These images are a small subset from an ongoing project “From the Ashes”, exploring the impact of, and recovery from, fire in the Victorian landscape. It is a body of work which came about not so much through conscious decision but rather a growing realization that many of the areas I have been photographing since 1998 have been severely impacted by bushfire in recent years. These included the Victorian Alps and Mt Buffalo, the Yarra Ranges and Central Highland sclerophyll forests and Grampians to name a few