Alex Frayne's second deep dive into the heart and soul of South Australia yields a stunning collection of bold new work. With an arsenal of cameras, his roving eye examines the exuberance, beauty and broken dreams of a place where both distance and desire conspire to offer the artist a daunting challenge - to visually describe this most paradoxical and baffling of states. From the capital to far-flung coasts, from ghost towns to the Mallee, this book demonstrates Frayne at his most ambitious and photographically triumphant.

Alex Frayne is a celebrated South Australian artist whose chosen form is photography. With a pedigree in filmmaking, he shoots predominantly analogue formats including 6 x 6 cm, 6 x 9 cm and 35 mm.

Distance and Desire is Alex Frayne's fourth book published by Wakefield Press, following Adelaide Noir, Theatre of Life and Landscapes of South Australia.