Towards Abstraction, 1940-1985: Brett Weston
click on the image for the link to the Bruce Museum
Category: photography
Brassaï at Centre Pompidou
an exhibition to the Graffiti series by Brassaï
Click on image above for link to exhibition notice on Artdaily.
photo-essay
Camarade – The Earth
Louise Grayson, Queensland University of Technology (this essay was originally published in The Conversation)
Carol Jerrems
A 2010 article by Peter Conrad on Carol Jerrems
Click on the image for a 2010 article by Peter Conrad in The Monthly.
Nassau County and the art of photography
Nassau County Museum of Arts devotes galleries to photography
Click here for the article on artdaily.
Prada Foundation moves into photography
Dina Goldstein
Cindy Sherman
Catalogue- Cindy Sherman at Queensland Art Gallery
We visited the Cindy Sherman Brisbane exhibition in July 2016.
Elton John and photography
Elton John on his photography collection
click on the image above for The Guardian story on Elton John’s collection
Ann Shelton
Ann Shelton opens at Auckland Art Gallery
click on image for news on the exhibition 26 Nov–17 April 2017
2016 FotoFocus Biennial
Cincinnati, photography festival
The theme of FotoFocus 2016 is “The Un-Document,” and presents photography from over 100 international artists in 60 venues.
Institute for Photography in Scotland
Great program for late 2016
check it out… click on the image above
National Galleries of Scotland’s photography
The View from Here, at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The View from Here, brings together 70 key works that chart the history of landscape photography over the course of 175 years. click here for more.
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19th Century Vegetable Photographer
Photography: Relics of Old London
Yale Centre for British Art, 2016
From the gallery: This exhibition offered a glimpse of the lost architecture of preindustrial London, as captured in a series of carbon photoprints commissioned between 1875 and 1886 by the short-lived Society for Photographing the Relics of Old London.
Dayanita Singh
Dayanita Singh, Museum of Machines
The MAST Foundation in Bologna is presenting for the first time in Italy a major solo exhibition of contemporary photographs by Dayanita Singh.
photography at auction
news on New York photography auctions
click on the image for the story from The Art Newspaper
photography and the V&A
The V&A as a centre for photography
An update on the move of the Royal Photography Society’s collection to the V&A – and the V&A as a centre for photography. click here.
Tuggeranong Arts, journeys, soul searching, lost souls
The Tuggeranong Arts Centre Gallery has three exhibitions on till the end of October that make the visit worth while – and more. Continue reading “Tuggeranong Arts, journeys, soul searching, lost souls”
Andrew Moore
Dirt Meridian, Joslyn Museum, Omaha Nebraska
An online feature about another wonderful landscape photographer.
Robyn Stacey
Dark Wonder, Stills Gallery Sydney
Click on the image for the review by Lenny Ann Low in the Fairfax news.
Christie’s photographs sales October 2016
click on image for more on the Christie’s Photographs sales October 2016
Michael Hoppen Gallery
The Image in Question at Michael Hoppen Gallery
click on the image for the link to the exhibition and
Photo London 2016
Michael Cook
Mother, 2016 – photography by Michael Cook
Click on image to see the 2016 series by Michael Cook – Mother
Anna Carey
Stardust 2016, Anna Carey
click on the image for the 2016 series, Stardust, by Anna Carey.
Murrumbidgee River in 26 Days
Murrumbidgee River in 26 Days, Alan Lee & Jonquil Mackey, Tuggeranong Arts Centre
This joint exhibition by these two photographers is based on the notion of exploring the Murrumbidgee River along its path to the Murray.
Robyn Stacey at Stills
Robyn Stacey exhibition at Stills Gallery, Sydney
This is a notice for the Robyn Stacey exhibition: Oct 8 – Nov 5, 2016
M16 Preset Memory
Exhibition: Preset memory: Lee Grant, Ellis Hutch, Blaide Lallemand, Mark Van Veen, Brenton McGeachie
A highly successful and recommended exhibition.
Harold Cazneaux
Harold Cazneaux at ANMM
This exhibition staged by the Australian national Maritime Museum is highly recommended. It is a gem.
photography: SIPF 2016
This is the fifth SIPF – click here for their 2016 website
Trent Parke: Avenue of Honour
Trent Parke’s Avenue of Honour at the Australian War Memorial
photoaccess
Photography at photoaccess September 2016
During September 2016 photoaccess presented simultaneous three exhibitions: In the Landscape, Annika Harding and Amy Dunn, River, Peter Ranyard & New Paintings, Oscar Capezio. Continue reading “photoaccess”
Edward Burtynsky
The Guardian on Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky on his ravaged Earth shots: ‘We’ve reached peak everything’
Polixeni Papapetrou
Featured artist on the ART MUSEum
Click on the image above for the link to Polixeni’s web site and..
Diane Arbus and more at the NGA
NGA exhibition review
There’s a wonderful exhibition at the NGA till 30th October 2016 – Diane Arbus: American portraits.
Harold Cazneaux at ANMM
Exhibition: Harold Cazneaux at the Australian National Maritime Museum
Photographer Harold Cazneaux (1878-1953) is a giant in the history of Australian photography.
Valerie Sparks
Valerie Sparks wins Bowness
The Monash Gallery of Art has announced that Melbourne artist Valerie Sparks has won the 2016 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize with her work ‘Prospero’s Island – North East’ featuring one of Australia’s most iconic landscapes.
Click here for a link to the artist’s website.
Click here for the link to Monash Gallery of Art
Polixeni Papapetrou’s Eden
Polixeni Papapetrou’s new series Eden on view at Stills Gallery
Click on the image for the story from ArtDaily on Polixeni Papapetrou’s Eden exhibition on at Stills Gallery in Sydney. Highly recommended.
Photo London 2016 tour
Take a tour of Photo London festival 2016
click on the image to take a virtual tour of the exhibitions at the Photo London festival in London.
Elliott Erwitt’s life and work
photography link on the art museum
click here for the story on Art Daily – and for another link – click here for the Harry Ransom Centre’s page
John F Williams (1933 – 2016)
Saying goodbye to an influential Australian photographer
We recently heard of the death of a great Australian photographer. Click here to see an essay on John from 2004.
Portraits of William Eggleston
news on photography exhibition by William Eggleston
click on the image for the story about the exhibition of William Eggleston
photography at the V&A
notice of exhibition at the V&A London
click on the image for information on the V&A exhibition
Photography at Nishi Gallery – Beauty In This
Beauty In This, exhibition by Maryanne Voyazis
Beauty In This is a wonderful photography exhibition, by Maryanne Voyazis, on for a short time at Nishi Gallery, New Acton.
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photography
Review International Center of Photography New York
There’s something going in within photography – there’s something going within many of the centres and galleries devoted to photography.
Auckland festival of photography
2016 Auckland festival of photography – June 2016
The 2016 Auckland festival of photography like many Australian photographic festival is very dependent on the enthusiasms and the energy of a small band of people, or more often than not, just one person.
Auckland festival of photography
Auckland festival of photography
Exhibition Review: Home, 2 June – 20 June 2016
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Cindy Sherman
News on photography by Cindy Sherman
click on the image for the story from the New York Times
photography
Photography is alive and very well –