My Italian mother, a housewife who always wanted to be a Hollywood actress. At 84 she still watches late night gangster movies at 2 or 3am. My dad used to be perpetually shooting on a super 8 , I thought it was normal. I lived and went to school in Tuscany, spent 2 years in a 13th century Tuscan elementary school ,I ended up with the same teacher as my mother and father. In 1980 I saw Paul Weller on TV and decided to call my self a “ MOD”. A teenager obsessed with wearing strictly black and white clothing -60’s British “Mod” style, they nicknamed me ‘Two Tone Tonelli’. My obsession with anything British pop culture was legendary. In1989 I followed my passion for sixties rock and roll all the way to London ,where I felt right at home. I established a dynamic career that kept me away from home for almost a decade. My music  photography work has been featured in every major music publication in England and Australia.Including photographing legends like Pavarotti, Schumacher to Bono to Oasis.Photography has been a passport into so many lives, my  work has taken her to over 80 cities world-wide. Im passionate about people.When I shoot portraits I feel like I'm holding up a mirror to the person.I love drawing out character.I`ll always be interested in what makes you tick.CC

CONTACT

Email: kim@kimtonelli.com

Phone: +61 418 393 241

ABOUT KIM

My Italian mother was a housewife who always wanted to be a Hollywood actress .At 84 she still watches late night gangster movies at 2 or 3 in the morning.

My dad used to be perpetually shooting on a super 8 and I thought it was normal.I lived and went to school in Tuscany, spent 2 years in a 13th century Tuscan school and ended up with the same teacher as my mother and father.

In 1980 I  saw Paul Weller from  band called  The Jam and decided to call my self a “ MOD”.A teenager obsessed with wearing strictly black and white clothing - 60’s British “Mod” style, they  nicknamed me‘Two Tone Tonelli’.My obsession with anything British pop Culture was legendary. In 1989 I followed my passion for sixties rock and roll all the way to London ,where I felt right at home.

I established a dynamic career that kept me away from home for almost a decade. My photography has been a passport into so many lives my  work has taken her to over 80 cities world-wide.My music  work has been featured in every major music publication in England and Australia.Including photographing legends like Pavarotti, Schumacher to Bono to Oasis.

In 2020 during our world wide pandemic I turned my lens inward embarking on a journey of personal growth and creative exploration .I began  working on a series of deeply meaningful projects ,photographing my 84 yr old  Italian mother, my aunty in their unique environments.These  projects  gained notoriety and earned several honourable mentions which sparked the desire to explore further. I was inspired to shoot in the vibrants streets of Cuba and the ancient city of Hanoi.Personal projects have been such a joy and have altered my trajectory as a photographer into another phase of creativity. I continue to seek out new experiences, connections and stories to tell..

Awards

  • National Youth Media Awards. -1st place

  • Rolling  Stone Magazine Music Award.

  • National  Portrait  Gallery 2021 Finalist - The  Living  memory  2021

  • I.P.A Honourable Mention 2021

  • I.P.A Honourable Mention 2022

  • Lens Culture- Honourable Mention 2022

Exibitions

  • 'In your face”  - Brunswick st 2004

  • RMIT class of  `85 Reunion Goya  Galleries 2005

  • These Days 2021.

  • Ballarat  Biennale  “No 1 Michael Gudinski ‘2021

  • Head on 2021 - Vulnerability - Guilty Moose

  • Pollux Prize Exhibition 2024- Barcelona.

  • Head On - Cuba Series Bondi

Clients Include:

  • Racv

  • TAC

  • Target

  • Jay jays

  • Jeans west

  • Quantas

  • Rio Tinto

  • AMP

  • Target

  • SONY

  • EMI U/K

  • Universal Music Group

  • Sony U/K

  • Warners U/K

  • Polydor  U/K

  • Go !Discs U/K

  • Rolling stone

  • Guitar World New York

  • Guitar World  Australia

  • Zillo magazine - Germany

  • Q Magazine

  • Smash Hits - London

  • No1- London

  • Vox

  • Select

  • NME

  • Muzik magazine

  • Melody maker

  • DJ magazine

  • Mojo magazine

  • Good weekend

  • The  Guardian

  • The Times

  • The  Age

  • The  Herald

  • Grey group

  • BBC music

  • G.Q

  • The independent

  • Jarrah Music

FESTIVALS

  • Glastonbury

  • Phoenix

  • Tea In The Park

  • EuroRock  Festival - France

  • Reading

  • Park life

  • BST Hyde Pk

  • Splash !

  • All Points East

  • BBC Radio 1`s Big Weekend

  • TRNSMT Festival

  • Isle of white festive

  • Leeds festival

  • Bestival

  • Wireless festival

  • Download Festival

  • Rewire.

Celebrities:

  • Pavarotti

  • Blondie

  • The Who

  • Schumacher

  • Bono

  • Paul Weller

  • Led Zeppelin

  • Rolling Stones

  • Blur

  • Oasis

  • Ben  Harper

  • Justin Timberlake

  • Jet

  • Wu Tang  Clan

  • Def jam

  • Elvis  Costello

  • David  Bowie

  • The Who

  • Ben Folds

  • Prodigy

  • Robert Smith The Cure

  • Jeff Buckley

  • Sound Garden

  • Manic Street preachers

  • Radio head

  • The  Charlatans

  • Pulp

  • The Veronicas

  • Super grass

  • Stereo phonics

  • Travis

  • The  Stone  roses

  • Happy Mondays

  • Phil Collins

  • Bruce Springsteen

  • Iron maiden

  • Cher

  • Boyzone

  • N-sync

  • The Blue Tones

  • Suede

  • Daft Punk

  • Kula Shaker

  • Texas

  • The  Chemical Brothers

  • Underworld

  • Leftfield

Books:

  • ‘A day in the  life “ of Year 2000

  • “Brunswick st” The Book

  • Rainbows and Lollipops.


    Film sets

  • The  spider and the fly

  • Bushido

  • Crimson

  • Dr Robert

  • Aliens  Sex Fiend

Live Performances

  • Bonsai - War  Child - Pavarotti

  • Royal Albert hall x30 Paul Weller performances

  • Brixton Academy -over 1000 concerts