I will never forget how this place made me feel. I was happier, healthier, and more renewed with every sunrise and sunset, every swim in the sapphire blue water, and every lovingly cooked meal from people who could not have more earnestly welcomed me to their tables.

Looking back at these, I am nostalgic for the taste of cold umeshu, the enthusiastic delight of the olympic commentator on Japanese TV, and the soft bathrobes of the Rihga Hotel.

A little brand editorial for Brisbane based skincare brand, Akta. I was welcomed into her cosy, sunbathed studio to capture these fresh, airy shots.

An early morning portrait session with two of my oldest friends and their beautiful dog, Scout. Photography assistant/dog whisperer: Charlie King, the coolest niece I could ever hope for.

Using Field Recording to Reveal Nature’s Hidden Symphony. Capturing the sounds of Queensland’s Scenic Rim with electronic artist Squidgenini and pocketmoth co-founder Zach Degnan.

Roco is a small, moody, and intimate ramen restaurant and sake bar in Brunswick Heads. It resides temporarily in the former home of Fleet Restaurant.

A short film about a soul who wakes up in a human body, in a clinical environment, unsure as to how they got there. They pick up a phone, only to be put on hold by a strange cosmic operator who eventually has to hard-sell the concept of life on earth to this perplexed new soul, which on paper, sounds like a total farce.

It’s a real honour as a photographer who primarily trades in digital work, to know that your work can be held and loved and hung in the homes of really special people who have decided something you’ve made is something they want to look at every day.

Hey, I’m Rachael Baskerville, but my friends call me Rae. I’ve been compelled to create for as long as I can remember, and since I was very small I would leap at any opportunity to play with art materials, dress up, direct my cousins in plays, and tell stories.