'Carol Jerrems: Portraits is a major exhibition of one of Australia’s most influential photographers. Jerrems’ intimate portraits of friends, lovers and artistic peers transcend the purely personal and have come to shape Australian visual culture. Set against the backdrop of social…
‘In 2018 curator and arts professional Jane Scott approached Ponch Hawkes to embark on an epic project to photograph 500 Victorian women over the age of fifty. Across a dozen photo shoots, over 500 volunteer participants modelled nude in celebration of…
The American photographer Paul Caponigro has died at the age of 91. He was a student of both Ansel Adams and Minor White. He was one of the world’s foremost landscape photographers. His work was brought to the attention of…
Platinum Palladium Printing is a one-day workshop (9.30 am to 4.00 pm, intended to provide participants with a working knowledge of platinum/palladium printing and will involve hands on practice of the processes involved. Topics covered include: a brief history of…
Creating a Back Catalogue Recently, I was going through my colour transparency library, looking at images I had made 25 years ago for my large format colour calendar, Horizon - images of Western Australia. A quick search of my print…
'Tamara Dean: Leave only footprints is the first survey exhibition of the critically acclaimed photomedia artist Tamara Dean. Dean’s career began as a photojournalist for the Sydney Morning Herald (2001–2014). She was renowned for finding the quieter, more introspective moments between…
The UK based Intrepid Camera Company has designed an electronic shutter and a 150 mm lens for 4x5 cameras. It has successfully raised $AUD296,284 on a Kickstarter program (it was aiming for $AUD50,000). Production will start very soon. As large…
A report of the ‘Pinhole photography weekend’ led by David Tatnall, 22-24 May 2015 Full disclosure: before this workshop, I was a complete pinhole photography…