Blain Crellin is a commercial photographer based in Melbourne, available for commissions anywhere. Three decades of work for architects, interior designers, developers and hotels - across Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and the USA, including a decade based in China and an artist residency in Beijing. Three bodies of work carry the story. Commission a shoot.
In 1999 Transurban commissioned Blain to photograph Melbourne's CityLink across its three-year construction, from the first dig to completion - the sound tube, the gateway, the concrete and light of a city rebuilding its arteries. The resulting exhibition, 'An Urban Road', was shown at eight venues and became some of his best known work; those photographs now open the film on this site's front page.
Transurban, CBRE, Lendlease, Multiplex, Transfield, Obayashi, Kane Constructions, Qanstruct, Peddle Thorp Architects, COX Architecture, PTW Architects, Denton Corker Marshall, BVN, Guida Moseley Brown, Mitchell Giurgola Thorp, Maddison Architects, Studio505, Luigi Rosselli Architects, M Moser Associates, HBA Design, Gresham Smith and Partners, Banyan Tree, URBN Hotels, Medina, Crown Relocations China, and Slattery and Davis - whose Italy 1, Italy 2 and DOMO interiors he photographed for their design portfolio.
A major feature in HINGE (Vol. 172). Credits in Architecture Australia, Qantas Australian Way (Studio505's Suzhou Science and Cultural Arts Centre), Porsche Christophorus (the Chinese Pavilion, Shanghai Expo), The Big Book of Lofts, e-architect and Architizer. Profiled in The Age ('The Image Maker', 2005) and The Sydney Morning Herald ('Arise the Sun King', 2006). Covers for Fairfax and Domain.
Exhibitions: 'An Urban Road' - CityLink, Melbourne, eight venues (1999); Lab X group show, Melbourne (1999); The Icon Series, 101 Collins Street (2001); 'Australians in China', online with the Australia China Business Council (2002); Architecture, Cityscape Dubai (2007); Architecture in China, Cityscape Shanghai (2007); MOCCA Gallery group exhibition, Shanghai (2008).
"An imaginative photographer who understands the creative process and can execute the logistics of an assignment regardless of location."
Carlo Carello · Director, Peddle Thorp Architects
"A beautiful architectural photographer who manages to capture the essence of the design idea."
Anthony Charles · Head of Design, Turner Construction, Dubai and Abu Dhabi
"A perfectionist with a great eye for both detail and the big picture."
Steve Hinchliffe · Marketing Director, Connoisseur Group, China
