Two men, one obsession, zero safety nets — the most dangerous love letter to nature ever filmed.
Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis were perhaps Australia's greatest wilderness photographers. Their work became synonymous with campaigns to protect Tasmania's natural heritage. They shared many things, including a bond that was more like that of father and son. Both came from Baltic Europe and migrated to Tasmania, where their passion for nature became a crusade to save an environment under threat. Both died in the wilderness, doing what they loved, and left a legacy in extraordinary images. Their philosophy was simple and remarkably effective - if people could see the beauty of Australia's wild places then they might be moved to save them.
Cinematography
Their actual photos will wreck your idea of 'pretty nature shots.'
Direction
Millwood lets silence do the screaming. Respect.
Director
Scott Millwood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dombrovskis's Franklin River photo single-handedly swung a federal election and stopped a dam. One image, one country changed.
Both men fled Soviet-occupied Europe only to find their spiritual home in Tasmania's hostile wilderness — nature as exile and redemption.
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