The senior statesman of the group, Des has, in theory at least, retired from academia and yet continues to dazzle the world around him with his creativity. His list of credentials within the arts would take as long to read as a Sydney phone book. Emeritus Professor of the University of Western Sydney, Adjunct Professor of RMIT University and Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers is just the bit at the top.

His work has been exhibited across Australia and overseas in UK, New York and the Peoples' Republic. In defiance of retirement he continues to work tirelessly at improving his already impeccable photography and readily shares his passion with anyone who has an open mind and will stand still long enough. But his best credential of all; he's a DAG.