Golden water shimmers under a sky crowded with fiery, amber-tinged clouds in Peter Hendrie’s magical, postcard view of “Aitutaki Lagoon, Cook Islands.” Founder of the Image Bank of Australia which he later sold to Getty Images, Hendrie has worked for Australia’s leading design firms and ad agencies, shooting annual reports and campaigns for major corporations. Known primarily for the breathtakingly beautiful photos he takes of the of the islands, Hendrie travels to Melanesia and Polynesia capturing the physical and cultural diversity from the exquisite terrain of New Guinea to the mysterious grandeur of Easter Island.

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