The Dark Rooms of... Carol Olerud

The Dark Rooms of... is an interview series in which a photographer talks about his or her darkrooms, the digital and the mental, or technical and inspirational. What makes you click?

In this edition, I'm kicking things off myself. I already have a long list of photographers I'd like to invite into this series, but am certainly open to suggestions you guys come up with.

Here we go

Who are you?

Carol Olerud FRPS, born in Brisbane, Australia in 1962. I was really happy to receive my first camera in 1974. Since then, I’ve been rather fanatic about photography. Only in 1997 did I first join a local photo club. That was the start of a hobby that has gotten even more out of hand. I began participating in competitions, workshops, mentorships, courses, photo trips, expositions, making photo books and more. Since then I joined many more groups, such as the National Group Documentary Photography of the Dutch Fotobond (where I actually am the coordinator of since 2018), the photographers collective Visie+, Photo Group De Verbeelding, a smaller group called LeVeL5 and I’ve been a member of a Masterclass group as well.  

The Royal Photography Society (RPS) is my most recent members…