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From The Art Newspaper:
A survey of early photography at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (New Realities: Photography in the 19th Century, 17 June-17 September) will focus on “the noisy century” of the medium, says the show’s curator, Mattie Boom. Around 300 pictures from the museum’s collection of more than 150,000 photographs will be included.
Continue reading “How botany helped give birth to photography”
click here to see Gael Newton’s report on these significant photography auctions by Mossgreen.
the Rijksmuseum is presenting a major retrospective of 19th-century photography – click here
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has revealed a visual of its new Photography Centre – click here
Agents of Empire: How E.L. Mitchell’s photographs shaped AustraliaFor nearly 100 years, E.L. Mitchell’s emblematic photographs have shaped ideas about Australia. But who was Mitchell and why did he succeed above his competitors?
Entries now invited
Continue reading “William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize”
INFORMATION CALL-OUT: FRANK HURLEYSearching for Frank Hurley along our northern beaches
Did you know that Frank Hurley was a very keen gardener and photographer of wild flowers?
click on image for the new portal on European photography collections. A fantastic research tool.
NGA photography news from Shaune Lakin, senior curator photography. (taken from his May 2017 newsletter – plus a little more)
Here’s a 1999 publication that is really worth looking through – I borrowed a copy from the library. It is a gem. The production of the photographs in the catalogue are sumptuous – so do not settled for any online version here or elsewhere. You have to see the book – or even better see the originals. But that’s my point – see my comments after this sample.
Yet another NGA photography exhibition not to be missed.
Another little gem of an exhibition at the National gallery of Australia.
There’s a wonderful set of photographs by Eduardo Masferre presently on exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.
Click here for the very informative review by Richard Johnstone of the Bill Henson exhibition at the NGV – part of their festival of photography.
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Continue reading “V&A announces plans for new Photography Centre”
Back in 1996, Philip Bentley, Melbourne historian, wrote a thesis on the history of the Melbourne photographers, Group M.
click on banner for link to information about this great group of Australian photographers
George W Bell (1920 – 2008) was member of Group M – in Melbourne.
Congratulations to the Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) for this wonderful exhibition of the Australian photographer, Wesley Stacey.
Exhibition of 40 years of photographs by Wesley Stacey at the Monash Gallery of Art, 4th March – 28 April 2017 – click here for details.
For more on Wesley – click here.
A selection of photographs taken from one of Frank Hurley’s books…
Musée de l’Elysée (Switzerland) till 30 April 2017 (click on image above)
It is always good to wander into the Art Gallery of NSW and visit their photography exhibitions.
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Click here for the article on artdaily.
We visited the Cindy Sherman Brisbane exhibition in July 2016.
click on the image above for The Guardian story on Elton John’s collection
