Close to 10 years ago, Justin Nemeth was experiencing panic attacks and turned to nature to help reduce his stress.
The Bacchus Marsh resident began taking regular walks in nature and decided to bring his camera along after noticing the beauty of the local environment.
After a lot of “trial and error” and watching photography tutorials on YouTube, Nemeth developed a passion for landscape photography.
Nemeth’s persistence pursual of the art paid off when Moorabool council selected two of his works for murals at Ballan train station as part of the Transporting Art Pilot Program, in partnership with the Department of Transport and V/Line.
The photographs, which appear on either side of the train tracks at the station, depict two local landmarks.
Nemeth said the first photograph was taken at Bostock Reservoir, near Ballan, during the drought.
“A bunch of fiery red reeds snake out of the reservoir,” he said.
The second image is of a sunrise at Lederberg Gorge and is dedicated to his friend Kaye Hannam, who died in June.
“She was an avid trail runner and she just loved the Lederberg Gorge. She spent as much time as she could out there,” Nemeth said.
The murals will be unveiled by council and V/Line on Saturday, November 2 at 10am, as part of council’s Hide and Seek Festival. The event will include a performance by the Ballan Street Band.
Laura Michell
