“I was on the Cocos Islands and unless you go there to fish, you spend your time lying on the beach watching Hermit Crabs walk past,” said Dr Peter Durey, winner of 2009 Picture of the Year who took the picture with a Pentax DSLR 100 camera.

When it comes to classical music, there is a perception from the rest of Australia that WA is a long way away, both geographically and conceptually - according to Marshall McGuire, the Executive Manager of Artistic Planning with WASO.

Dr John Hanrahan first took an interest in photography as an inquisitive Adelaide medical student with a 35mm foldup Kodak...

As one of the world's most isolated capital cities, Perth has developed in a unique way as a thriving hub for the arts. The tyranny of distance has offered WA's artists and performers a level of freedom unknown in the traditional cradles of the arts.