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Leila Jeffreys' family loved adventure and the great outdoors.

Leila was born in the wilds of Papua New Guinea, and grew up in Western Australia. Her family also spent time living in a village in India, then on a houseboat in Kashmir.

When Leila grew up she decided she wanted to become a photographer.

But when she tried her hand at life as a freelancer she realised right away that it was utterly wrong for her. 

One day she decided to build a small studio to photograph birds, and smuggled a posse of budgies into her workplace at the time to make some portraits of them.

In the process, she began her life as a bird photographer and invented an entirely new genre of art photography.

Gardening Australia

SERIES 35 | Episode 01 Broadcast on ABC Fri 2 Feb 2024 at 7:35pm

Leila Jeffreys is a photographer and video artist whose focus is working with birds.

Her fascination with birds started about 15 years ago with a desire to take portrait photos of birds, capturing their characters on film. These were displayed at human scale.

Living in the city, she became a backyard birdwatcher, and she noticed how backyard planting benefited some larger birds while smaller birds struggled, which got her involved in replanting more bushes and shrubs in her own garden.

The Dallas Morning News

Dan Singer
5 January 2024

At Erin Cluley Gallery, the relationship between humans and birds is the subject of a new exhibition, “Feathered,” that brings together artists from several countries. Drawing on various mediums including photography and watercolor, the artists spur viewers to “reconsider and reflect on their connection to birds and all non-human animals” through what the gallery calls a survey of contemporary art’s longstanding bond with the winged creatures.

Ballarat Times

Edwina Williams
November 3, 2023

“From an artist’s perspective, public art is probably my biggest passion,” ...“I have a real drive and desire to connect people to nature and so the opportunity to have work shown here is incredible.“ The exhibition was called High Society. I like to play with scale and take subjects that are seen as very tiny, such as budgies, and make… the scale huge.

Hyperallergic
Rhea Nayyar
12 October 2023

Best in Show: Pets in Contemporary Photography is a celebration of our unbreakable bond with our domesticated fuzzy, feathery, and scaly friends that perforates humanity’s delineation from the natural world. Both irrational love and endless humor, the hallmarks of life with animals, are rife in an exhibition on view at Fotografiska through January.

Photo London Magazine 106
23 June 2023

For our 106th issue, Photo London is delighted to feature Leila Jeffreys, an Australian based bird portrait artist and photographer. Best known for her captivating images of birds from Australia and around the world that explore and subvert the traditions of portraiture, Jeffreys’ avian subjects are photographed at human scale with a startling attention to colour, line, form and composition.

ABC RADIO - RN
Presented By Daniel Browning
Wed 19 Oct 2022

(From 32.39 min) Photographer Leila Jeffreys sees into the souls of birds, and is arguably Australia's leading ‘bird portraitist’. Her latest series of works feature a range of exotic birds with red markings, which reminded Leila of wounds. The Wound is the Place Where the Light Enters started as a kind of elegy, a sad song to the wholesale loss of wildlife in the devastating 2019 bushfires… but it didn’t end that way.

Australian Photography
12 October 2022

Acclaimed Australian bird portrait photographer Leila Jeffreys first exhibition in three years opens in Sydney today.

The wound is the place where the light enters, based on a line from a poem by the Persian poet Rumi (1207–1273), runs from 12 - 29 October at the Olsen Gallery in Sydney.

The series was inspired by Australia's horror 2019 bushfire season, which Jeffreys says gave rise to a moment of profound personal grief.

Australian Geographic
By Liz Ginis
6 October 2022

Heralded for her intimate, fine art photography, Leila Jeffreys explores the fragility and strength of birds in her latest exhibition, ‘The wound is the place where the light enters’.

Renowned bird photographer Leila Jeffreys‘ new exhibition, ‘The wound is the place where the light enters’, is inspired by a line from a poem by Rumi (1207–1273).

“The poem speaks to the fact that pain reveals and helps us cherish what truly matters,” Leila says. “We can only mourn what we deeply love.

Financial Review
by Aviva Lowy
June 3, 2021

Italian studies of people living in urban environments claim an “irrefutable relationship” between the presence of birds and human happiness. So writes ornithologist Guilhem Lesaffre, whose text accompanies the photographic book series Des Oiseaux (On Birds), from French arthouse publisher Atelier EXB.

It turns out even looking at pictures of birds makes people happy, if the book’s reception is anything to go by. Des Oiseaux has been a success since the first book in 2018, consistently outselling other titles in the Atelier EXB catalogue.

Each book presents the work of one photographer, and inclusion is by invitation only. The highly acclaimed artists come from around the world and are represented in top-tier museums.

Vogue Online
by Alexia Petsinis
April 6, 2021

Think you know what a Rose-crowned fruit dove is? Look closer. Contemporary artist Leila Jeffreys has based her practice on exploring the unique characteristics of Australia’s quintessential bird species; the colours of their plumage, the shape of their silhouettes, the curiosity of their gaze. Her upcoming Birdland exhibition at Manly Art Gallery & Museum invites us to reconnect with these feathered friends via her strikingly intimate lens. This series of photographs and video works celebrates the intrigue of birds as both a medium for artistic inspiration, and a reminder of nature’s power to ground us in the present moment.

Colossal
By Grace Ebert
September 25, 2020

Those of us who’ve been party to an awkward family photoshoot or embarrassing school picture have reason to feel envious of the birds Leila Jeffreys (previously) photographs. From a pair of stoic budgerigars to a yellow trio named “The Tweets,” the avian subjects are captured in sophisticated and graceful poses that highlight their most stunning features, from the curvature of their beaks to the singular barbs of their feathers.

Jeffreys often teams up with conservationists, ornithologists, and sanctuaries to determine her subjects before bringing them to a studio. When they’re together, the Australian photographer focuses on their personalities, hoping to capture their idiosyncratic tendencies. The result is intimate and engaging photographs at a human-scale, a choice that strays from traditional portraiture by centering a different species.

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Mountain Living
By Laura Beausire
September 9, 2020

“My dad had a Pentax Spotmatic 35mm film camera. He was a keen photographer, and we traveled a lot overseas. That early memory must have sparked an interest and I took up photography. For me it was the pure passion of creating for the sake of creating (originally for no one else to see). Photography became my tool in understanding the world.”

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Vogue Living
by Annemarie Kiely
August 27, 2020

Time-honoured craftsmanship and peerless attention to detail – it’s what to expect from any Hermès piece and the French leather specialist’s incredible new flagship store in the centre of Sydney is no different.

But a spectacular déclaration of Hermès regard for the knowing hand it is; one showcasing the craft of four Brisbane boatbuilders who spent nine months on site heat-bending timbers to form the snaking balustrade of a double-revolution stair. Intended to simulate the aerial prop roots of an Australian banyan tree, this spiralling structure also conjures the columnar build of a tornado twisting down from an abstraction of clouds created by ceiling cut-outs.

Whatever phenomenon reads into its form, the effect shakes up the classical propriety of heritage place, generates a dynamism, and delivers light into basement depths where Montel says he “invited the sun”. Walls the colour of Sydney sands and a sharply defined sun over the harbour at high noon bounce light onto the feathered brilliance of Leila Jeffreys’ bird portraits.

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Art Almanac
August 20, 2020

Monash Gallery of Art (MGA), on behalf of the MGA Foundation, has announced the shortlisted finalists for the 2020 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize.

The judging panel – comprised of acclaimed artist Fiona Hall, NGA Senior Curator of Photography, Dr Shaune Lakin, and MGA Director, Anouska Phizacklea – selected the shortlist from over 1,000 entries, the most received in the prize’s history. The amount and calibre of the entries necessarily sparked a robust debate around narrowing down the field and landing on works that speak to such a challenging and pivotal moment in history.

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Financial Review
By Lauren Sams
June 15, 2020

Art, too, is key to the Hermès universe, and an opportunity for the past to meet the present, and for France to meet Australia. Two equestrian portraits from the Emile Hermès collection sit among the leather and scarves, and two harnesses – a nod to the company’s heritage in making saddles and bridles – bookend the entrance door.

Downstairs, there are four photographs from Australian artist Leila Jeffreys and a print of Indigenous artist Gloria Pettyar’s Le rêve de Gloria, which has been made into a scarf for the brand in various colourways since 2009. In the window that faces Castlereagh St, the work of French sculptor Julien Salaud is presented against a video installation backdrop, Borealis, by Australian photographer and videographer Murray Fredricks.

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DuJour
By Lauren Watzich
January 10, 2020

Past the polished displays of shirts, ties, and cufflinks at New York City’s Bergdorf Goodman Men’s Store and up the elevator to the second floor exists a new, tucked-away foodie haven called Goodman’s Bar.

Brought to life by BG’s in-house design team, the space boasts a rich, moody color palette accompanied by Art Deco elements that pay homage to the building’s architecture. Tying Goodman’s Bar’s chic look together is a medley of decorative lighting crafted by NYC-based Apparatus, bird photography by Leila Jeffreys, antique Franz Schuster chairs, and Tom Dixon backgammon tables and wingback chairs, but the warm-toned mural behind the bar is the statement piece.

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Art Daily
December 20, 2019

“There exists a symbolic relationship between birds and trees,” says Leila Jeffreys. “Their survival depends on each other. We depend on them. High Society serves as a visual reminder to leave wild places for these other societies to enjoy, as well as our own.”

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Travel + Leisure
November 25, 2019

It’s been a devastating month for the east coast of Australia. Bushfires fueled by wind and long-term drought conditions have spread across Queensland and New South Wales — the latter losing at least 2,400,000 acres so far this year, according to The Guardian.

The latest Climate Council report notes that the bushfires, which are part of the continent’s ecology, have become more frequent and more severe. The results are poor air quality, property damage, and the loss of human life. But the fires aren’t just impacting the people of Australia — animals are being chased from their homes, and that’s something Leila Jeffreys, an Australian bird photographer and advocate, has dedicated her work to.

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Prior Club
November 24, 2019

With her striking portraits of birds like the Bleeding Heart Dove, Leila Jeffreys turns her lens to the urgent plight and eccentric personalities of the world’s birds.

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Gessato
November 1, 2019

A series that explores the close, symbiotic bond between birds and trees.

Following the Budgerigar series, which also became her first solo exhibition in Australia, photographic artist Leila Jeffreys presents a new collection of colorful portraits and photos centered around the budgerigar, or the parakeet. High Society features a series of large-format photos as well as a three-panel video art piece.

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ABC Arts
October 2019

This intimate portrait follows beloved Australian bird photographer Leila Jeffreys' childhood in the Australian bush, through the grief of losing her father to her first exhibition in New York.

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Talking Australia - Australian Geographic Podcast
October 29, 2019

Leila Jeffreys is a fine art photographer famous for her Australian bird portraits. Rather than capturing her motives in the outdoors she brings them into a photo studio environment and creates truly unique pictures of local birds. This gives her the ability to capture incredible detail and the results are pictures that bend the idea of where nature photography ends and fine art begins. On this episode she talks about how she ended up in photography, what motivated her to focus on bird portraits and her most special photo shoot ever.

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Artist Profile
By Bella Chidlow
October 16, 2019

In her first Australian solo exhibition in five years, 'High Society', Leila Jeffreys explores new territory. Releasing over 300 budgerigars into her studio, Jeffreys has documented this 'society' through still photography and video art.

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The Guardian
By Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
October 19, 2019

Leila Jeffreys’ ethereal images required 300 budgies, 20kg of birdseed and painting the birds’ toenails

Jeffreys, 47, has made a career photographing birds. But her work is a far cry from nature photography. She shoots the animals, often sourced from wildlife rescue centres, zoos or individual homes in a studio, creating human-style portraits of black cockatoos, tawny owls, pink pigeons and golden finches.

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The Guardian
October 18, 2019

Leila Jeffreys started photographing birds in 2008. In this series she takes the birds out of their natural habitat, and by stripping the environment back to the bare minimum and using neutral backgrounds she shows the intricacy and beauty of the feathered creatures.

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The Design Files
October 17, 2019

Leila Jeffreys is celebrated for her evocative and striking portraits of owls, cockatoos, hawks, eagles and kestrels, but for her upcoming show, High Society, she has returned to a childhood favourite – the budgerigar.

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Yellowtrace
October 10, 2019

Australian contemporary photographer Leila Jeffreys presents her latest nature-inspired works, ‘High Society’, the result of almost five years of planning. Having documented birds since 2008, the new exhibition revisits the world of the native Australian Budgerigar, the very subject of her first solo exhibition nine years ago. This time, Jeffrey’s worked with over 300 Budgerigars, capturing them in her signature large-format portraits and also experimenting with photographing whole flocks of birds and smaller groups within those flocks. “By presenting the birds en masse in a series of trees, I explore how nature exists in relation to humankind. The focus shifts from the individual and is instead concentrated on the flock as a single living organism,” explains Jeffreys. The concept first occurred to Jeffreys when she noticed how a flock of native Australian Budgerigars resemble leaves when perched in a tree.

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Sydney Morning Herald
By Neha Kale
October 11, 2019

For Leila Jeffreys, emotional connection isn’t reserved for humans. It’s a currency that flows between creatures who share the natural world. The artist, 47, has spent the last decade taking portraits of birds, affording her avian subjects a dignity and complexity that’s as rare as it is visually distinctive. She once met a bird called Seisa, a palm cockatoo with a red cheek patch, crowned with a jaunty thatch of black feathers. The encounter changed her for good.

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Australian Geographic
September 30, 2019

THE STORY OF the Australian budgerigar is one of the most striking visual statements on how humans have played a determining role in evolution. A two-coloured bird that was native to Australia and was exported to England in 1840 eventually became one of the most popular domestic pets in the world. Today the budgerigar appears in numerous colours; some of them appearing almost unnatural. Many people have come to associate the budgerigar with being pets rather than a bird that has its origins in the wild.

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Art Almanac
September 27, 2019

To experience more than a fleeting moment with birdlife can be pure luck, to capture it time and again is skillful. So it’s our good fortune that artist Leila Jeffreys has dedicated a career to this generative process of crafting these exquisite portraits and has expanded her signature with new three-panel video works, underscoring the splendour of nature and similarities between wildlife and us.

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Art Edit
September 24, 2019

Photographic artist Leila Jeffreys wants to get people to reconnect with nature. “I want them to feel a sense of its value and to know that it sustains us,” she says. “It’s a reminder that we are not the only species on this planet and that these other societies have just as much of a right to exist and thrive as humans. It’s our responsibility to share, not to dominate.”

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Radio National
October 9, 2019

When was the last time you looked closely at a bird, examined the beady eyes of a black cockatoo or admired the intricate plumes of an Australian budgerigar? Sydney artist Leila Jeffreys wants you to look at these creatures closely. She's a photographer who specialises in bird portraiture, capturing avian friends in intimate moments of pride and amusement.

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Domain
May 20, 2019

Artist Leila Jeffrey likes nothing better than getting up close and personal with birds, and the results are photographic portraits that are works of art.

Q: Tell us about your incredible bird portraits.

A: I was obsessed with animals, including birds, from childhood. As an artist, I want to showcase the magic, beauty and individual characters of Australian birdlife. I photograph human-style portraits of birds and I print the works at human size.

I hold exhibitions every couple of years through my different galleries but I haven’t exhibited in Australia for five years… read full article online

The Grace Tales
Feb 10, 2019

If you think you’ve noticed an emergence of striking photographs of birds adorning the walls of some of Australia’s most fabulous interiors, then you’re certainly not imagining things.

Thanks to Leila Jeffreys, photographs of some of the most wildly captivating feathered creatures have become an absolute lust-have in the world of interiors. With solo exhibitions everywhere from London to New York, a published book and even a window in the iconic Bergdorf Goodman in New York, the world is taking notice. Fuelled by a fascination with the natural world, Leila “sees and senses the lives of birds around her,” and with each piece of work, she immerses herself into the birds’ world.

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FORBES
Bettina Zilkha Contributor
August 2018

The Watermill Center held its 25th Annual Gala, TIME BOMB, at its headquarters Saturday night. Presented by Van Cleef & Arpels and honoring the late Pierre Berge, the aptly named evening featured an explosion of creativity. Over 1,000 guests strolled through the site, where the colorful theme, in tribute to Berge and the Jardins Majorelle, abounded. The evening raised $2.2 million for the center… read full article online

The Design Files | Art
January 15, 2019

The art world has been, and sadly continues to be, a man’s. This isn’t a feisty feminist generalisation, but a well-documented case across the globe. And from representation to remuneration, Australia is no exception.

Championing the progress that has being made, here we highlight seven women artists making their mark on Australia’s creative landscape.

Leila Jeffreys
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Another lens-lady worthy of highlighting, and one who we have followed enthusiastically over the years is Sydney-based Leila Jeffreys. From introducing us to the incredible story of Penguin Bloom (see Leila photographing Penguin below) to highlighting endangered bird species through the astounding exhibitions and books she pours her heart into, Leila has become an unofficial poster girl for native Australian bird life.

ZQ 23 JOURNAL
vol 2, 2018

Interview with Leila Jeffreys

Purist
By Carole Reed
August 20, 2018

Conservationist, world traveller and fine art photographer, Leila Jeffreys, grew up in Perth, Australia. She experienced all the boundless travel and exposure to exotic wildlife required for an artist with her particular level of visual acuity. Among the many celebrities, who have taken her under their wing, Jonathan Adler, smartly featured the work of this emerging artist in 20 North American stores in 2010. As both a curator and interior designer, I adore the clean graphic quality of her work, and appreciate the memorable, emotional charge her subjects emit to their viewers.

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Vogue Living | Interiors
Annemarie Kiely
28 May, 2018

A famous photograph of a fine-feathered Australian institution inspired the palette and the attitude of this classic Adelaidian sandstone cottage

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KD Hamptons
Posted by Kelli Delaney
July 19, 2018

“I was walking down 5th Ave one evening and in the window of Bergdorfs was the most magical display of a photographers work with brightly festooned mannequins I had ever seen,” shares Carole Reed. “Searching up the artist immediatly I suddenly found myself obsessed by these bird portraits on Instagram, then they appeared behind the shoulder of Brooke Shields in a recent InStyle shoot, it seemed they were everywhere. As both a curator and interior designer I adore the clean graphic quality of her work while also appreciating the memorable emotional charge her subjects emit to their viewers.”

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The Design Files
November 2, 2017

Last month, we previewed art photographer Leila Jeffreys‘ acclaimed solo exhibition in New York City, ‘Ornithurae’. While we were all blown away by Leila’s spectacular, personality-exuding bird portraits, we can’t help but feel a little disappointed that we didn’t get to see the show in person!

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Mark Dapin
January 7, 2017

Jeffreys' talent is creating large-scale portrait photographs of birds, and making her subjects appear as complex and characterful as human beings.... read full article

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The Design Files, Art
October 13, 2017

Sydney-based artist, photographer and environmentalist Leila Jeffreysis well known for her striking portraits of native birds, and we’ve been lucky enough to cover a number of her projects over the years.

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The Planthunter
Words by Lucy Munro
20 October 2017

Calling all twitchers – the annual Aussie Backyard Bird Count is happening again this month! With the scent of Spring in the air, there’s never been a better excuse to dust off those binoculars and get outside to ogle the amazing assortment of life circling our skies. To celebrate this great event and the glory of birds in general, we caught up with the amazing Leila Jeffreys.

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Theaureview.com
Amy Bryant
28 October 2017

Taronga Zoo is shifting into a space of contemporary art, offering a wild lens into the relationship humans have with birds through an outdoor photo exhibition. QBE Muse @ Taronga is the stunning photographic work of artist and wildlife advocate, Leila Jemarks.

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A Shaded View on Fashion.com
Text by Valerie McPhail
22 October 2017

Arriving to the Olsen Gruin, for the opening reception of Leila Jeffreys’ “Ornithurae Volume 1,” I opened the door to the sound of birds chirping, and smiled. As I walked the gallery, a location characteristically austere in appearance, the portraits of birds transformed the space into a sanctuary...

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www.buzzanything.com
28 February 2018

Photographer Leila Jeffreys doesn’t just take stunning photographs of beautiful birds, she captures their unique personalities revealing the different ways in which each one is a superbirb...

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www.blouinartinfo.com
20 October 2017

The exhibition showcases 10 prints (2m by 1.5m) of Jeffreys’ detailed bird portraits across the Sydney Harbourside site in the first edition of the “Muse” project. One of the photographs is of the zoo’s regent honeyeater, which is on the Taronga Zoo’s published list of 10 Legacy Species, all of which are at a grave risk of extinction.

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Sunday Times
Story Anna Christensen
27 October 2017

In a gallery in the gritty maze of Manhattan's Lower East Side, the usual celebrity suspects are swooping in. But they're gazing at a flock of birds even more beautiful than they are.

High Heel Jungle
Kathryn Eisman
26 October 2017

I remember the first time I saw Leila Jeffreys work. I was strolling through Jonathan Adler’s store in West Hollywood and hanging large and luminously on the wall was a photograph of a budgerigar. Dignified and poised, his plume of green feathers an explosion of color and a true celebration of nature at it’s most magnificent. I had never seen a bird photographed in such a regal, almost humanlike pose; as if he had arrived at his portrait session determined to be captured in all his glory.

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The Design Files
Lucy Feagins
Friday 29th August 2014

Oh my. Today's interview is truly one of the most wonderful, though provoking profiles we have shared... hands down one of my absolute favourites. Incredible Sydney based wildlife photographer Leila Jeffreys answered all our questions in the most generous, thoughtful and candid way - both Lisa and I have been completely transfixed by her responses.

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Journal du design, France
24 October 2017

Leila Jeffreys est une photographe qui vit et travaille à Sydney, elle voue une véritable passion pour la faune et en particulier les oiseaux colorés. Leila se spécialise donc dans la photographie de ses amis à plume et signe une série de portraits mettant en exergue la beauté singulière de chacun de ces oiseaux.

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Eggpicnic
October 5, 2016

“Once you truly connect with nature you want to fiercely protect it because of how it makes you feel.”

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National Portrait Gallery
Dr Sarah Engledow plays wingman to Leila Jeffreys.

Knowing even a bit about birds, we know they don’t get dressed. What they’ve got on, they don’t put on. In Leila Jeffreys’ photographs, every bird is naked - and entirely comfortable with it. Yet, as I look at them, I keep thinking of words like 'raiment' and 'livery'.

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ABC News
November 15, 2015

Photographer Leila Jeffreys and historian Sarah Engledow at the launch of Birdland, National Portrait Gallery, November 2015.

Design Lovers Blog
Posted by Jill Brandenburg

Australian based photographer Leila Jeffreys portraits of native Australian birds are the perfect art choice for injecting a dose of personality and happiness to any interior design scheme.

Leila is not only a photographer she is a ‘bird whisperer of sorts’ and has a way with birds which puts them at ease and allows her to truly capture their unique personalities, whether it is inquisitive ‘Pepper’ the Southern Boobook Owl or the cheeky smile of ‘Mrs Skyring’ the Gang-Gang Cockatoo.

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Audubon
by Xander Zellner

Leila Jeffreys’s portraits offer a clean, unique perspective on dozens of spectacular species. Birds are incredible to look at from any angle. But seeing them up close, with each feather and feature in fine detail—now that’s something special.

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The Guardian

Leila Jeffrey's mesmerising photographs of birds – in pictures

A turkey vulture with an inquisitive eye, a catwalk-ready corella and a screech owl striking a pose … Jeffreys’ book Bird Love showcases her images of birds from Australia to America. Here she describes some of her favourite avian encounters

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The Design Files

Sydney-based photographer Leila Jeffreys is well known for her striking portraits of Australian native birds, and much respected for the lengths to which she will go to find, meet and document her subjects!

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ABC Radio
Louise Maher

As a child, fine art photographer Leila Jeffreys was "obsessed" with animals.

She was born in Papua New Guinea and lived for a while with her parents and brother on a houseboat in Kashmir, India. As she grew older, she became "a back garden birdwatcher — I would notice them at home," she said. "That's probably tapping into a love of wildlife, and the fact that birds are probably one of the last remaining [types of] wildlife that we can see in our cities and suburbs."

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Capture
October 24, 2015

Leila Jeffreys’ wonderful book, Birdland, presents some of Australia and New Zealand’s most beautiful birds. The intimate photographic portraits, as well as being a showcase of incredible artworks, also highlights Jeffreys’ ongoing work with Australian rescue birds and their carers. And opens up discussions about the conservation issues facing Australia’s birdlife.

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Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonian.com)
By Jeff Campagna

Australian portrait photographer Leila Jeffreys does an uncanny job of capturing her subjects’ personalities. Her subjects just happen to be the feathered kind. And how does she make a falcon or wild cockatoo pose for her? She waits.

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The Canberra Times
Ian Warden

Trust me (for I am a journalist) when I report that each fowl of the latest batch of Bush Stone-Curlews introduced to the Mulligans Flat Woodland fox-proof Sanctuary has been given a human name. So for example there is a Kay, a Macca, a Malcolm and even (please trust me in this for I belong to a profession dedicated to the truth) a Myfanwy.

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The Design Files
Lucy Feagins

Oh my. Today's interview is truly one of the most wonderful, though provoking profiles we have shared... hands down one of my absolute favourites. Incredible Sydney based wildlife photographer Leila Jeffreys answered all our questions in the most generous, thoughtful and candid way - both Lisa and I have been completely transfixed by her responses.

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YELLOTRACE.COM.AU
Dana Tomić Hughes

Sometime late last year I attended an inspiring talk featuring 6 extraordinary women on the Australian design scene, all of whom pondered the question “Does good design matter?”. Leila Jeffreys was amongst these women, and it was the first time I heard the story behind her work.

Source: https://www.yellowtrace.com.au/interview-leila-jeffreys/

This is Colossal.com
Christopher Jobson

To say photographer Leila Jeffreys had an eclectic upbringing would be a bit of an understatement. With a mother from India and a father from the Isle of Man, she has lived in Papua New Guinea, a house boat in Kashmir despite an ongoing war, and in an Indian village surrounded by buffaloes, mongoose, and monkeys.

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WALLSTREET MAGAZINE

Purdy Hicks Gallery is delighted to announce Leila Jeffreys' first solo exhibition in London.

Leila Jeffreys (born 1972, Papua New Guinea) has for many years photographed native Australian birds including Cockatoos, Budgerigars and Finches. She works alongside scientists researching endangered species; her profound ornithological knowledge and extensive travel are intrinsic to her work. Jeffreys' search for a conscientious way to photograph birds has given her projects from early on an inherent rigour.

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Daily Imprint
10 December, 2010

One of the travel stories from real living that has stayed with me was written and photographed by Leila Jeffreys. It was her second visit to Christmas Island (an Australian territory that's in the Indian Ocean and has been proclaimed by Sir David Attenborough as a "must-visit" destination for its wildlife).

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