reframe-refocus.xyzPhotoSceneVictoriaMay 2023 |
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A blog for people who are into making, displaying, discovering, finding, buying, collecting & considering photographs. |
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Magnum Square print sale on now! Link Magnum's 15x15cm sale is on now. This is a chance to get small prints signed by your heroes. |
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Pixy Liao at CCP along with photography from the White Rabbit Collection Link One of the most important photographers working today is in Melbourne. Pixy Liao and her partner Moro will be at CCP this week. Opening Friday night with an artist talk on Saturday and she is doing a portfolio review as well. Check CCP's website for details. |
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Welcome We are out a week early because of the two big things above. Do yourself a favour and check them both out! There is a lot of exhibitions and this month I've collated so many great contests, grants and a couple of grants! Through your hat in and enter/apply! 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/fix, hire, labs and previous newsletters so that you can view a full list of what is here. If you write photography criticism and live are around Melbourne, 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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Docklands has two dedicated galleries and now two other spaces that regularly has photography exhibitions. |
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XYZ Photo Gallery - Docklands Link Map 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, Ellie Young and Nick Ut. Sheet Film : A Victorian Survey A survey of people using large format. 26 May to 1 July 2023 1:00 - 5:00pm, Wed - Fri and Sunday As film expands its influence again, and after seeing the history of the print, the gallery is doing a survey of photographers who are shooting sheets not rolls. There are some places left, contact the gallery if you would like to be involved. This is hard to find, Details on the website. |
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Magnet Gallery - Docklands Link Map Without Apology Nathan (Natti) Miller to 13 May 2023
Nudes a book, exhibition and talk. |
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Inner North - Fitzroy Collingwood Carlton Brunswick |
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Wolfhound Photographic Gallery - Fitzroy Link Map Zodiac 15 Melbourne Photographers to 8 May 2023 15 Melbourne photographers reimagine the Zodiac with interpretations that are playful, mysterious and investigative. |
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CCP - Fitzroy Link Map Experimental Relationship Pixy Liao 21 April to 9 July 2023 Pixy Liao's long-standing project ‘Experimental Relationship’ explores gender, relationship and cultural dynamics through a series of staged photographs, often featuring herself and her partner Moro. I Loved You: Works from The White Rabbit Collection. Hu Weiyi, Jiang Zhi, Li Xiaofei, Ren Hang, Shao Yinong and Muchen, Sin Wai Kin, Yan Siwen, Yang Fudong, Zhang Hai'er. 21 April to 9 July 2023 From sweet early romance, to shattering revelations of infidelity, to the overwhelming passion for a boyband, the artists in ‘I Loved You’ use a range of photographic and video techniques to capture and convey personal moments representative of love, memory, fantasy and connection. |
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Off The Kerb - Collingwood Link Map ELEMENTS: EARTH / WATER / AIR / FIRE OFF THE KERB’S 16TH ANNIVERSARY GROUP SHOW Alexia Novella, Glen Downey, Melanie Caple, Liam Snootle, Tinky, Matthew Schiavello, Frances Cannon, Ryan Pola, Wen Pham, Jack Howl, Rachel Derum, Asooraguy, STIPLO, Katie Chancellor, Nicole Willis, SAINT JIVE, Lauren Tausend, Lukas Kasper, Cat Parker, Cakeface X Rhys Pope, Chris Vernon, Yiying Lee, Yen Yen Lo, Imogen Rolfe, Lewis Vincent, Julia Schmitt, Zac Grenfell, Charlotte Ivey, TomboyBill, Caspar Conrick, Ruby Bovill, Wonton Bears, Kara Mandel, Andre Bruzzese , Katie Starkey, Kay Hustwaite, Maria Petrova, Clémence Saucez, Katie Banakh, Otto Macpherson to 27 April 2023 Off the Kerb gallery is turning 16! And to celebrate sixteen years in the arts, we would like to invite you to join us in celebrating this fantastic new group show themed around the four Elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire. This exhibition features all medias including photography. The ancient Greeks believed that there were four elements that everything was made up of - earth, water, air, fire. This has become the cornerstone of philosophy for thousands of years. Some theorized that the four elements describes the temperaments a person could have - sanguine (optimistic, social, and associated with the element of air), melancholic (analytical, quiet, earth), choleric (short-tempered, irritable, fire), and phlegmatic (relaxed, peaceful, water). Earth, water, air and fire also refer to our natural environment that we desperately need to preserve in our climate crisis. |
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The Res Artis Project Space - Collingwood Link Map Fragments Chris Bowes to 20 May 2023 Fragments is an exhibition in the Res Artis Project Space by Chris Bowes, consisting of a series of experimental photographs which ponder the ideas of Heraclitus, a Pre-Socratic philosopher living in 500 BC, and their relationship to photography. |
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Hillvale Gallery - Brunswick Link Map Hillvale Photo Trophy an overview of what is happening in Melbourne to 7 May 2023 Consider the telegraph poles, tracing a path walked for a very long time: adorned now with 5g transmitters. The vernacular of the powerlines and the boreholes, and the satellite mapping software that charts our course. How the distance between here and there has shrunk to the size of a holiday, or a weekend away. |
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Melbourne - City, East, North & South |
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Tucked around Melbourne and are many galleries and govt institutions. Much to see, though photography is central to only one. |
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Leica Gallery - Melbourne Link Map Changes 13 practitioners to 11 May 2023 In 2022, thirteen photographers from Melbourne and Sydney took part in the Leica Akademie/Momento Pro 'Projects and Publishing Workshop'.
Under the tutelage of renowned street photographer, Jesse Marlow, they now come together to present an exciting group exhibition of new works. The brief: to produce a body of work focused on 'Change'. |
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Stephen McLaughlan Gallery - Melbourne Link Map Changing Worlds 14 Artists to 29 April 2023 Ukraine Artists get together to raise awareness and thoughtfulness. |
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City Library Gallery - Melbourne Link Map We Were Resilient Margo Sharman to 30 April 2023 We Were Resilient is a historic series of images with text, presenting 365 pages during one year of COVID19. Every page in chronological order has an image of a 100+ year old elm tree in Carlton, a brief written contribution from a large demographic of people, the changing lockdown rules and the daily COVID19 cases. |
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Ian Potter Centre, NGV - Melbourne Link Map Melbourne Now Overview of artists based in Melbourne. for a long time 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. |
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Very long exhibitions in museums. We will include a photo in the month we find them, then list. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Archives Centre - North Melbourne Link Map Spy: Espionage in Australia until 2023
This exhibition from the National Archives of Australia reveals the personal experiences of secret agents and the curious history of espionage and counter-espionage in Australia. Developed in partnership with ASIO. Often cloaked in myth, the stories of spies are sometimes stranger than fiction. Spy: espionage in Australia reveals the personal experiences of secret agents and the curious history of espionage and counter-espionage in Australia, from Federation through to the present day. Visit this popular exhibition to see surveillance images and watch candid interviews with ASIO Officers. Spy brings the stories of spies out of the shadows and into the light. |
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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. |
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Pride Centre - St Kilda Link Map The Queer Gaze Many From 28 April 2023 The Queer Gaze features images from iconic lesbian magazine Wicked Women which launched in 1988 and disrupted the rigid political climate that dominated the dyke scene at the time. Many of these images are now housed in the Australian Queer Archives at the Victorian Pride Centre and have not been seen publicly for decades. |
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Museum of Australian Photography - Monash Link Map formally Monash Gallery of Art 10 strangers Madeline Bishop to 1 May 2023 Madeline Bishop is a Melbourne based artist whose work is conceptually centred around relational dynamics. Exploiting the persistent tension between distance and closeness in photographs, Bishop’s work uses a performative and constructed approach to dissecting the relationship between photography and intimacy. 100 faces Portraits from Collections. to 18 May 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. TOPshots 2022–23 Various graduates to 28 May 2023 TOPshots is an annual celebration of emerging photomedia artists selected from a large pool of entries. 2023 marks the 15th anniversary of this award and exhibition, which showcases exceptional photographic work produced by students who have completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) subjects of Art, Media and Studio Arts, as well as the International Baccalaureate (IB) Visual Arts. |
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Town Hall Gallery - Hawthorn Link Map Light Years Camberwell Camera Club to 3 June 2023 Light Years’ is a community exhibition featuring a variety of themes captured through immersive photography by members of the Camberwell Camera Club. ‘Light Years’ is the culmination of a major project in 2022, where members collected a series of images to tell a story in a more powerful way than in a single image. Through photographic essays exploring themes of the everyday, cultural traditions and the beauty of nature, featured artists take the viewer on a journey revealing the power of visual storytelling. |
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Geelong has a dedicated photo space and from time to time it is joined by other galleries and museums. |
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Focal Point Studio Darkroom and Gallery Link Map 2022 Nikon-Walkey Press Photography Various 14 April - 27 May 2023 The Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition is again coming to Geelong, showcasing the very best of Australian photojournalism from 2022. This is always one of our most popular exhibitions, and this one is likely to be as exciting as those that came before. |
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Mostly out of town and a great day trip or more. |
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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. |
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Castlemaine Art Museum - Castlemaine Link Map There’s a certain Slant of light Jane Brown to 28 May 2023 There’s a certain Slant of light takes a darker turn with the inclusion of an exciting new body of works by celebrated contemporary photographer Jane Brown. The mysterious interplay of light on greenhouse plants, and refracted through mirrors, antique glass and windows are the subjects of these extraordinary new works – each meticulously hand-printed on paper, tin or glass. |
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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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CONTESTS for PHOTOGRAPHS Inge Morath Award Deadline: 30 April 2023 Entry fee: none mentioned Theme: Long term documentary project by a women or non-binary person. Why Enter: Magnum and money. Link HBC Award -
Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson Deadline: 30 April 2023 Entry fee: From USD 25 Theme: Big and supported by a gatekeeper. Why Enter: Euros 35K to support the creation of an ambitious photography project. Link (if you wish to enter and don't have a gatekeeper arrange to pitch it to a gallery) Olive Cotton Award Deadline: 30 April 2023 Entry fee: AUD 35 Theme: Portrait Why Enter: Acquisitive prize of AUD20000, so lots of money, in a major collection and a major prize. Link Nikon Small World Competition Deadline: 30 April 2023 Entry fee: USD25/30 single/series Theme: Macro Why Enter: Lots of money. Link Magnum Submissions Deadline: 1 May 2023 Entry fee: Free Theme: Open Why Enter: Being a magnum member is the goal of so many photographers. Link IPA Photographic Competition Deadline: 6 May 2023 Entry fee: USD29 - 65 Theme: Many Why Enter: Money, a statuette, PR tickets and spending money to the awards. Link Monochrome Awards Deadline: 14 May 2023 Entry: USD25-30 Theme: Various Why enter: Lots of prizes, money and PR. Link Monovisions Deadline: 14 May 2023 Entry fee: USD25/30 single/series Theme: Monochrome Why Enter: Fair bit of money and PR. Link PX3 Deadline: 14 May 2023 Entry fee: USD25/30 single/series Theme: open Why Enter: Fair bit of money, exhibition, book and introduction to the Paris photo world. Steve McCurry is one of the 33 judges. Link Iris Award Deadline: 14 May 2023 Entry fee: AUD55 Theme: Portrait Why Enter: A bit easier to be hung then the other 3 major portrait awards, oh and some money. Link Women Photograph Project Grants Deadline: 15 May 2023 Entry fee: no fee Theme: Projects by women and nonbinary people Why Enter: no competition from males. Good money and connections to camera companies. Link Australian Life Photographic Prize Deadline: 21 May 2023 Entry: free Theme: As per prize name Why enter: Banners in Hyde Park Sydney with tens of thousands seeing. Link 50 Squared Brunswick Street Gallery Deadline: 21 May 2023 Entry: AUD50 Theme: Open but 50cm squared or less. Why enter: Money and you can take your friends to see. Link Global Peace Photo Prize Deadline: 21 May 2023 Entry: no cost Theme: peace Why enter: The list of associated entities Edition Lammerhuber in partnership with, UNESCO, Austrian Parliament, World Press Photo Foundation et el. Link Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2023 Deadline: 22 May 2023 Entry fee: GBP 21 Theme: Portrait Why Enter: National Portrait Gallery in London and money. Link MA-g Awards Deadline: 31May 2023 Entry fee: CHF50/100 single/series Theme: open Why Enter: Araki Nobuyoshi ii the judge! Shortlisted artworks will still feature in the Museum’s contemporary section and will become part of the permanent collection, comprising works from the greatest avant-garde artists, from Rodchenko to Man Ray. Link HARIBAN AWARD Deadline: 15 June 2023 Entry fee: USD 50 Theme: open Why Enter: Two-week residency in Kyoto, paid for, work with the master collotype printer to produce eight collotype prints, these will be shown in a solo exhibition. Link |
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CONTEST for BOOKS Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 2023 Deadline: 15 May 2023 Entry fee: Free Theme: Book Why enter: Euros 25000 to make the book a reality. Short list also shown as part of Rencontres d’Arles, the major European photo festival. Link 2023 LUCIE PHOTO BOOK PRIZE Deadline: 15 May 2023 Entry fee: USD 55/35 Theme: Book Why Enter: diverse group of judges. Some money. Link GALLERIES OPEN CALLS XYZ Photo Gallery New gallery opened in January 2022 by the same team that brings you this newsletter. What: Expressions of interest to be consideration for an exhibition Deadline: open Cost: no initial costs (options if selected) Theme: open Why Enter: This is a gallery set up to provide to local photographers/artists working in photo-media, a gallery experience that the director would have liked when he started out. Link Off the Kerb Open call for exhibiting for the first 6 months of the new year. Link Stanger Gallery Open call for exhibitions. Link HOTA - Gold Coast Introduce your practice LInk Exhibition proposals Link SunStudios Gallery Exhibition proposals Link OTHERS CCP Portfolio Review with Pixy Liao What: a chance to get a show your work to Pixy who is both wonderful, thoughtful and connected. When: Monday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
April 17 &April 19, 2023 How: Book here Presartis Artist Residencies Around the world Ongoing as opportunities happen. Why: because living in another culture adds to your work. Link GRANTS Deloitte Photo Grant 2023 Deadline: 30 April 2023 Theme: Connections, Who: photographers under 35 What is available: Euro 60k Link Ilford Community Photography Grant Deadline: quarterly What is available: £500 of Ilford product. Link |
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Artist's Talks Pixy Liao - Artist Talk
Saturday, 2:00 pm
22 April 2023 CCP - Fitzroy Link Map Zodiac Artist talk Tuesday, 2:30pm 25 March 2023 Wolfhound Photographic Gallery - Fitzroy Link Map Nathan Miller an Artist talk, Without Apology Sunday, 2.30pm 30 April 2023 Nathan will discuss his photography career and his latest book and collection Magnet Gallery - Docklands Link Map 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. Australian Association of Street Photographers Link
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