View Camera Australia online exhibition March 2024
View Camera Australia is proud to present the eleventh online exhibition featuring the work of: Ryan Dandelion, Murray White, Janet Naismith, Keira Hudson, Gary Chapman, Justin Reeders, James Niven, Bianca Conwell, Mat Hughes, Danielle Edwards, Mark Darragh, Iain Maclachlan, Zo Damage, Peter Kinchington, Leanne McPhee, Peter McDonald, Alex Bond, Gary Sauer-Thompson, Keiko Goto, Peter de Graaff, Ellie Young, Morganna Magee, Gregory Soltys, Kate Baker, Patrick Macalister, Wendy Currie and Tom Sheppard.
Photograph above: I Remember A Time When Once You Used To Love Me. Scan of 5×7 infrared aerial reconnaissance film. Ryan Dandelion. Website. Instagram.
Murray White
GROUNDED, 25 x 20 cm silver gelatin print from 4 x 5 negative. For some years now I have travelled with a small group to Australiaís high country between Boxing Day and just after the new year. We normally manage to find a few quiet camps along a waterway to kick back and enjoy the cooler atmosphere. This image was made just a few metres from camp in Pretty Valley following an unexpected morning fog. The initial print exposure was made at grade four to boost the low contrast negative. Website.
Janet Naismith
Brass vase and grapes still life. 25 x 20 cm hand painted silver gelatin print from 4 x 5 negative.
Keira Hudson
Heartbroken. 25 x 20 cm silver gelatin contact print from 4 x 5 colour negatives. Website. Instagram.
Gary Chapman
Reflection River gums first light. 50 x 50 cm silver gelatin print from 6×6 negative.
Aloe 25 x 20 cm salt print from 8×10 wet plate glass negative. Website. Instagram.
Mat Hughes
Untitled portrait. 38 x 30cm Van Dyke Brown print. Digital negative from 5×7 orthochromatic film negative. This portrait was made in the back garden. It’s taken a while, each test exposure a progressive tweak forward in style and technique before reaching this point where individual components have begun to gel. The initial goal was to conjure the situation where technical fannying around was minimized in presence of the sitter. I’m now looking forward to making more tweenager studies whilst the summer sun shines. Website. Instagram.
Danielle Edwards
Bent. Scan of 6×6 negative.
Mark Darragh
Shore platform detail, North West Tasmania. Scan of 4×5 transparency. From the series ‘Coastal Topographies’. Website. Instagram.
Iain Maclachlan
At the Rock of Ages, 2024. Scan of 6×7 negative. Website. Instagram.
Once again David you have published an interesting and thought-provoking online exhibition not only containing a diverse range of subject matter but equally diverse imaging techniques. I particularly enjoyed the fractal-like patterns in Mark Darragh’s intimate landscape and the dynamic twist present in the snow gum of Murray White’s highland image. As always it is a pleasure to see what others are finding important to photograph. Thanks again David for putting so much of your time into curating these online exhibitions.
David, thankyou once again for doing all the work putting this online exhibition together. I appreciate all the effort that is required to curate an online exhibition and to keep the VCA blog going. I agree with Alex Bond’s comments about this exhibition: –it is thought-provoking, has a diverse range of subject matter, and showcases a variety of different approaches to photography.
The images that stood out for me were Janet Naismith’s ‘Brass vase and grapes still life’; Matt Hughe’s ‘Untitled portrait’, Justin Reeders’ ‘Gloucester Tops Antarctic Beech Walk’ and Mark Darragh’s ‘Shore platform detail’, North West Tasmania. They stood out because these images are made with craft skills that are beyond my capabilities.
Once again David you have published an interesting and thought-provoking online exhibition not only containing a diverse range of subject matter but equally diverse imaging techniques. I particularly enjoyed the fractal-like patterns in Mark Darragh’s intimate landscape and the dynamic twist present in the snow gum of Murray White’s highland image. As always it is a pleasure to see what others are finding important to photograph. Thanks again David for putting so much of your time into curating these online exhibitions.
Thanks very much Alex.
David, thankyou once again for doing all the work putting this online exhibition together. I appreciate all the effort that is required to curate an online exhibition and to keep the VCA blog going. I agree with Alex Bond’s comments about this exhibition: –it is thought-provoking, has a diverse range of subject matter, and showcases a variety of different approaches to photography.
The images that stood out for me were Janet Naismith’s ‘Brass vase and grapes still life’; Matt Hughe’s ‘Untitled portrait’, Justin Reeders’ ‘Gloucester Tops Antarctic Beech Walk’ and Mark Darragh’s ‘Shore platform detail’, North West Tasmania. They stood out because these images are made with craft skills that are beyond my capabilities.
Thank you Gary.