birth_place image_size birth_date article_title name occupation
melbourne , australia 200px 1969 seldon hunt
 seldon hunt graphic photographer , artist designer , illustrator , documentary film maker ,
seldon hunt

seldon hunt -lrb- born 1969 in melbourne , australia and migrated to new york in 2006 , -lrb- now residing in brooklyn -rrb- -rrb- is an artist best known for his photography and his graphic artwork -lrb- on album covers and promotional poster -rrb- for rock musicians .
hunt 's photography usually consists of thick undergrowth yet is often devoid of any human presence .
his work has been compared to the romantic landscape painting of the 19th century .
his influences include the works of vaughan oliver and neville brody .
hunt is best known in the world of music for his graphic works -- often extremely complex - for rock bands neurosis , earth , jesu , isis , dälek , mick harris , acid mothers temple , and the melvins .
his first album cover artwork was for a solo album by kk null -lrb- zeni geva -rrb- .
as a photographer who 's obsessed with a vacuumesque conception of landscape , he has regularly working with stephen o'malley from sunn o -rrb- -rrb- -rrb- -rrb- and the label southern lord .
his work is also associated with many other labels such as hydrahead , ipecac , teepee and relapse records .
as a writer , he is the author of the cosmic essay published in the booklet of sunn o -rrb- -rrb- -rrb- 's `` the grimmrobe demos '' .
seldon hunt 's already cult iconography for the current metal and experimental scenes , is gradually moving on from the visual world of music to contemporary art .
following in the footsteps of artists like raymond pettibon his work is now finding a path into the fine art world .
seldon hunt is part of a new generation of artists who feel attuned to a desire for their work to move away from the city/urban and the inherent tumult resulting from the self-destruction of a consumer society .
his subject matter is found in the forgotten urban parklands late at night where he endlessly walks patches of preserved nature close to the extremely urban environment where he lives .
