Max Dupain (Australia, 1911–1992) and Ansel Adams (USA, 1902–1984) shaped the visual identity of their respective nations through the lens of modernist photography. Though working on opposite sides of the Pacific, they shared a profound commitment to formal clarity, tonal precision, and the expressive potential…
American photographer Duane Michals has died aged 94. Michals was famous for his innovative use of sequences of photographs. He often used text in his work to examine emotion and philosophy. Duane Michals: Chance Meeting. Duane Michals: The Fallen Angel.
The Melbourne : Manifesto asks a simple question: what would happen if the photographers who shaped modern photography were invited to photograph Melbourne today? Spanning ten photographic movements from Pictorialism to New Topographics, the exhibition reinterprets iconic Melbourne locations through…
ARMAGEDDON Photography has always had the power to capture the essence of reality, but when it ventures into the realm of the metaphysical and the surreal, it becomes a tool for exploring invisible dimensions and profound symbolism. In a world…
Canberra’s PhotoAccess is holding a one day workshop in explaining about and making a camera obscura. The workshop will be taught by Orlando Luminere. Photograph above: Orlando Luminere photograph made using a camera obscura. PhotoAccess. Canberra. 27 June 2026
Landscape is one of the foundational genre's of photography. XYZ Gallery presents a contemporary survey of work done in and of the Victorian bush. We bring together ten photographers who's relationship with landscape varies as do their photographic processes. Not…
I recently heard this phrase, or something very similar, used to describe meditation. When I heard this, it immediately brought to mind parallels, and even similarities, when trying to create a pleasing photographic composition. Reducing the view of the world…
Pencil Pine branchlet in ice, Walls of Jerusalem National Park. 60.9 x 76.2 cm inkjet print from 4x5 transparency. Like many large format photographers, I…
Head On Photo Festival is an international annual photography festival based in Sydney, Australia, showing emerging and established photo-artists. It was founded in 2004 with the first Head On…
Melbourne based large format photographer Shea Kirk has won the National Portrait Gallery’s Portrait Prize for 2023. Shea’s portrait of friend and colleague Emma Armstrong-Porter…
Relicts explores the past, present, and future of Australia’s temperate and alpine flora. Many of the species and plant communities photographed can be described as…
I initially visited and explored Mount Arapiles with the now defunct Melbourne-based Friends of Photography Group. I was intrigued by how the state park was surrounded by…