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Folio: Julian Pearce

St John's Cathedral in noble metals The project This portfolio presents distinctive views of St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane and was made over eighteen months of repeated visits. I was initially attracted to the Cathedral because of its wonderful architecture. It…
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Exhibition: Nightwood – Jane Burton

'In her series Nightwood, Jane Burton draws on the title of Djuna Barnes’ 1936 novel, echoing also its atmospheric temperament. The book explores women who resist being read, or fixed in time and place. Characters are described as illegible and…
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The Great Sandy – Murray White

As the world’s largest sand island, K’gari – Fraser Island, is blessed with a remarkably diverse landscape and attracts many visitors. More than 400,000 pilgrims visit the destination annually, yet anecdotally I would claim that the majority of these people…
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Folio: Zhan Teh

‘Photograph your own backyard’ they say. So that’s what I did – or rather, my adopted backyard. Since emigrating to Australia, I have called many corners of Brisbane home. But for the past 10 years or so, I have found…
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Exhibition: The Desert Line & Temporality – Enrico Scotece

Working with analogue photography and experimental processes, Enrico Scotece explores landscape, time and perception across the regional and remote territories of inland Australia. Through large-format and handmade pinhole cameras, his photographs trace encounters with place and the passage of time,…
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Exhibition: On Country Photography from Australia

'On Country: Photography from Australia showcases powerful contemporary artworks by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, reflecting how imagery shapes our understanding of place, belonging and identity. Through striking images and perspectives, the exhibition explores relationships between Country, colonialism and community in…
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Workshop: Introduction to large format photography

Two-day workshop on using the large format camera taught by Greg Stoodley. First day, the fundamentals of using the camera, loading and developing large format film. Second day making contact prints and learning how to digitally scan negatives. Photograph…
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July 13, 2023

Stearman Press launch six sheet 4×5 processing system

US company Stearman Press has launched a six sheet version of their 4x5 processing tank the SP-445. We reviewed the original version in June 2017,…

July 10, 2023

Preconceptions and Negative Space – Alex Bond

Photographing with an Open Mind What are you photographing? It is an innocent enough question. People see you with a camera and tripod and immediately…

July 5, 2023

Darkroom – James Pierce. Part three

The final chapter of James Pierce's three part darkroom story. Part two can be seen here. Another move of house leads to the creation of…

July 1, 2023

The Photograph Considered number forty nine – Mark Darragh

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…

June 28, 2023

Granite Smoothie – Murray White

If David Tatnall is not editing another article for View Camera Australia right now, you might find him behind his 4 x 5 at The…

June 19, 2023

Call for entries: Head On Awards

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…

June 17, 2023

Shea Kirk wins the 2023 National Portrait Prize

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…

June 16, 2023

Melbourne’s Work In Process Lab to close

Melbourne’s Work In Process (WIP Lab) has just announced that it’s closing at the end of July this year. WIP Lab has been around for…

June 15, 2023

Exhibition: Relicts – Mark Darragh

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…

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