Geographical Magazine
Photographer Tom Goldner captures the aftermath of the Australian wildfires
Written by
Jacob Dykes
2021
Tom Goldner's project Do Brumbies Dream in Red? is an intimate portrayal of the effect of environmental catastophe. He sought to question our relationship with nature through the symbolism of the Australian brumby – a feral horse with a controversial reputation among environmentalists
With little to impede it, the wind blew across the leafless, grassless otherworld in deathly silence. It was a stark contrast to the infernal images normally associated with the word ‘wildfire’. This was the scene encountered by photographer Tom Goldner when he visited the charred eucalyptus forests of New South Wales and Victoria in the summer of 2019.