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A blog for people who are into making, displaying, discovering, finding, buying, collecting & considering photographs. 

THREE THINGS BIG

Kindred Cameras in Docklands Link Map 

A new venture for photographers to co-share studios and have a desk all on a monthly basis ! Two large studio, meeting room, gallery, regular workshops not to mention again, your own desk to work from. The ideal situation to be around other creatives and inspire each other. check out the link!

Andy Warhol and Photography in Adelaide Link

Subtitled, A Social Media this is a huge exhibition and look at Andy and his association with photography.

World Pride in Sydney Main programme More offical events

As the rise of 'gay liberation' and the rise of the collectablity of photography are in lockstep there is so much to see. The Queertography exhibition features a couple of Melbournians including the editor of this newsletter.

Welcome

We are about building community. Feedback is welcome! Likewise if you know of any upcoming exhibitions or things we have missed, please let me know!

Our goal is to reach as many people as we can and bring the photo community in Victoria together to know and experience all that we have. Each month our long term content moves to reframe-refocus.xyz for look buy, hire, labs and previous newsletters so that you can view a full list of what is here.

Anything really important that happens before the next newsletters is here... http://www.reframe-refocus.xyz/news/

If you write photography criticism we would love to hear from you about building a career in Victoria. Also we are on the lookout for talented photographers/artists to promote through the newsletter, gallery and by word of mouth.

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PHOTO EXHIBITIONS

Docklands

Docklands has two dedicated galleries and now two other spaces that regularly has photography exhibitions.

XYZ Photo Gallery - Docklands Link Map

Men/Still/Shooting

Ross Spirou, Scott Davis, Eureka O'Hanlon, Travis De Jonk, Brenton Parry & Rod Spark.

to 12 March 2023

2:00 - 6:00pm, Wed - Fri and Sunday

After last years Midsumma Exhibition featuring young gay artists we are having a look at how older photographers are representing the men of their desires, most with some form of covering, perhaps even some with modesty.

From Dags to Digital

A history of commercial photographic print processes.

30 March to 7 May 2023

1:00 - 5:00pm, Wed - Fri and Sunday

Since the dawn of photography there has been many ways of making prints to sell. This exhibition explores the commercial processes have come, gone and been revived. Featuring work by Marc Riboud, Ernst Hass and Nick Ut.

This is hard to find, Details on the website.

Kindred Cameras - Docklands Link Map

RMIT - Recent Graduates Exhibtion

Sophie Smith, George Jefford, Kyle Archie Knight, Spenser Paul, Rhy Dyball, Hugo Webster, Live McGregor, Margot Stewart and Kat Stevens

to 26 February 2023
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Recent graduates would love you to see what their love, sweat and tears resulted in. ⁣

Magnet Gallery - Docklands Link Map

Caught in Light

David and Tom Wayman

to 25 February 2023
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Awe-inspiring photographs of Landscapes and things seen on travels. ⁣

Here is the easy way to walk the Docklands precinct: XYZ and Magnet. Note check what time the spaces are open before leaving.

Inner North - Fitzroy Collingwood Brunswick

Brunswick Street Gallery - Fitzroy Link Map

Eat it Before it Melts

Kayla May

9 to 26 March 2023

A bite of our favorite childhood ice cream transports each of us to a unique and ephemeral place. From a Bubble O’Bill on the beach to a Gaytime in grandma's backyard. Ice cream dripping down your hand is a reminder of times passed and an urgent call to the present, to eat it before it melts. 

Wolfhound Photographic Gallery - Fitzroy Link Map

Street Beats

The Australian Association of Street Photographers

22 February to 19 March 2023

An aspiring group of talented photographers got together and in less time than it takes do most things we have created an amazing exhibition. A feast for the frontal lobes. Not to be missed. Resolve is a state of mind as well as a verb to be abused every New Year.

CCP - Fitzroy Link Map

Getting to Borroloola

Miriam Charlie

Behind Glass

Lisa Sorgini

The Quickening

Ying Ang

Dairy Character

Odette England

January 27 – April 9, 2023

Four exhibitions to start the year with thoughtful images.

Off The Kerb - Collingwood Link Map

Watch website!

Tacit - Collingwood Link Map

Summertime

Saville Coble

1 to 18 March 2023

This is a vision of summertime, but not one you have seen before.

With this unique project, Saville Coble takes us on a personal journey that stretches from the ever changing chaos of city beaches to the peaceful and serene seaside towns of Victoria. From bustling urban shores to wild and rugged seascapes of the southern peninsula, it is a personal snapshot of a Victorian summer from many viewpoints.

This time, this place.

Mat Hughes

1 to 18 March 2023

We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. 

Australian Aboriginal Proverb

This body of work comprises of ten handmade prints. Working with traditional large format cameras, compositions are exposed on sheet film. Hughes' practice bridges traditional and digital technologies. These works have been printed using the Van Dyke Brown process patented in 1895. Paper is coated by hand with light sensitive emulsion, exposed, developed, toned with gold, and finally finished with a beeswax polish.

Hillvale Gallery - Brunswick Link Map

Nagar / नगर / Town

Anu Kumar

to 26 Feb 2023

Nagar - meaning Town in Hindi - is the culmination of close to ten years of making images in my birthplace of Kavi Nagar, India.

I returned to Kavi Nagar when I was 21 years old. I remember a feeling of discomfort; not knowing my place or who I was in that context. I began taking photos as an exercise in learning how to be Indian.

The images, made during daily 4pm walks with my Aunts, represent a starting point; a visual journal articulating my curiosity, responding to Kavi Nagar’s daily eccentricities whilst hovering around my family as they would move throughout the day. Over the course of this decade long journey of taking photographs, Nagar mapped my growing comfort and paved the way for a deeper connection with my family and heritage.

This Map links the Collingwood, Fitzroy and Carlton area. Note check what time the spaces are open before leaving.

Melbourne - City, East, North & South

Tucked around Melbourne and are many galleries and govt institutions. Much to see, though photography is central to only one.

Ian Potter Centre, NGV - Melbourne Link Map

Melbourne Now

Overview of artists based in Melbourne.

24 March to be announced

Celebrating new and ambitious local art and design, Melbourne Now will cross a range of contemporary disciplines including fashion and jewellery, painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, video, performance, printmaking and publishing.

The inaugural 2013 exhibition was an unprecedented survey of some of the most exciting local contemporary practitioners. Ten years on, Melbourne Now 2023 will again highlight the latest art, architecture, design, and cultural practice shaping Melbourne.

Fortyfivedownstairs - Melbourne Link Map

Nature Knot

Cyrus Tang, Honey Long & Prue Stent with painter Marina Rolfe

to 4 March 2023

We are proud to be presenting this outstanding graduate from Victorian College of the Arts.

Off the Well Worn Path

Ryley Clarke

21 Feb - 4 May 2023

A few months ago, my mother sold her childhood home. It’s been an overwhelming and exhausting journey to clear the place. Originally built by my Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandmother, over time it has quietly decayed away. Once loved, the dust took over. Books, unopened boxes, and hoarded objects filled the rooms and hallways.

Restoring a place that is filled with so many memories, bright and dark, melancholic and vibrant, has tested my mother’s perseverance. Despite that, in the midst of a pandemic, the devotion I witnessed to give this home some kind of new meaning in its next life has made her true strengths shine. And I couldn’t be prouder.

RMIT Gallery - Melbourne Link Map

Radical Utopia

21 Feb - 27 May 2023

Melbourne in the 1980s was the site for new ideas to emerge, bend and transform the city, making its mark in post-modern design and media. Radical Utopia: an archaeology of a creative city explores the ways design and activism shaped the innovative cultural city we know today.   
   

Radical Utopia focuses on the studios, places, and spectacles of Melbourne where design was fiercely debated and produced. Surveying nightclubs, fashion parades, architecture media, gaming labs, graphic design collectives and everything in-between, Radical Utopia provides a map of the cultural infrastructure of the city and inner suburbs

Leica Gallery - Melbourne Link Map

Watercolours   

Narelle Autio

to 9 March 2023

A multi-award winning photographer, Narelle Autio's artistic career spans more than 30 years and portrays Australia's quintessential connection to nature.

In 2002 she became the first Australian to win the internationally-recognised Leica Oskar Barnack Award for her 'The Coastal Dwellers' photo series, in which her signature use of saturated colour and intense light on film so eloquently portrayed Australia's emblematic beach culture.

see link for the next show which was unannounced at time of press.

Very long exhibitions in museums.

We will include a photo in the month we find them, then list.

Shrine of Remembrance  - Melbourne Link Map

Tours de Force: Entertainers on the Front Line

to October 2023

Since the Vietnam War, Australian entertainers have performed for troops on the front line in war and peacekeeping operations. Their talent and celebrity have lifted spirits and brought a slice of home to service personnel abroad.

In this special exhibition, stories, memorabilia and rare photos and videos tell the stories of entertainers on the front line spanning Lorrae Desmond, Normie Rowe and Lucky Starr to Kylie Minogue, John Farnham and Lehmo. It also explores the mission, operations and experiences of the people who have facilitated these successful tours.

Hellenic Museum link map

ONEIROI

Bill Henson

Indefinately

ONEIROI sets out to inspire discussion about what it means to be custodians of an ancient past and captures the way in which our history, culture and art shape the way in which we make sense of our own world. 

Old Treasury Building - Melbourne Link Map

Lost Jobs: The Changing World of Work

until 2023

The world of work is always changing and here is an odd history. This is not an exhibition of photography but an exhibition that has very interesting photography to illustrate the points it is making.

Archives Centre - North Melbourne Link Map

Tech School Exhibition

until 2023

To celebrate 150 years of public education in Victoria, we're shining a spotlight on the institutions that have provided young people with vocational training and hands-on learning since the late 19th century.

From bootmaking to cyborg physiology, we delve into the fascinating history of technical education across Melbourne and the regions. The stories include an architect on a mission to banish darkness from the classroom, the domestic studies college seeking to elevate the art of folding laundry and love letters thrown across the divide known as 'no man's land' at Preston Tech.

Tech School brings together stunning archival photographs, sourced from Public Record Office Victoria’s collection, alongside original documents and hand-painted building plans.

This Map links up all the Melbourne City, North, South and East for a great walk (you might like to PT some of it). Note check what time the spaces are open before leaving.

South East

St Kilda has been a hub of arts for as long as it has been. It has a dedicated gallery and others that show photography. Further down there is Monash Gallery of Art the most important council gallery for photography.

Stranger Gallery - St Kilda Link Map

See Website for latest
 

Pride Centre - St Kilda Link Map

Queens of the Pub

Gerard and Marc

closing date not announced, check website

An ode to the punks and powerful women of St Kilda

This series of striking photographs depict the characters and survivors who have helped create the places where we gather and celebrate today. Through using recycled materials, heritage buildings, and residents of St Kilda, photographers Gerard and Marc honour the powerful women, and the rich history of Melbourne’s seaside playground in arresting style.

The Making of the Victorian Pride Centre

From concept to world-class LGBTIQ+ centre!

to April 3023

This exhibition explores the last 100 years of LGBTIQ+ history in Victoria, and the development of the iconic Victorian Pride Centre. Featuring architectural drawings and large photographic panels displaying images of the building during and after construction, and that highlight the context of LGBTIQ+ people before and after the human rights social revolution of the 1960s and 1970s.

Text and archival photographs of key people and events have been included from the Australian Queer Archives, St Kilda Historical Archives and State Library of Victoria, and images by Serge Thomann, Luke David, John Gollings and Daisy Searls. 

Monash Gallery of Art - Monash Link Map

Exulansis

Ayman Kaake

to 20 March 2023

Ayman Kaake was born in Tripoli, Lebanon and moved to Australia in 2011. He purchased his first camera in 2015 and since then, has produced images that explore the complexities of starting a new life in another country. His inner landscapes present as staged self-portraits, that tenderly delve into feelings of uncertainty and isolation, creating otherworldly images.

This exhibition is brilliant!

Develop

Recent bachelor degree graduates
4 March – 16 April 2023

Develop is MGA’s annual showcase of work by emerging photographic artists. The photographs included in this exhibition represent a small selection from the vast pool of high-calibre work that was produced by graduates of bachelor degrees in Melbourne in 2022. With artists drawn from six universities and showcasing a range of styles, techniques and genres, this is a celebration of the next generation of Australian photographers.

100 faces

Portraits from Collections.

4 March – 16 April 2023

Through the lenses of over 50 artists, 100 faces brings together 100 works drawn from three photographic collections to explore the portrait in its many forms, as well as what it means to collect portraiture both publicly and privately.

This exhibition draws from two private Melbourne collections, belonging to the Harris and Rosenthal families. Works from these collections have been placed in conversation with our significant public collection to reveal a rich diversity of faces. From celebrities and cultural figures to anonymous individuals caught unawares on the street, this exhibition features works by major Australian and international artists.

Bayside Gallery, Brighton Town Hall Link  Map

Bayside Local

Various

to 5 March 2023

Now in its fifth year, Bayside Local is a much-anticipated annual exhibition that celebrates the high calibre of work produced by artists who live and work in the Bayside area. This year we are also including year 11 and 12 VCE and IB students.

Bayside Local launches our 2023 exhibition program with an eclectic and energising array of works that range from traditional landscape painting to experimental abstraction, intriguing photographic images and ceramic forms. Come and experience this showcase of our incredible local talent.

This Map links up all the St Kilda and other southern galleries for you for great drive. Note check what time the spaces are open before leaving.

South West

Geelong has a dedicated photo space and from time to time it is joined by other galleries and museums.

Focal Point Studio Darkroom and Gallery Link  Map

Weather: Nature's Beauty and Fury

Various

to 29 April 2023

This will be much more than just an exhibition of sunrises and sunsets, although I'm sure there will be a few of those. It is about showing nature at its best and worst, from early morning fog or the beauty of the rainbow, to floods, droughts, storms, dust storms, lightning and all manner of wild weather.

As Ansel Adams once famously said: "There is no such thing as bad weather for photography. Only different weather."

North

Mostly out of town and a great day trip or more.

Gold Street Gallery - Trentham East Link Map

The Print Exposed 2023

The finalists for the Mike Ware Award for alternative photographic processes

1 March to 4 May 2023

The photographs bring a mix of beauty and intrigue created by passionate photographers and photographic artists.

The Print Exposed 2023 is split into 2 groups  – those who are invited those who have submitted works for approval. It is the submitted works that qualify for Mike Ware Award.  The Mike Ware Award is made on the the combination of visual artistic merit, the craftsmanship of the work and the control of the scientific processes that create these images.

Horsham Regional Gallery - Horsham Link Map

THE LIGHT FADES BUT THE GODS REMAIN

BILL HENSON

11 March to 25 June 2023

The light fades but the gods remain is a major exhibition showcasing two key series by Bill Henson, one of Australia’s most eminent artists. These explore the suburb of Glen Waverley, where the artist grew up. In celebration of MGA’s 25th anniversary, Henson was commissioned to revisit the suburb of his childhood and to produce a new body of work reflecting upon his earlier series Untitled 1985–86, known by many as ‘the suburban series’. This ground-breaking commission offers an unparalleled insight into one of Australia’s most revered artists as he explores the notion of home, intensifying the everyday to a point of dramatic revelation and romantic beauty.

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CONTESTS and OPPORTUNITIES

Contests are a little random, it depends on what that year's judges likes. Thus surprises happen all the time. Don't be intimidated, enter and only tell people when you get in! Raise your profile. Also check who the judges are.

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EVENTS/TALKS/WORKSHOPS

Regularly:

Kindred Cameras in Docklands Link Map 

From beginners, to alternative, to commercial know how and a few things in between as well as one on one for what you need to know.

Gold Street Studios - Trentham East Link

This is the centre for Alt photographic processes in the southern hemisphere, and some would say the world. Many many workshops. 

District Darkroom - Coburg Link

The foundations of the black and white darkroom workshop. We’ll cover everything from the multi-step film development process to creating archival black and white prints. Working alongside our experienced lab technicians students will learn all aspects of film development, how to use the enlarger, basic printing steps, how contrast filters work, paper processing, and more advanced printing techniques like dodging and burning and toning for effect and archiving of prints.

Focal Point Studio, Darkroom & Gallery Link

One-on-one Darkroom Training

Introduction to Film Photography

Introduction to Car Portraiture

Check link for others. 

Melbourne Camera Club 

There is a lot see listings!

Courses Link

Very full calendar of events Link

Work In Progress Link

Black & White Darkroom Printing

Colour C-Type Printing

B&W Refresher Course

see link for dates.

BUY, HIRE and FIX

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BOOKSHOPS link

STUDIO HIRE link

Stranger Gallery - St Kilda Link Map

Studio: 3 meter ceilings, 4.4 meters wide

White walls and neutral color floor. 

Trams close.

Kindred Cameras - Docklands Link Map

Subscription model. Two studios, close to public transport.

Our Studio/studio + Desk Memberships give you access to the space as well as a dedicated desk and storage locker in our coworking space.

PHOTO HARDWARE link

FILM and PROCESSING link 

PRINTING FINE ART

DARKROOMS for HIRE link

FILM SCANNING link

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