and the fine art images of other photographers.

David Hancock is a photographer and writer who has published three books and, today, works primarily for Australian Geographic and Outback magazines, the European picture agency, Anzenberger, as well as a number of corporate, government and indigenous clients.

Enjoy the work.
 
  • Current Exhibition
  • Past Exhibitions

Eye Contact Exhibition. Photographs in David Hancock's EYE CONTACT exhibition have graced the pages of magazines, annual reports and brochures throughout Australia and Europe. Most were shot on assignment for clients like Australian Geographic and Outback magazines while several were shot for David's photo library, SkyScans Australia. Many photographers like to convey a sense of drama in an image by giving the reader some form of direct contact with the subject, or show dramatic eye contact within the overal...

Homage by Leon MorrisThe first exhibition at Gallery Two Six comprised photography by Leon Morris. Entitled, HOMAGE, the exhibition highlighted Leon’s work over the past 20 years photographing jazz musicians around the world.Leon Morris has been photographing musicians since he first picked up a camera in 1978 and was a regular contributor to music magazines such as the UK’s New Musical Express in the 1980s. In 1994 he first travelled to New Orleans to photograph and write a feature story for the Good Week...