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

Welcome

Due to a vicious virile virus i was way laid for a week and that week was my time to catch up on my own projects... big fail. I think the last week of the month is a better time to send it out, so here we are...

This month I've added 'walking' routes to visit the galleries. If they are of use for you please let us know. If you convert to cars they drop to two destinations. I've shrunk text to render better.

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PHOTO EXHIBITIONS

Docklands

Docklands has three regular venues to show photography.

XYZ Photo Gallery - Docklands Link Map

TALAMITAM INTIMACY

//Dansk Santos // Raul Policarpio// Zairene Yeoh  // Miguel de Quiros

29 September 24 November 2022

1 - 5:30pm, Wed - Fri and Sunday (EST)

2 - 6:30pm, Wed - Fri and Sunday (Daylight Savings Time)

Four photographers who make work that looks at aspects of talamitam/intimacy. Each approach and style being unique to their vision. They express the longing for intimacy, and that of self, the photographer's significant others and one's own child. The gallery is very proud to show these artists for the first time. Two make their homes in Melbourne two are based in the Philippines.   

This is hard to find, Details on the website. Entry on Batman's Hills Drive. Follow the wall of the Nixon Hotel to the door marked entry on photo below. Buzz 312. 

Gallery at Library at The Dock - Docklands Link Map

Tokyo Midnight

Kip Scott

Wednesday 14 September to Thursday 6 October

Tokyo Midnight explores the Asian megalopolis, and the ways Tokyo comes to life between dusk and dawn in a futuristic neonscape, a time when the natural light disappears, and the artificial light takes over.

Iron Women

Anna Madden

12 October to 3 November 2022

What better way is there to cut through a stereotype than with an angle grinder? That’s what the women of the Australian Blacksmiths Association (Victorian branch) are doing, as this photographic project illustrates. The image of a blacksmith as a muscular male with a hammer is now a dated stereotype.

Magnet Gallery - Docklands Link Map

TBA

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See website

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

Inner North - Fitzroy Collingwood Brunswick

One of the hearts of art in Melbourne, there are three dedicated photo galleries and many more that show photography.

CCP - Fitzroy Link Map

States of Disruption

Mishka Henner, Kensuke Koike, Krerkburin Kerngburi, Anouk Kruithof, Danny Lyons, Ali McCann, Kent Morris, Rebecca Najdowski, Tommaso Nervegna-Reed, Izabela Pluta, Aaron Christopher Rees, and Danae Valenza

August 13 – 9 October, 2022

States of Disruption investigates the destabilisation of the image and the self in the post-truth age, through the catalyst of photography in the ‘now’. This exhibition brings together twelve Australian and international artists working in screen and photographic practices set against the backdrop of the vast social, cultural and economic disruptions that have occurred over the last two years, as well as the ongoing re-evaluation of how the visual operates in a constant process of disruption.

States of Disruption charts the fragility of the assumptions that our reality is predicated upon, and amplifies an array of voices: from the wary and questioning to the comic and exultant.

Wolfhound Photographic Gallery - Fitzroy Link Map

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See Website and Social Media for updates.

Hillvale Gallery - Fitzroy Link Map

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See Website and Social Media for updates.

This Map links the Collingwood, Fitzroy and Carlton area including Hillvale, CCP, Wolfhound and OffTheKerb for great walk. Note check what time the spaces are open before leaving.

Melbourne - East, North, South & City

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

Leica Gallery - Melbourne Link Map

Annica   

Knox Bertie

- 10 November 2022

The word ‘Annica’ is used to describe impermanence. In a city that has experienced many transitions throughout its history, Knox Bertie documents the latest incarnation of life in Sydney by capturing moments of reflection shared by commuters struggling with their daily routines.

Stephen McLaughlan Gallery - City Link Map

The Present Negative

Grant Beran, Paul Northam, Gabriella Sarnataro, Emidio Puglielli, Sachiko Mardon, Sarina Lirosi curated by Emidio Puglielli.

“the exhibition is not necessarily about negative space, but what is seen: what is forefront and what lives in the background. This can be via process or subject. In my PhD research I focus on foregrounding the absent nature of forgetting, this exhibition is an extension of those interests.” E.P.

Hellenic Museum link

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. 

Faces and Masks

Nikos Vavdinoudis

On Line only

Faces + Masks is a photographic series from artist Nikos Vavdinoudis, featuring the costumes of eight villages in rural Northern Greece, and the obscure but fascinating rituals associated with them. 

Old Treasury Building - Melbourne Link Map

Lost Jobs: The Changing World of Work

until 2023
See links for times/days

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

30 September 2022
See links for times/days

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.

Melbourne Camera Club - South Melbourne Link Map

Upstairs Gallery.  

Zeitgeist

Work by the club's Conceptual Group

2-23 and 29-30 October 2022

This Map links up all the Melbourne North, South, East and City for you for 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 hug 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

Coalescence

17th - 27th August 2022
12-5pm Wednesday - Friday
10-1pm Saturday Or by appointment

Utilising abstraction and the philosophy of post-photography, Coalescence examines the relationship between the photographer and the camera with its lens, specifically from the perspective of someone with a visual impairment. This exhibition represents the outcome of a Master of Arts (Photography) project by photographer and visual artist Rob Johnston.

Jewish Museum of Australia - St Kilda Link Map

Helmut Newton - In Focus

- 29 January 2023

This is an expansive collection of the trailblazing image-maker’s most recognisable and quintessential works, including 78 original Newton photographs – the same daring and often controversial images that revolutionised the fashion world and established Newton as one of the most sought-after photographers of the 20th century.

Featuring items on loan from the State Library of Victoria, State Library of New South Wales, the Powerhouse Museum, National Archives Australia, RMIT Design Archives and private lenders, among many others, the exhibition delves into Newton’s early life and career, shining a light on his Jewish roots and youth in Berlin, his flight from Germany at the outbreak of WWII and his eventual internment at Tatura in regional Victoria as an enemy alien.

Pride Centre - St Kilda Link Map

Impossible Dance

As a photographer, Matto Lucas interrogates systems of power, focuses on GASD (Gender and Sexually Diverse) and LGBTIQ+ identities, and aims to authentically document communities on the fringes of mainstream culture, with heavy influences from Rennie Ellis, Susan Sontag, Nan Goldin, William Yang and Joan E. Biren. 

Titled after an influential essay written by Fiona Buckland, Impossible Dance is the fifth iteration in a broader series of performance-based photography, bringing together images exhibited throughout the series.  

Monash Gallery of Art - Monash Link Map

Bowness Prize

28 September - 13 November 2022

Over the last 16 years, the Bowness Photography Prize has emerged as an important annual survey of contemporary photographic practice in Australia and one of the most prestigious prizes in the country. In 2005 the MGA Foundation was established with the aim of supporting MGA and its significant collection, as well as its unique commitment to photographic art and in 2006 initiated the inaugural William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize to promote excellence in photography and support contemporary artists working in the medium.

This landscape holds grief

Paula Mahoney

29 September 2022 to 13 November 2022

MGA and the MGA Foundation are proud to introduce the inaugural Wai Tang Commissioning Award exhibition. Paula Mahoney is the first artist to be awarded the $10,000 commission who was selected from the 2021 Bowness Photography Prize. The award has been established by Wai Tang’s husband, Kee Wong, to recognise and honour her significant impact on the arts and preserve her legacy within MGA’s collection and exhibition history.

Compendium Art Gallery Link

Deborah Paauwe

7 - 29 October 2022

At first glance, Paauwe's hyer-feminine living dolls appear to be unconscious automata, unaware of the reality beyond the codes they are fed to make them dance.

Source Photographica - Sorrento Link Map

TBA check website 

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

Focal Point Studio Darkroom and Gallery Link  Map

Masters of Australian Photojournalism

7 October to 4 December 2022

Our third MoAP exhibition promises to be everything the first two were, with another new line-up of some of Australia's best press photographers. A must-see exhibition for anyone with an interest in sport, news, portraiture and current affairs photography.

North

Gold Street Gallery - Trentham East Link Map

Bone Women: Remembering the Journey Home

Kaye Dixon

to 20 November 2022

Here I have combined sculpture, painting, digital photography and alternative printing technique cyanotype to re-member my journey home; the long journey to find true feminine power buried in the depth of one’s soul; to remember the magic and medicine that lies hidden deep inside.

Hunt Club Community & Arts Centre - Deer Park Link Map

Thanks Pandemic

Stuart Murdoch

7 October to 4 December 2022

Dealing with the Pandemic he was forced to find other ways to flex his creative muscle. He did this by visiting his analogue archive. This archive spans more than 30 years of walking and exploring his home town of Melbourne, using a variety of cameras. The last 20 or so years here in the West and Sunshine. He managed to distil his archive to this handful of images. He hopes these picture can offer some insights into how he has watched this city grow and change. 

Horsham Regional Gallery - Horsham Link Map

Picture This

Works from the Collection

- 6 November 2022

Inspired by Blondie’s iconic 1978 song, this exhibition looks at portraiture within the Horsham Regional Art Gallery collection, from our earliest collecting activities in the 1970s through to our most recent acquisitions. Picture this features paintings, works on paper and photography including works by Carol Jerrems, Bill Henson, Polly Borland, Christian Thompson, Richard Beck, Dagmar Cyrulla, Dacchi Dang, Charles Bush, Max Meldrum, and A.M.E Bale.

National Centre for Photography - Ballarat Link Map

Currently nothing listed

Ready for a day trip? Here is a map to find the Northern venues.

Out of State but Important

Head On Photo Festival

4 - 20 November 2022

Sydney's big photo festival, this year featuring a huge number of exhibitions, showings of prize finalists, panels workshops.

Aperture Prints Fund Raiser Link

Price is USD250 each but the prints are also 10x8 inch ! We will include interesting print sales as part of the gallery section as we are coming up to the spring auctions and Magnum Link is due to do it's 6x6 prints edition any day now!

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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

One Time Only:

Bright Festival of Photography - Bright Link

7-9 October 2022

With close to 100 workshops  over 3 days and 30+ of Australia’s best photographers and instructors, BFOP 2022 is set to be bigger, better, crazier and more chaotic than EVER! By the people who brought you Photo2022.

We’re delivering you workshops in nearly every genre of photography that you can think of alongside our presentations stages and special events from our brand sponsors.

Regularly:

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

Australian Association of Street Photographers Link

10th May - Brent Durrant

14th June - Lou Gilbert

12th July - tbc

9th August - SITHOM: Story behind the Image

8:00 PM  9:00 PM

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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World Food Books Link

Nicholas Building

Room 5, Level 6/37 Swanston St
Melbourne 3000

City Basement Books Link link

342 Flinders St

Melbourne 3000

STUDIO HIRE link

PHOTO HARDWARE  link

FILM and PROCESSING link

PRINTING FINE ART

(We are making a start to this list as it will be quite long if we have not made it to your printing house or your favourite, please email us).

DARKROOMS for HIRE link

FILM SCANNING link

REPAIRS of PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT link

EQUIPMENT HIRE link

PUBLISHERS link

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