About the artists
Gregor Murton

Gregor discovered photography as a young child while observing his father (Ray Murton) magically create silver gelatin photographs in the home darkroom. He went on to study commercial photography at Sydney Technical College and was a member of the International Press Corps. His photographic style is suited to image making that is unstaged and captures life as it happens. Gregor is interested in making strong dynamic images rather than pretty pictures. His philosophy is to keep things natural, spontaneous and prefers to photograph with a manual film camera using ambient light.
Ray Murton

Ray is a freelance photojournalist who captured iconic images of Sydney and its surrounds throughout the 1970's and 80's. During that time he managed Montgomery Dunn photographic studio, worked as a reader/late night reviser at Fairfax's Sydney Morning Herald, Broadway and was a member of the International Press Corps covering numerous events including Royal visits. After his regular evening shift at The Herald, Ray would often photograph into the early hours of the morning capturing Sydney and its people at night. Ray's photographs reveal a bygone era of Sydney before her coming of age from the industrial landscapes of the inner city to the notorious Kings Cross. Prior to photography Ray was an actor, model, artist, entertainer, flamenco guitarist, folk singer, private detective, RAM the Leathersmith, read law in chambers, rodeo rough rider, sailor, angler, stuntman, theatre performer/illusionist, and all round polymath. Ray was born and educated in Great Britain, enlisted in 'K' force in London and arrived in Australia during the 1950's.