correlated as fine #110 [aka free radical notes, aka a bunch of stuff]         August 25th 2010

Haiku stuff

Hello! I’d like to
consolidate your debts and
mispronounce your name!

new members stuff

A big warm and fuzzy welcome to our newest free radical members, Mayu Kanamori NSW and Mark Schaller VIC.

editorial stuff

Congratulations to free radicals Melanie Faith Dove [fr#204], Rob Imhoff [fr#143] and Julie Millowick [fr#686] who have all been shortlisted for the $25,000 William Bowness Prize. Winner will be announced at the MGA on Sept. 23^rd.

There’s a bit of flack doing the rounds over the announcement of the winner of the 2010 Moran Prize for Photography. This year’s prize of $125,000 went to Sydney photographer Dean Sewell who incidentally also won the prize in 2009. Check out Joseph Feil’s blog: www.josephfeil.com and drop me a note if you would like to comment further.

A cache of old glass negatives bought at a garage sale for $US45 has been found to be the work of iconic American photographer Ansel Adams, and is worth at least $US200 million to the artist who found them. Lawyer Arnold Peter says a team of experts has concluded the 65 negatives are from the early work of Adams. It was previously thought the negatives were destroyed in a 1937 darkroom fire that destroyed 5000 plates. The negatives were bought 10 years ago at a garage sale in Fresno by painter Rick Norsigian, who noticed they resembled Adams’ famed photographs of Yosemite National Park and hired Peter to assemble a team of experts. He reportedly negotiated the sale price of the two small boxes down from $70 – but a Beverly Hills art appraiser has estimated their value today at at least $US200 million. “It truly is a missing link of Ansel Adams and history and his career,” David W. Streets, the appraiser and art dealer who is hosting an unveiling of the photographs at his gallery.

Parsons, Kansas July 14th— Freelance photojournalist Steve McCurry, whose work has graced the pages of National Geographic, laid 36 slides representing the last frames of Kodachrome film on the light board sitting on a counter in Dwayne’s Photo Service in Parsons. McCurry told Dwayne’s vice president Grant Steinle how he had chosen to shoot the last roll of Kodachrome produced by Eastman Kodak by capturing images around New York. “Then we went to India, where I photographed a tribe that is actually on the verge of extinction. It’s actually disappearing, the same way as Kodachrome,” he told Steinle.  Kodak announced last year that it would retire Kodachrome, a brand name of color reversal film it had manufactured since 1935. McCurry, well-known for his 1984 photograph of Sharbat Gula, or the “Afghan Girl,” published on the cover of National Geographic magazine, requested from Kodak to shoot the last roll of 36 frames it manufactured. National Geographic has closely documented the journey of the final roll of Kodachrome manufactured, down to its being processed. Dwayne’s is only photo lab left in the world to handle Kodachrome processing, so National Geographic Television producer Yvonne Russo and National Geographic magazine senior video producer Hans Weise found themselves in Parsons Monday, along with McCurry, with the final roll of the iconic film of the 20th century. Read more: last kodachrome roll processed

births and deaths stuff

Colin Williams, father of David Williams [fr#2 and now expatriate in Toronto] passed away earlier this month at the grand old age of 96. He started off with HB Green and sons in Brisbane as a photographic assistant in 1927 aged 14. Flash powder, T-stops, rubber bulb activated blind style shutters, long exposures, orthochromatic film, -double-dark slides, glass plates, pedal-driven air-brushes and bromoil-brushes, gas powered hot print mounting  – and every subject possible under the lens. The last, and longest part of his career in photography involved Kodak – and in particular, as Pro Markets Manager for Australasia. A forty-year man.

Actually David sent me a 5 page eulogy on his dad, which unfortunately is a bit too long to publish here, but I’ll see if I can get our free radical webmeister Cameron to post it at the website [www.freeradicaloz.com] for anyone who is interested in reading it in full – Ed

call for entry  stuff

It’s always a good idea to thoroughly read and understand terms of entry for any photographic prize or competition.

If you don’t like what they say, or feel terms and conditions are not clearly spelled out, or appear exploitative, don’t enter!

The Sony World Photography Awards are entirely international, welcoming professional and amateur photographers to enter their photographs…

Professional Competition – Entry Close: 5 January 2011

Submit your work for the chance to become the next Professional Photographer of the Year and win the coveted prize, L’iris d’Or, along with prize money of $25,000.

The professional is a serious photographer with a true passion for the job – the art of taking pictures, documenting a story, conceptualising an idea, capturing emotions and evoking a response from those who view the finished product.

Submissions must be based on a body of work and contain a minimum of 3 images and a maximum of 10 images. Within the Professional competition, three distinct sectors within photography are discovered and awarded. The Commercial, Fine Art and Photojournalism & Documentary genres are all equally recognised and sought after.

Image entered in to any of the 15 professional categories must have been completed or first published in 2010.

Open Competition – Entry Close: 5 January 2011

The Power of Imaging… Enter the world where image is passion.

The Open competition seeks the true amateur – the lover of photography – to enter a single image, capturing that perfect moment.

All ages and levels of expertise are welcomed in this competition where image is everything and imagination is the only necessary ingredient.

Whether your passion is animals, places, people, sport, or travel, you could be the next to win $5,000 and a trip to the next Sony World Photography Awards ceremony and World Photography Festival in London!   Further info at: www.worldphoto.org

Entries are now open for The International Aperture Awards, one of the world’s richest online photography competitions. This is the 3rd year of the competition, which is open to professional and amateur photographers worldwide. With a total prize pool of over US$80,000, including a first prize in the Open competition of US$20,000 in cash, the competition attracts some of the best international professional and amateur photography. The competition is held over 8 categories in the Open division, and 3 categories in the Amateur division. These include People & Portrait, Sport, Landscape, Science & Nature, Commercial, Advertising & Fashion, Abstract/Illustrative, Photojournalism and Wedding. Enter online at: http://www.internationalapertureawards.com

The 5th Annual Photography Masters Cup is now open and accepting entries. With over 235 title awards, $16,500 prize money, international press, and exposure to the biggest names in photography, advertising and entertainment – it’s your chance to be recognized as the best in the industry. Don’t miss the opportunity to show your work to the Jury and participate in the world’s premier color photographic showcase. Details at: www.photomasterscup.com

Lens Culture International Exposure Awards aim to discover, reward, and promote talented, new, emerging and established photographers from around the world.

 We’re looking for exciting images from every continent, and from diverse points of view: documentary, fine art, photojournalism, street photography, nature, sports, fashion, poetic, personal, abstract and human. 

An international jury of photography experts will review and judge every photo submitted. 

This year, in addition to cash awards and other prizes, we’re delighted to announce that all winning photographs will be featured in well-publicized International Exposure Awards traveling exhibitions at galleries in Paris, New York and San Francisco in 2011. (Additional international gallery venues may be announced soon.) The winning photographs will also get prominent, exclusive photo features in Lens Culture, giving them access and broad exposure to an enthusiastic, influential worldwide audience. 

Six photographers will win cash prizes and top honors (3 Portfolio Awards, and 3 Single Image Awards). Additionally, 25 photographers (from either category) will win Honorable Mention Awards.

 Last year, we received over 6,000 images from photographers in 48 countries on six continents! Many of the 29 winners from 2009 continue to achieve great success with their careers — winning other awards (including two World Press Photo Awards), signing publishing contracts, getting editorial assignments, group and solo exhibitions, artists residencies, and having their work collected by institutions and private collectors around the world. 

 Full details are here: lensculture.com/awards.

Burrard-Lucas Photography have launched a new Wildlife Photography contest. They are looking for images of wild animals that stand out from the crowd… maybe it will be a striking portrait that catches our eye or perhaps the image will reveal an interesting aspect of an animal’s behaviour. Photographs of animals in captivity are eligible for entry but photos of domestic animals such as pets and livestock are not. The deadline for entry of the Wildlife Photography Contest is 31st October 2010. Entry is free. Details from: http://blog.burrard-lucas.com

Deadline: October 9th, 2010   Travel Photographer of the Year is run by photographers for photographers, judged by renowned photography experts and provides great prizes including travel adventures, photographic equipment, photography tuition and international exposure for your photography. Who can enter? Anyone! Wherever you live in the world, whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, and whatever age you are, you can enter TPOTY.    TPOTY 2010 has the following categories and themes – Three portfolio categories – Encounters, Amazing Places and World In Motion. A One Shot category – Adventures. First Shot (for less experienced amateur photographers) – Festival of Colour. New Talent (for those looking to start a career in photography) – Sell It! Young Travel Photographer of the Year (two age groups) – Big World Small World. Judges’ Special Award – Young Photographers’ Alliance award for the best emerging talent. This award will be given by the judges to the most interesting, creative and original entry from a photographer, aged 25 years and under, in either the New Talent or Young Travel Photographer of the Year categories. Find out more:  www.tpoty.com

other happening  stuff

Infocus 2010 Conference 12 – 14 September, Queenstown, New Zealand
                                    
It really shouldn’t be a big decision for you to make if you want creative inspiration and to improve your business, to register for Infocus 2010. If you are serious about being at the top of your game as a professional photographer you should be there. We have worked really hard to bring you more than just “show and tell” presentations. To get a photographer of Michael Grecco’s standing out to NZ is no small feat. If you are not familiar with his work check out www.michaelgrecco.com He is an outstanding photographer, a Hasselblad Master, and an excellent educator. On top of that we have top Australian Wedding and Portrait photographer’s Graham Monro [fr#106] and Robert Piccoli speaking, plus inspirational presentations from NZ locals – Doc Ross, Jackie Ranken [fr#355] & Alan Dove. Tauranga Accountant and Business Advisor Michelle Malcolm, who has several photographers on her books, will talk about making sense out of your dollars. And on top of that we have included sessions for challenging debates and discussions on the photographic industry, where you all can have your say. It will be a full on couple of days at a great location (did we mention the skiing!?!), with great speakers, and you’ll get a great education and lots of inspiration. For as little as NZ$295, you get two days of international and local speakers, entry to the industry exhibition, day catering (including winery tasting), view the Iris awards and two social functions. More information and to register visit: www.nzipp.org.nz and click on the Infocus logo

Calling all Photographers

 
“THOSE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION – HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO  TAKE ACTION”….. Benjamin Franklin

Did you know that in Melbourne, a bridal car parked in a laneway etc for wedding photographs, can automatically incur a $400 fine and three demerit points to the driver?

Did you know that it is illegal to take photographs using the Opera House as a backdrop for wedding photographs? “I personally am sick of these uninformed bureaucratic stupid regulations from councils, that clearly have no basis on anything except a feeble attempt to extract money from ordinary ratepayers.” said Bernie Griffiths.

“I have been a wedding /portrait photographer for forty years and will be joining the rally. It is time to take responsibility with action.”

Australian photographers are losing their rights to freedom of expression. And it doesn’t matter whether they are full-time professional, part-time or strictly amateur, as every person who has a camera can be threatened with unjust laws and regulations.

“We must be the only country in the world where you could get a criminal record for taking a picture of a rock,” said Ken Duncan, the Chairman of Arts Freedom Australia. “And because of this shameful situation, I am asking photographers and other concerned citizens to protest against the undemocratic regulations which now restrict film-making and photography in many of our public places,” Mr. Duncan added. To this end, Arts Freedom Australia (AFA) will hold a rally near Campbells Cove on Sydney Harbour on Sunday, August 29th between 10am and 12 noon to reinforce its message. “We need to make the Australian public aware of this threat to our freedoms,” Mr. Duncan said. More info   www.artsfreedomaustralia.com

Also just announced by popular demand, a mirror event in Melbourne. Same day, same time but on the lower steps of Parliament House, Cnr Sring and Bourke Streets.

workshop stuff

‘Digital Printing Masterclass’ with Tim Handfield offers a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes of Australia’s leading fine art photographic lab and to discover how to get more from your digital prints than you would have ever thought possible. This is an interactive workshop to be held within the Colour Factory’s digital production facilites where Tim will work with workshop participants to take a selection of his own digital camera RAW files from their original state through to finished exhibition prints using both pigment inkjet and photographic processes. Workshop Details
: Date Saturday 28th August, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
   Colour Factory, 409-429 Gore Street, Fitzroy VIC, 3065  
Cost $175.00 (inc GST)

Sun Studios present Peter Coulson [fr#813] Lighting workshops in  Sydney 10th September [02]9641 5555 and in Melbourne 21st Sept [03]9427 7440

exhibition stuff

happy to list your show be it in Melbourne, Darwin, Hobart or wherever, but if it’s too much trouble to send me your exhibition details in a format that I can readily cut and paste, i.e. in the body of an email, then it’s too much trouble for me to transcribe details from a PDF or go chasing websites for the information that’s missing. Send the details to <freeradicaloz@gmail.com> Include details of  opening and closing dates, gallery address, opening hours, and if you like, a brief synopsis of the show. Sometimes it’s  4 – 6 weeks between editions of the notes, so if you want to be sure of getting a listing, get your details in early.

Gerard O’Connor & Marc Wasiak are back at Colour Factory Gallery with their second sensational exhibition Blood, Sweat and Tears. Show current to August 28.

Followed by Jo-Anne Duggan’s Wondrous Possessions opening on Thursday September 2nd, from 6 – 8pm. Wondrous Possessions is an exhibition of exquisite images, created on 4×5” film in the historic palazzi constructed by the Gonzaga family in Mantua, Italy; the Palazzo Ducale, Palazzo Te and Palazzo San Sebastiano, as well as the state archives, Archivio di Stato di Mantova. The images were hand-printed at Colour Factory and exhibited in Prato, Italy in mid May 2010. Colour Factory Gallery is pleased to present these photo masterpieces, illustrating photography at its finest. Show runs Sept 3 to Oct 10 at the Colour Factory, 409 – 429 Gore St Fitzroy. Gallery hours Mon – Fri 8.30 – 5.30, Sat 1 – 4.

Deborah Hally – Lynda Wilson – Michelle Lee Exhibition Opening Thursday 2 September 6 – 8pm
 Opening Address Sally Mannall, Acting MFA Coordinator, RMIT
. Closing Wednesday 29 September

. For all enquiries please contact:
 Obscura Gallery 
[03] 9525 9377
info [at] obscuragallery.com

Cuba by Masaki Hirano [fr#752] Still showing at the Radio Springs Hotel, Main Rd. Lyonville. Open Wednesday to Sunday.

Living deadly: haunted surfaces in contemporary art. Art has an uncanny ability to re-animate the dead or forgotten.Throughout the history of both Western and non-Western traditions, artists summon ghosts of the past and give them a physical presence through the palpable artistic sensations of colour, form and texture.This exhibition has been specifically inspired by the way contemporary Indigenous artists from Arnhem Land talk about their use of finely painted cross-hatching or rarrk. The optical effects produced by these highly patterned surfaces are said to make the viewer feel the presence of the ancestors. Extending this notion across a range of contemporary art practices, Living deadly explores ways in which optical effects are used to make the viewer aware of things beyond their physical reality.

Living deadly includes work by Brook Andrew, Anne Ferran, John Gollings, Ruark Lewis, John Mawurndjul, Rod McNicol, eX de Medici, James Morrison and Robyn Stacey.

Show current to 19 September 2010

Plus

Taking pictures some time later is a dialogue that takes up Carol Jerrems’ suggestion that photography might be “a way of bringing people together, by showing them photographs of each other as a sort of communication”. In 2000 Concettina Inserra and Lyndal Walkerproduced a photograph titled “Pole Street” as a tribute to Jerrems’ “Vale Street” (1975). Jerrems’ iconic image shows a topless woman staring boldly into the camera, personifying the optimism of 1970s counterculture and feminist politics. Reflecting on this image 25 years later, Inserra and Walker felt that those dreams of liberation had not been fulfilled. As a response, their photograph features Walker with arms crossed over her chest in a more defiant and impatient stance. For Taking pictures some time later, Inserra and Walker have extended their dialogue to include friends, colleagues and fans of Jerrems, along with a younger generation of artist who remain committed to a feminist politic. Show current to Sept 5^th.                                                             Plus More seeing is not understanding by Ponch Hawkes. Show runs Sept 9 to Oct 24  [opening 3pm Sat Sept 11 by Dr Melissa Miles] all at the Monash Gallery of Art, 860 Ferntree Gully Rd. Wheelers Hill. Open Tues –Fri 10 – 5, weekends noon – 5.

Vigex  International Salon Of Photography Exhibition 2010 is Victoria’s only International Photographic Salon. The top 70 awarded prints selected  from about 4000 submissions from 43 countries in 2010 will be on display in the Geelong Gallery. This exhibition is only run every two years. It is a must see for serious and enthusiastic photographers. Visit: www.vigex.org.au

Geelong Art Gallery, 53 Little Malop Street, Geelong: Show current to 29^th August.

Gallery Hours: 10.00am – 5.00pm Daily. Phone – (03)5220 3645;

The Sense of Self : Flight, by Kallena Kucers Show current to Sept 4^th at New North Gallery, 15A Railway Place, Fairfield. Open Tues – Sat 10 – 4.

Golden Mountain by Renato Colangelo / Mark Connors / David van Royen / Vivian Cooper Smith / Ian Tippett 1 – 19 September 2010    C3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford Gallery hours Wed to Sun 10am – 5pm    c3 [at] abbotsfordconvent.com.au

Tides of Resilience by Rodney Dekker. Climate change is impacting communities around the world, particularly in developing countries. Witness these impacts on rural villages in Bangladesh through a mix of prints, a photographic book and a multimedia production at the exhibition.       Ten percent of any money raised towards this exhibition will be donated to Cooperation-In Development who build schools and provide education in Bangladesh. For more details, to donate and to view a sample of this multimedia production please visitwww.indiegogo.com/TIDES Exhibition dates: 24 Oct – 18 Nov at Obscura Gallery, 285 Carlisle St, St Kilda East. Opening Night: Sunday 24 Oct, 4-6pm.

classified stuff

classifieds are free, but only run for one edition unless you email me to run in the following edition due to lack of enquiries, or you wish to delete, add, or change the price of items. Don’t send an essay – just item, price and contact  details. KISS

no classified, unclassified or declassified stuff this month.

end stuff

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Sad Freelance Trio #109 [aka a bunch of stuff] July 3rd 2010

Haiku stuff

Your name and number
were sold to our company.
Want to buy them back?

by way of explanation stuff

Had a few complaints as to the absence of a haiku in the last edition. Quite simple really – the last mailing was an addition to #108 listing a few things that were put in a misplaced folder, and not the next numerical edition, which you are reading now.

new members stuff

A big warm and fuzzy welcome to our newest free radical members, Melissa Powell VIC, John Van Hersel VIC, Paul McLeod VIC, Esther Gyorki VIC, Peter Barnes SA, Jack Meagher NSW, Jackie Chan NSW, Fiona Harrison VIC, Lisa Saddington VIC, Andrew Harrison VIC, Juanita Broderick QLD, Denise Yates QLD, Glen Knoblauch QLD, John de Rooy QLD, Robyn Miller VIC, Lynette Hewitt WA, Eileen Shepherd QLD, Shanea Rossiter QLD, Peter Howlett WA, Danielle Steele NSW, Peter Coulson VIC, Julian Walker VIC, Jo Sheldrick VIC, Chris Meneses NSW, Paul Cincotta NSW and Jim Chetcuti QLD. And I can proudly announce we have cracked the 800 mark – 818 free radicals throughout Australia and the world since we started in 2001.

births and deaths stuff

It came as a big shock to learn of the passing of Rick Altman [fr#007} who took his own life recently. Rick was one of the original free radicals, and had eased into semi retirement a few years back after a long career as one of Melbourne’s hardest working commercial and industrial photographers. My former studio partner Mark Rayner [fr#226] who used to assist Rick back in the days when we had both just graduated from college always enjoyed working with Rick, not least because he could always seek out a feed for himself and assistant in corporate canteens whenever and wherever they were on assignment.

Eryk Fitkau born Warsaw, Poland 1952, passed away on 28.5.2010. Eryk, along with Polish compatriot Tomek Sikora [fr#223] were a formidable team as Tomek + Eryk back in the eighties and nineties with their cutting edge advertising and fashion images. Eryk was a larger than life character who lived and loved life to the max. His joy was sharing and teaching his art to people who were eager to learn and had a rare quality of seeing in others what they couldn’t see in themselves and helping them realise their own talent.
Australian fashion photographer Richard Bailey has sadly passed away at 52 after losing his battle with cancer. Bailey’s longstanding relationship with Vogue Australia – who he first worked with at age 21 – saw him shooting iconic celebrity covers featuring Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and Miranda Kerr. Bailey was also hugely prolific internationally, shooting some of the biggest names in the business including Gisele and Jessica Stam, as well as many of the original supermodels: Claudia Schiffer, Helena Christensen, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista.He worked for a number of publications from GQ to Elle to Vanity Fair.

Also passed away in London on June 5th at age 76 after a long battle with lung cancer, Brian Duffy. Together with David Bailey and Terence Donovan, he made up the trio of photographers known as the “Black Trinity”, who defined the spirit of the decade with their edgy portraits of actors, models and musicians.

Rob Imhoff [fr#143] writes of Duffy: ‘In 1975 I had the pleasure of meeting Brian Duffy at his studio in London. Australian artist Bob Marchant, at the time, the art-director responsible for the Mary Quant account took me to meet Duffy at his Swiss Cottage studio. After being introduced to Duffy’s wife June, I moved along a hallway where to my surprise I was greeted by an old friend, Australian born international model, Jill Goodall, Jill had just completed hair, make-up and wardrobe in readiness for a Duffy shoot. On completion of our embrace Jill had to return to have all done again! Duffy was not a happy man and I became known as ‘F**k-off Imhoff’. Later that evening Duffy joined Bob and I in the local for a few pints and during conversation Duffy explained to me that David Hemmings role in the 1966 British-Italian film Blow-Up, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, was based on himself. It soon became obvious that the London trio of photographers known as “Black Trinity” Brian Duffy(1933-2010), David Bailey (1938- ) and Terence Donovan (1936-1996) all played inspirational roles in the scripting of the movie. A movie that had a profound impact on my generation of photographers. Duffy, Bailey and myself crossed paths over the next decade as we photographed various assignments for Singapore Airlines. All for the Singapore based agency Batey Ads. On one memorable occasion, Batey Ads art-director Faie Davis was looking for Duffy, they were in the middle of a job and Duffy had not turned up at the agency for a scheduled appointment. Further enquires revealed that a very “pissed-off” Duffy had decided to returned to London. Duffy was renowned for saying and doing exactly what he thought regardless of the consequences. Duffy’s son Chris best summed up Duffy in an email to me today “Duffy touched the hearts & souls of so many people and that’s why his spirit will live on forever. We all owe him a great debt of gratitude for making us think about what we think we think. His genius will now be lost but never forgotten, his legacy will endure forever”.

photography festival stuff

Bit of a hiatus now that Head On, Foto Freo and Queensland festival of photography are all over for this year. Ditto Auckland for those of you across the ditch. Head On, Queensland and Auckland, all being annual events will roll around again next autumn. The big one for down south is Ballarat, which is just 409 days away from the opening of BIFB’11. Bulk of the Core Program is nearly locked in, so keep your eyes peeled at www,ballaratfoto.org/bifb11 for the imminent announcement of some of the stars who will be showing as part of the Core Exhibition Program.

If you happen to be in the south of France, Les Rencontres des Arles, the daddy of all photography festivals, has just kicked off. Check out all that is on offer at www.rencontres-arles.com

some editorial stuff

In an epiphanic moment a few weeks back it occurred to me that perhaps the measure of a persons worth in this digital age is the number of friends one has on Facebook. To this end, I
decided to embrace the new paradigm and see how many friends I could accumulate. In the space of a fortnight I have added around 150 new chums [well actually they are not all ‘new’ chums, as the majority are already acquaintances and/or friends in the conventional sense]
My problem is that I don’t have time to scan through lists of friends of friends to build my totals, so if everyone could just invite me to be their friend it would all be so much easier. And you don’t really have to be my friend – it’s a numbers game – and I promise I won’t write on your wall. Or ‘poke’ you [what does that mean?!] or comment on stuff that your other friends comment on.
So easy peasy. I’m looking to get my total number of friends up around the million mark so I can be sure that I really am about substance and worth rather than just another superficial ageing hippie flake.

call for entry stuff

It’s always a good idea to thoroughly read and understand terms of entry for any photographic prize or competition.
If you don’t like what they say, or feel terms and conditions are not clearly spelled out, or appear exploitative, don’t enter!

The Kodak Salon is one of the largest and most renowned award exhibitions in the country including over 450 artists from across Australia. Celebrating the latest developments in photo-based practice, entries can include analogue and digital photography, DVD, film/video and 3D works. Artwork is welcome from both emerging and established photo-based artists as well as students, amateur and commercial photographers.

Sorry I missed this one by a couple of days, but the Exhibition Opening & Announcement of Prize Winners is 
Thursday 29 July 2010, 6–8pm, whilst 
Exhibition Dates are 30 July–25 September 2010 at the CCP in Fitzroy

Photographers are invited to participate in the Inaugural NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Photographic Prize – set up to complement the three year old NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Painting Prize. The topic of the competition is New South Wales landscape in focus. The Parliamentary Plein Air Photographic Prize is an acquisitive competition offering awards of $10,000, $5,000, $3,000 and the special Clerk of the House Prize of $2,000 (non-acquisitive). The annual acquisition of these photographic works will form the basis of a Collection of Plein Air photographs to be owned by NSW Parliament for the people of NSW. A gala event announcing the winners will be held at Parliament House on Thursday 9 September 2010 with Guest of Honour, the NSW Minister for the Arts. Finalists’ works will be exhibited at New South Wales Parliament House from 9 to 30 September 2010. Important Dates Closing date: 23 July 2010. Announcement of finalists: 9 August 2010. Finalists work required: 3 September 2010. Announcement of winners: 9 September 2010

Bowness Photography Prize The Monash Gallery of Art Foundation is pleased to announce the CALL FOR ENTRIES for the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2010.
The MGA Foundation will once again showcase the work of Australia’s best photographers in Australia’s most coveted photography award. Photographers from all over Australia are encouraged to submit entries to this year’s Bowness Photography Prize. Each year, finalists are drawn from the breadth of Australian photographic practice: editorial, commercial, street and fine art. In recognition of the support shown the prize by Australian photographers, prize money for this year’s award has increased substantially. Last year, a record 459 photographers submitted entries in anticipation of the $20,000 non-acquisitive first prize. In 2010, photographers will be competing for $25,000 first prize and $1,000 People’s Choice Award. The winner of the 2010 Bowness Photography Prize and Honourable Mentions will be announced on Thursday night 23 SEP 2010 during a cocktail party held at MGA. Winners and finalists will enjoy unprecedented visibility for their work. All finalists will be published on MGA’s flickr page and included in a substantial catalogue. The winner will receive the $25,000 first prize. And in recognition of the strength of the prize and MGA’s commitment to promoting the best of contemporary Australian photography, Honourable Mentions will have the opportunity to stage an exhibition at MGA. This year’s entries will be judged by Gael Newton, Senior Curator of Photographs, National Gallery of Australia, Max Pam, Australian photographer, and Shaune Lakin, Director of MGA.

The ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW 2010 is an international exhibition of photographic art which will take place August 28 through November 7, 2010 at the elegant Lyceum Theatre Gallery, located in the historic Gaslamp Quarter of downtown San Diego, California. The Opening Reception Gala will be on Saturday, August 28th, and will be a world class event!
CALL FOR ENTRIES: The online entry process is very easy, simply filling out a short registration form and then uploading your images as JPEG files. Images created via any form of photography will be accepted for consideration. More info at www.artofphotographyshow.com

photographic education survey stuff

I must close down my survey of the Australian photographic industry at the end of this month, or close to it. The response from free radical membership has reached 26. I am keen to have as many free radicals as possible included in this survey as they represent photographers that may not belong to the professional organisations. Here is the link to the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/photorganizations There is some fascinating data emerging from the survey. There are some interesting variations between the two parallel organisation surveys I am running but when viewed together a very strong picture is developing of our industry. Was that a pun? I have been getting some very interesting email feedback from respondents. I am sure you can guess what they are about. Brian Gilkes [fr#326] who picked the survey up from the FR newsletter, has made some very interesting points. Thank you for your support of my research. Robin Gauld [fr#666]

other happening stuff

Infocus 2010 Conference, 12 – 14 September, Queenstown, New Zealand It really shouldn’t be a big decision for you to make if you want creative inspiration and to improve your business, to register for Infocus 2010. If you are serious about being at the top of your game as a professional photographer you should be there. We have worked really hard to bring you more than just “show and tell” presentations. To get a photographer of Michael Grecco’s standing out to NZ is no small feat. If you are not familiar with his work check out www.michaelgrecco.com .He is an outstanding photographer, a Hasselblad Master, and an excellent educator. On top of that we have top Australian Wedding and Portrait photographer’s Graham Monro [fr#106] and Robert Piccoli speaking, plus inspirational presentations from NZ locals – Doc Ross, Jackie Ranken [fr#355] , & Alan Dove. Tauranga Accountant and Business Advisor Michelle Malcolm, who has several photographers on her books, will talk about making sense out of your dollars. And on top of that we have included sessions for challenging debates and discussions on the photographic industry, where you all can have your say. It will be a full on couple of days at a great location (did we mention the skiing!?!), with great speakers, and you’ll get a great education and lots of inspiration. For as little as NZ$295, you get two days of international and local speakers, entry to the industry exhibition, day catering (including winery tasting), view the Iris awards and two social functions. More information and to register visit: www.nzipp.org.nz and click on the Infocus logo

Conference – Facing Asia: histories and legacies of Asian studio photography. An international two day conference on early photographers and their studio practices in Asia, and cross-cultural exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region. Date: Saturday, 21 August 2010 (All day) – Sunday, 22 August 2010 (All day) Venue: Sir Roland Wilson Building #120, McCoy Circuit, ANU, Canberra. A symposium presented in collaboration between the Humanities Research Centre, RSHA, Australian National University and the National Gallery of Australia. Further info http://www.asia-pacific-photography.com/facing-asia/index.htm

Calling all Photographers. “THOSE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE ACTION – HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE ACTION”….. Benjamin Franklin
Did you know that in Melbourne, a bridal car parked in a laneway etc for wedding photographs, can automatically incure a $400 fine and three demerit points to the driver?
Did you know that it is illegal to take photographs using the Opera House as a backdrop for wedding photographs? “I personally am sick of these uninformed bureaucratic stupid regulations from councils, that clearly have no basis on anything except a feeble attempt to extract money from ordinary ratepayers.” said Bernie Griffiths.
“I have been a wedding /portrait photographer for forty years and will be joining the rally. It is time to take responsibility with action.”
Australian photographers are losing their rights to freedom of expression. And it doesn’t matter whether they are full-time professional, part-time or strictly amateur, as every person who has a camera can be threatened with unjust laws and regulations.

“We must be the only country in the world where you could get a criminal record for taking a picture of a rock,” said Ken Duncan, the Chairman of Arts Freedom Australia. “And because of this shameful situation, I am asking photographers and other concerned citizens to protest against the undemocratic regulations which now restrict film-making and photography in many of our public places,” Mr Duncan added. To this end, Arts Freedom Australia (AFA) will hold a rally near Campbells Cove on Sydney Harbour on Sunday, August 29th between 10am and 12 noon to reinforce its message. “We need to make the Australian public aware of this threat to our freedoms,” Mr Duncan said. More info http://www.artsfreedomaustralia.com/blog/?p=99

workshop stuff

Guided photographic safari in Africa this coming July with Jay Collier [fr#659]. I have a few places left and can offer all free radicals a $500 per person discount!!!!!! Trip is 10 days inc all meals, transfers, luxury private lodges and air for $6995 or $6495 including my special promo price. Prices are based on twin share.Small group with guaranteed window position in open 4×4 safari vehicles. We do not share with other tourists so all our time will be spent shooting. Private camps mean we will not compete with crowded tourist filled parks and also allows us to drive off road and at night which is not allowed in National Parks. We will get much closer to the action and can position the car to get much better shots. Basic run down of the itinerary can be found at http://www.africasafarico.com.au/prod80.html

Shireen And Rob Hammond
 Wedding Photography Workshop. Shireen and Rob Hammond created Field of Vision just six years ago. Starting their business without any bookings, with hard work and commitment within three years they were photographing 200 weddings a year. Shireen gained her Master Photographer status in just four years, while the studio’s reputation gathered momentum very quickly. Rob takes care of the production ensuring that the images that the studio produces, are of the highest standard. Join them for a day, and learn how Shireen produces her amazing images, and how Rob turns them into gold. The morning will consist of a practical “hands on” shoot with a bride and groom, while the afternoon will be spent on the business side of things. Check out their website on www.fovphoto.com.au SYDNEY 13 July BRISBANE 10 August. Enquiries 03 9824 7090 Mobile 0418509228

Sue Bryce Sydney And Brisbane. The Art of Portrait Photography. Join Sue in a full day of demonstrating her own unique groundbreaking style of portrait photography.The styling, the posing, and the lighting, that can turn the ordinary into the stunning! POSE, CONNECT, & DIRECT. Learn the three principals from Sue’s comprehensive posing book and let her show you how to grow your business.This will be a full day of shooting , so bring your camera along. Sue’s website www.suebryce.com earlybird bookings now being taken – save $100. Perth booked, Melbourne booked, Sydney 20th July, Brisbane 17th August. Enquiries 03 9824 7090

exhibition stuff

happy to list your show be it in Melbourne, Darwin, Hobart or wherever, but if it’s too much trouble to send me your exhibition details in a format that I can readily cut and paste, i.e. in the body of an email, then it’s too much trouble for me to transcribe details from a PDF or go chasing websites for the information that’s missing. Send the details to Include details of opening and closing dates, gallery address, opening hours, and if you like, a brief synopsis of the show. Sometimes it’s 4 – 6 weeks between editions of the notes, so if you want to be sure of getting a listing, get your details in early.

The Heart of the Journey by Mayu Kanamori shows as part of NAIDOC Week
The Heart of the Journey is a gentle unfolding of Lucy Dann’s personal journey.
Lucy was born in Broom, Western Australia and grew up thinking she was Aboriginal. In her twenties, Lucy discovered that her biological father was a Japanese man who had worked in Broome’s pearling industry and returned to Japan shortly after her birth.
Mayu Kanamori is a Japanese born Australian photographer, who traveled to Broome to photograph the “Japariginals,” a mixed race of Japanese-Indigenous peoples- as part of her mission to document the Japanese footsteps in Australia. She befriended Lucy, and together decided to journey to Japan to find Lucy’s father.
The Heart of the Journey, has universal themes of families, friendship, mediation and our search for self-identity. It is a heart warming true story about Aboriginal multiculturalism and reconciliation on a personal level, viewed and spoken from the hearts of Lucy and other ordinary people who helped Lucy to follow her dream.
At Melbourne International Fine Art, Level 1, 278 Collins St, Melbourne on Wed 7 July. There are 2 x free screenings – 5PM and 6:30PM. Its free, But you need to book! http://www.trybooking.com/3705

Cuba by Masaki Hirano [fr#752] Still showing at the Radio Springs Hotel, Main Rd. Lyonville. Open Wednesday to Sunday.

Panoramica by David Mitchener. The images in this exhibition are taken with the remarkable Hasselblad X-Pan. The panoramic format allows for his unique concept of landscape photography to be viewed in incredible detail. David shoots using a grainy negative film stock, which in combination with some specialised processing techniques, yields a painterly, organic effect. Show current to 31st July at the Colour Factory, 409 – 429 Gore St Fitzroy. Gallery hours Mon – Fri 8.30 – 5.30, Sat 1 – 4.
Icon & Archive. Photographs are an inseparable part of our memory of the First and Second World Wars. They help us remember events which many of us have no direct experience.Monash Gallery of Art’s new special exhibition Icon & archive: photography and the World Wars draws on the Australian War Memorial’s vast photographic collection to consider the relationship of photography and war. This extraordinary exhibition demonstrates the powerful role played by photography in the efforts of Australians to make sense of and remember the terrible events of the First and the Second World Wars. Show current to 11 July 2010

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The wire: photographs by Lyndell Brown and Charles Green. Charles Green and Lyndell Brown are two of Australia’s most significant contemporary artists. Over the course of three decades, they have collaborated as artists, producing paintings and photographic works that are widely collected and have been included in many important exhibitions nationally and internationally. In early 2007, Green and Brown were appointed official war artists. This was an historic appointment: Lyndell Brown was the first Australian woman to visit a battleground as an official war artist. From February to April of 2007, the pair visited military installations and bases throughout the Middle East, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf. They were attached to the Australian Defence Force and photographed in great detail their experience of Australian troops and the environments in which they operated. Some of these photographs became paintings, produced after Green and Brown’s return to Australia. A selection of 60 of the photographs are presented in The wire. These images describe the conditions of modern conflict and military occupation. The wire describes an economic and architectural operation of truly monumental scale, one in which the vast forces of history and modern global politics collide. Show current to 11 July 2010 at the Monash Gallery of Art, 860 Ferntree Gully rd Wheelers Hill

classified stuff

classifieds are free, but only run for one edition unless you email me to run in the following edition due to lack of enquiries, or you wish to delete, add, or change the price of items. Don’t send an essay – just item, price and contact details. KISS

no classified, un classified or declassified stuff this month

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#108 extra [aka a bunch of missed stuff]                                          May 13th 2010

Icelandic volcano  stuff

Bloody Icelandic volcano! [Eyjafjallajokull to give it it’s proper name] has played havoc with the free radical newsletter contents filing system, and as a result, a couple of items that should have gone out with the last issue were missed. And as per usual, the despatch of #108 proper prompted a few  exhibition and events notices which usually end up being past their use by date by the time the next issue comes out, I thought it opportune to send out a #108  extra edition instead of waiting until the alignment of planets, energy levels and a full folder of info prompts me to put #109 into production.

Survey stuff

The 2010 SURVEY OF AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS

Dear fellow photographer.

As part a PHD project at the James Cook University School of Creative Arts I am investigating the practice and views of Australian photographers. I have a particular interest in how you learnt your skills (formal, cadetship, self taught) to become a photographer and how useful your education has been to you as a photographer. In addition to gathering feedback from industry professionals, I am also researching the teaching of photography at Australian universities. I believe this is an important base-line research project that will have long-term benefits for the Australian photographic industry. My background is; I am an RMIT graduate who worked for many years as a senior A-grade photographer for a large national magazine publisher in Melbourne and then freelanced as a commercial photographer in North Queensland. I am currently a practicing professional in industry and a sessional teacher at James Cook University. As a working photographer or photographic artist your participation is important. I have prepared a confidential on-line questionnaire that will take you about 10 minutes to complete. I do NOT ask for any commercial information. The direct link is shown below.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DCXNHWL Robin Gauld [fr#666]

photography festival stuff

HeadOn Photo Festival is well and truly in swing at the moment. You have until June 5^th to take in the 80+ shows that go to make up the festival. You can download a festival program at

http://headon.com.au/content/about-head-photo-festival

All you enzedder free radicals [or anyone else who may be traveling across the ditch for that matter] be advised that the Auckland Photography Festival kicks off on June the 4^th and runs through to the 27^th. Program details and all the info at http://www.photographyfestival.org.nz/

And don’t forget that the PMA show, along with the  Canon/AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Awards is in Melbourne June 4 -6, at Jeff’s shed

Movies on a DSLR feedback  stuff

Jarek Luszpinski [fr#06] informs that Wes Andersons latest animated film “Incredible Mr Fox” was shot on a DSLR

Workshop stuff

Talking about shooting motion pictures on your DSLR – Sun Studios present Adam Dodds and Mick Jones in a 2 day workshop on the subject in Sydney on 29-30 May and in Melbourne June 7-8. Call Sun Studios for more details. Sydney 02 9641 5544 Melbourne 03 9427 7440

Other stuff

ACP presents a seminar and panel discussion featuring the festival directors from all of Australia’s major festivals of photography. including Foto Freo, Ballarat, Vivid, Queensland festival of Photography, Head On and more on Thursday May 27th from 6 – 8pm at the ACP, 257 Oxford St Paddington.

Cross Projections is a multimedia, cinematic screening of 17 photographers personal essays. Their work practices encompass social documentary and fine art photography, Cross Projections screens on June 3rd, 4th and 5th, 2010 at 6.30pm for 7pm start. Matinee – Saturday 5th June at 3pm sharp, Tusculum, 3 Manning Street, Potts Point.

Tickets $20/ $15 concession. Bookings are recommended: www.crossprojections.com.au

exhibition stuff

happy to list your show be it in Melbourne, Darwin, Hobart or wherever, but if it’s too much trouble to send me your exhibition details in a format that I can readily cut and paste, i.e. in the body of an email, then it’s too much trouble for me to transcribe details from a PDF or go chasing websites for the information that’s missing. Send the details to <freeradicaloz@gmail.com> Include details of  opening and closing dates, gallery address, opening hours, and if you like, a brief synopsis of the show. Sometimes it’s  4 – 6 weeks between editions of the notes, so if you want to be sure of getting a listing, get your details in early.

Little Observations by Carol Ross [fr#21] After 20 years as a working photographer, we finally get to see Carol’s personal collection of little observations from around the world. Show  open 21^st to 23^rd May. 10 – 4 at 94 Milton Parade, Malvern. 9824 6099

Five Female Photographers. A collaboration of fine art photographic works by Nicole Boenig McGrade [fr#751] Carla Coulson, Renate Buziak, Ellie Young [fr#167] and Louise Mann at Country Road Café, 307-311 Murray St Perth WA. Show current to June 12^th.

No Direction Known by Pete Longworth [fr#551] A haphazard collection of images from a 4 month international road trip is at Airport North Gallery, 597 Gardeners Road, Mascot (02 8338 8833) Show opens Thurs May 20^th 6-9. And runs to June 17th

40 Days by Susan Gordon-Brown explores some of the cultural and religious practices of contemporary Australian society through a common thread that links them together – the number 40. At the Monash Gallery of Art, 860 Ferntree Gully Rd. Wheelers Hill

Sam Oster, Yiwen Yao and Candice Ivers – May projects at Obscura Gallery, Suite 11 ,285 Carlisle St East St Kilda. Show opens Sunday May 16 and runs to Thursday June 10^th

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Coarsened a trifle #108 [aka a bunch of stuff]                                                May 4th 2010

haiku stuff

If you hang up now

I’ll have to call someone else.

Why disturb them too?

looking forward stuff

It’s not so many years ago that the prediction was that the still camera would become obsolete with the advances of video capture, and we would be taking our digital stills from high resolution video. In the latest edition of Better Photography there is a lengthy article on video capture with the current crop of DSLR’s.  So have we turned full circle? Can we now expect the not too distant demise of the video camera? I can’t wait to see the first general release movie shot on a Nikon D3X

new members stuff

A big warm and fuzzy welcome to our newest free radical members, Beth Jennings from the ACT, Gemma-Rose Turnbull QLD, Julie Kimpton Vic, Amelia Twiss WA, Kapil Das India, Ruben Snijders WA, Kerina Puttman WA, Laura Beilby WA and Jon Levy UK.

And if you happen to have misplaced your free radical badge, or would like a spare just in case, let me know and I can place an order with our child labour manufacturing facility in Bangladesh

and deliver at the PMA show at the start of next month.

births and deaths stuff

Ian Hawthorn, a much loved and admired photographer from Geelong passed away aged 85. His book ‘One mans eye – A decade of people – Geelong 1980 – 1990 has some of the best environmental portraits ever made in this country. For the past 10 or so years the Vic Division of the AIPP has made an annual award named after Ian Hawthorn for an emerging photographer demonstrating excellence in their craft.

So sad to hear of the passing of Robyn Stewart [fr#73] I built up a friendship with Robyn after meeting her at APPA many years ago [I think it was the first time the show was at Darling Harbour] and  have kept in touch on and off over the years. Deepest sympathy to Geoff and family

photography festival stuff

Had an enjoyable 5 days at Foto Freo last month – a big thank you to my host Roger Garwood [fr#705] for his generous hospitality – and as well as taking in just about all of the Core program shows plus a fair swag of Fringe exhibitions, a couple of seminars, opening functions and one of the projections evenings, managed to catch up with quite a few WA free radicals as well as signing up a bunch of new members. If you truly are a photography nut, you should really make the effort and get to one of these festivals for an absolute feast of imagery and photographic fraternity.

And if you are Sydney based there is absolutely no excuse for missing out on all the offerings at Head On. The alternative portrait photography prize has now expanded into a full blown month long festival of photography. As well as the 7^th portrait prize, workshops, exhibitions and forums are currently taking  place across Sydney. The Festival continues until June 5^th. More details fromwww.headon.com.au I will be there later in the month to take in the shows as well as participating in a panel based seminar by directors of Australian festivals of photography at the ACP on Thursday May 27^th http://www.acp.org.au/events/2010/photo-festivals I hope to bump into a few free radicals wearing their badges as I circulate around the traps.

All you enzedder free radicals [or anyone else who may be traveling across the ditch for that matter] be advised that the Auckland Photography Festival kicks off on June the 4^th and runs through to the 27^th. Program details and all the info at http://www.photographyfestival.org.nz/

And don’t forget that the PMA show, along with the  Canon/AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Awards is in Melbourne June 4 -6, at Jeff’s shed

call for entry  stuff

It’s always a good idea to thoroughly read and understand terms of entry for any photographic prize or competition. If you don’t like what they say, or feel terms and conditions are not clearly spelled out, or appear exploitative, don’t enter!

Entry deadline June 1^st. Exhibit A provides a platform for budding and professional photographers alike to go head to head and inspire each other in a unique international photography competition. Juried by industry leaders, Exhibit A sees that photographers are publicly recognized in the presence of known and respected art buyers, curators, galleries, magazines, and advertising agencies from around the world. Sydney Exhibition and International Publicity:
 Photographs from the 1st place winners in each category will be exhibited at a prestigious exhibition in Sydney. Winning Work Featured by Le Book:
The ‘Emerging Photographer of the Year’ and the 1st place winners in each category will also be featured on the Le Book website. Categories: 
Fine Art, Photojournalism, Advertising and Portrait.Awards Include: 
”Emerging Photographer of the Year” receives $5,000 AUD 
1st place winners in each category receive AUD$1,000. 
People’s Choice Awards and Honorable Mentions. Full details from www.exhibitacomp.com

bowness Photography Prize The Monash Gallery of Art Foundation is pleased to announce the CALL FOR ENTRIES for the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2010.

The MGA Foundation will once again showcase the work of Australia’s best photographers in Australia’s most coveted photography award. Photographers from all over Australia are encouraged to submit entries to this year’s Bowness Photography Prize. Each year, finalists are drawn from the breadth of Australian photographic practice: editorial, commercial, street and fine art. In recognition of the support shown the prize by Australian photographers, prize money for this year’s award has increased substantially. Last year, a record 459 photographers submitted entries in anticipation of the $20,000 non-acquisitive first prize. In 2010, photographers will be competing for $25,000 first prize and $1,000 People’s Choice Award. The winner of the 2010 Bowness Photography Prize and Honourable Mentions will be announced on Thursday night 23 SEP 2010 during a cocktail party held at MGA. Winners and finalists will enjoy unprecedented visibility for their work. All finalists will be published on MGA’s flickr page and included in a substantial catalogue. The winner will receive the $25,000 first prize. And in recognition of the strength of the prize and MGA’s commitment to promoting the best of contemporary Australian photography, Honourable Mentions will have the opportunity to stage an exhibition at MGA. This year’s entries will be judged by Gael Newton, Senior Curator of Photographs, National Gallery of Australia, Max Pam, Australian photographer, and Shaune Lakin, Director of MGA.

The ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW 2010 is an international exhibition of photographic art which will take place August 28 through November 7, 2010 at the elegant Lyceum Theatre Gallery, located in the historic Gaslamp Quarter of downtown San Diego, California. The Opening Reception Gala will be on Saturday, August 28th, and will be a world class event!

CALL FOR ENTRIES: The online entry process is very easy, simply filling out a short registration form and then uploading your images as JPEG files. Images created via any form of photography will be accepted for consideration. More info at www.artofphotographyshow.com

other happening  stuff

COOKE LENS USERS GROUP Is a group of users, not collectors, of Cooke still camera lenses -This group is initially for view camera users but users of Leica or Reid cameras with the 2″ Taylor Taylor Hobson lens are equally welcome. The purpose of CLUG is to find out who is using Cooke lenses for their particular optical properties and to be to enable users to share information on servicing, ways of working, sharing of equipment etc. For further details please contact <mail2@jbaphoto.com.au>

Conference - Facing Asia: histories and legacies of Asian studio photography. An international two day conference on early photographers and their studio practices in Asia, and cross-cultural exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region. Date: Saturday, 21 August 2010 (All day) - Sunday, 22 August 2010 (All day) Venue: Sir Roland Wilson Building #120, McCoy Circuit, ANU, Canberra. A symposium presented in collaboration between the Humanities Research Centre, RSHA, Australian National University and the National Gallery of Australia. Further info

http://www.asia-pacific-photography.com/facing-asia/index.htm

workshop stuff

If you happen to be in Cambodia in June you could do worse than make your way to Siem Reap

in Angkor where  Jack Picone, Stephen Dupont and special guest Tim Page are

Conducting a workshop from the 25^th – 30^th. More details from <jack@jackpicone.com>

Tim Handfield workshop– Creating Photoshop Masters (Intermediate) Sunday 23rd May. Gain ultimate control over Photoshop’s most advanced features to produce compelling prints from your digital files. This workshop provides a step-by-step introduction to the concept of non-destructive image editing using Photoshop’s Layers and Blending Modes. More info from <tim@timhandfield.com>

exhibition stuff

happy to list your show be it in Melbourne, Darwin, Hobart or wherever, but if it’s too much trouble to send me your exhibition details in a format that I can readily cut and paste, i.e. in the body of an email, then it’s too much trouble for me to transcribe details from a PDF or go chasing websites for the information that’s missing. Send the details to <freeradicaloz@gmail.com> Include details of  opening and closing dates, gallery address, opening hours, and if you like, a brief synopsis of the show. Sometimes it’s  4 – 6 weeks between editions of the notes, so if you want to be sure of getting a listing, get your details in early.

Joyce Evans [fr#529] presents Imaging the Spiritual 1980 – 2010. Show current to May 7^th at Obscura Gallery First floor 285 Carlisle Street East St Kilda.  9525 9377

Cuba by Masaki Hirano [fr#752] At the Radio Springs Hotel, Main Rd. Lyonville. Open Wednesday to Sunday.

Plenty by Tim Handfield [fr#753] explores the margins of Plenty Road between Bundoora and South Morang, where Melbourne’s outer urban development meets the grassy eucalypt woodland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain. The photographs reveal a strange and compelling mixture of excess and decay, opportunity and loss as the landscape undergoes dramatic change. To be opened by Stephen Zagala, Curator, Monash Gallery of Art.
  Artist floor talk Saturday May 22, 2.00pm
Exhibition dates: May 6 to May 29, 2010 At the Colour Factory, 409 – 429 Gore St Fitzroy. Gallery hours Mon – Fri 8.30 – 5.30, Sat 1 – 4.

Sun Studios assistant Award and exhibition. Show current to May 21^st. Award ceremony and opening night Weds May 12^th, 6.30 – 9.30

Icon & Archive. Photographs are an inseparable part of our memory of the First and Second World Wars. They help us remember events which many of us have no direct experience.Monash Gallery of Art’s new special exhibition Icon & archive: photography and the World Wars draws on the Australian War Memorial’s vast photographic collection to consider the relationship of photography and war. This extraordinary exhibition demonstrates the powerful role played by photography in the efforts of Australians to make sense of and remember the terrible events of the First and the Second World Wars. Show current to 11 July 2010

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The TOPSHOTS! 09 award and exhibition acknowledges both the talent of the students involved and the hardwork and dedication provided by their schools in encouraging their students to achieve their best.Monash Gallery of Art invited entries from all schools in the Eastern and Southern Metropolitan Secondary School Regions in Victoria. We received 163 images from 57 entrants, 19 shortlisted student’s work will be on display from 16 April – 23 May 2010 at Monash Gallery of Art. The TOPSHOT award was judged by Australian photographer Bill Henson and presented to the most outstanding work.

At the Monash Gallery of Art,  860 Ferntree Gully rd Wheelers Hill

Attributes of Suspension by Nalini Mackie [fr#777] Show current to June 19^th at the Frankston Arts Centre [Theatre foyer] Davey St Frankston. Open Mon – Sat 9 to 5

classified stuff

classifieds are free, but only run for one edition unless you email me to run in the following edition due to lack of enquiries, or you wish to delete, add, or change the price of items. Don’t send an essay – just item, price and contact  details. KISS

• I am looking for an old elinchrom head or prolinca head, 250 or 500 or even 750

as my back up head has gone bung. Anyone got one they don’t need any more?  Chris Franklin [fr# 19] <chris [at] unposedkids.com>

• Wanted, Cooke Aviar lenses 6″ and 10¼’ – For use with Speed Graphic, not for collecting, I need them to complete a working kit. John Austin [fr#708] mail2 [at] jbaphoto.com.au 08 9773 1288

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Lost your badge and forgotten your number? Check out the members page at freeradicaloz.com and if you would like a link to your website from our links page, send the details to cameron.stephen [at] gmail.com – obviously we wouldn’t say no to a reciprocal link!

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A leftie cad snorer #107 [aka a bunch of stuff - mostly about photography]       March 4^th 2010

Haiku stuff

My life is Jelly

Sitting and waiting in the bowl

Patiently to gel

glass half full stuff

You don’t have to go far to find someone who is worse off than yourself. Last edition drew some responses from members whose condition I was aware of, but also a few of which I wasn’t aware. A big thanks to everyone who participated in the print swap. It was quite humbling to be on the receiving end of such generosity, but also it was great to see such fraternity at the swap night and again at the opening of the show at New North Gallery. A special thanks to those of you from distant parts who couldn’t make the swap night and so had to rely on a random draw to choose your print. [hope you got something that you liked]

new members stuff

A big warm and fuzzy welcome to our newest free radical members, Carolyn Lewens and Bruce Lindsay

births and deaths stuff

Always an unhappy task to note that a member of the photographic fraternity has gone to the big darkroom in the sky [another generation or so and we will have to change that to the big computer lab in the sky], but even more-so in this edition with the passing of three of our number.

Sam Haskins, South African born fashion photographer, best known for his iconic nude images of the 60’s and 70’s, died at his home in Bowral, NSW on Nov 25^th 2009. Haskins suffered a stroke in New York in September and had suffered severe depression since. Sam Haskins was 83. 

John Commin, President of the Victorian Association of Photographic Societies [VAPS] passed away on Feb 12^th after a short illness.

Feb 9^th, Alfred ‘Greg’ Gregory died in Melbourne three days shy of his 97th birthday, after suffering a heart attack. Greg was perhaps best known as the photographer and integral member of the 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest, when Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the famous first ascent.

one degree of separation stuff

Never mind six degrees of separation, Sam Haskins and yours truly were just one degree apart.

In the late sixties I was in London, working at a range of various temporary occupations between periods of travel. At one stage I was working for a flat cleaning agency, and one day, along with a fellow flat cleaner from New Zealand, was sent to an address in Chelsea in one of the streets that ran between the Kings Road and the Thames. The place, from the outside, was one of a row of two storey terrace houses. Inside the building, along with it’s neighbour, it had been gutted and converted into a rather large studio. Now this predates my career in photography by a good fifteen years, but it was pretty obvious with all the lighting equipment, fake walls  and props scattered around, that this was indeed a photographic studio. In fact it was Sam Haskins studio.

Builders had just finished installing [or renovating] a darkroom, and the space was awash in sawdust, plaster scraps and other construction detritus. We were given our cleaning instructions by a rather gorgeous studio manager and set to work. Also at the studio was an older woman, who, due to a few loud telephone conversations, we took to be the photographers wife, and the photographer, Sam, was in fact on assignment in South Africa, where there was an issue with either a lost, stolen or expired credit card.

As we went about our cleaning tasks, there was a table covered in bric-a-brac and objet d’art which required moving to another part of the studio. Rather than clearing the table, moving it then replacing the contents piece by piece, I suggested to my kiwi co cleaner that we just pick up the table holus bolus and carefully walk it to it’s intended new location. As is often the case with shortcuts, the inevitable happened, and a small ceramic rooster took a tumble onto the concrete floor and was smashed into multiple pieces [I still maintain that it was an unhappy rooster and that he jumped] At the sound of the crash, the wife Alida came running into the studio not a very happy camper. ‘That was one of Sams favourite pieces’ she admonished, threatening that the flat cleaning agency would be her first call, and no doubt that both myself and Kiwi cohort would never ever clean another premises. I don’t recall that there were ever any repercussions, and soon after forewent my flat cleaning career [of my own volition] for a more lucrative job in Great Yarmouth working on a North Sea oil rig.

I have often wondered if that experience implanted photography into my subconscious and somehow predestined my photographic career a decade and a half later…… No you dill – not the ceramic rooster…… the gorgeous studio manager, the polaroids of naked models scattered around everywhere and the framed images of nudes superimposed over apples which graced the studio walls…… Who knows?

photography festival stuff

Foto Freo 2010, which runs March 20 – April 18, have  launched their Core Program lineup – details at  www.fotofreo.com Tried to arrange a free radical gallery crawl at FF’08 but it ended up being a solo event. If you are heading west for FF’10 or a Perth based, drop me a line < free radicaloz [at] gmail.com > and let’s see if we can organize something for early opening week.

Head On, the alternative portrait photography prize is expanding into a festival of photography as of late April 2010. As well as the 7^thportrait prize, workshops, exhibitions and forums will take place across Sydney. More details from  www.headon.com.au

And the PMA show, along with the  Canon/AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Awards is in Melbourne June 4 -6,

call for entry  stuff

It’s always a good idea to thoroughly read and understand terms of entry for any photographic prize or competition. If you don’t like what they say, or feel terms and conditions are not clearly spelled out, or appear exploitative, don’t enter!

Exhibit A provides a platform for budding and professional photographers alike to go head to head and inspire each other in a unique international photography competition. Juried by industry leaders, Exhibit A sees that photographers are publicly recognized in the presence of known and respected art buyers, curators, galleries, magazines, and advertising agencies from around the world. Sydney Exhibition and International Publicity:
 Photographs from the 1st place winners in each category will be exhibited at a prestigious exhibition in Sydney. Winning Work Featured by Le Book:
The ‘Emerging Photographer of the Year’ and the 1st place winners in each category will also be featured on the Le Book website. Categories: 
Fine Art, Photojournalism, Advertising and Portrait. Awards Include:
”Emerging Photographer of the Year” receives $5,000 AUD 
1st place winners in each category receive AUD$1,000. 
People’s Choice Awards and Honorable Mentions. EARLYBIRD DEADLINE: February 1, 2010 (10% Discount) Full details from  www.exhibitacomp.com

The Head On Portrait Prize is the nation’s major innovative showcase for Australian portrait photography, reflecting a vibrant, diverse cross-section of new and traditional photographic practices. Entries are now open for the 2010 prize which will be the marquee event of the first expanded Head on Photo Festival. Which runs from April 29^th to June 6^th 2010.  Entries close March 14^th. Details from www.headon.com.au

PAVE and Emerald Lions Club present PAVEPHOTO 2010. Saturday & Sunday April 10th and 11th, 9am til 4pm at Emerald Hall, Emerald (Melway Ref. 127 F4) Entry forms are available on the website  www.pave.org.au and entries need to be submitted by April 1st. The theme for 2010 is “The Human Element” but photographs with alternate themes are welcome. For more info call 0419 326 930.

The inaugural 2010 EPSON International Pano Awards is dedicated to the art of panoramic photography. Advances in digital photography and software such as PTGui and Adobe Photoshop has resulted in an explosion in the popularity of image stitching, especially in the panoramic format. Panoramic film photography also remains alive and well. The Pano Awards aims to showcase the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and be the largest and most important competition for panoramic photography. The competition is now open for all professional and amateur photographers with a combined prize pool of over US$13,000 in cash and prizes!  Entries close April 30^th 2010. Full details from  www.thepanoawards.com

2010 Windland Smith Rice International Awards. The editors of Nature’s Best Photography magazine invite all photographers to enter the 14th Annual Windland Smith Rice International Awards competition for 2010. All winning images will be published in the 2010 Collectors Edition of Nature’s Best Photography magazine. In addtiton, the category Winners and a selection of Highly Honored photographs will be displayed in an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. The Grand Prize will also win a “Yellowstone in Winter” photo workshop provided by Arizona Highways Photo Workshops. Entries are judged on technical quality, originality, and artistic merit. Enter up to 20 images for an entry fee of $25 US dollars. Entries close April 5^th. More info from  http://www.naturesbestphotography.com/enter_guidelines.php

2010 Ocean Views Photo contest. Nature’s Best Photography and Divers Alert Network (DAN) are proud to announce our new alliance to host the third annual Ocean Views Photography Awards, open to all levels of photographers from around the world. Share your passion for the ocean to help inspire a global audience to learn about and protect this fragile realm. A selection of winning images will appear in an upcoming edition of Nature’s Best Photography and Alert Divers magazine, and will be featured on Pixcetera, Discovery Network International, and other online galleries. Celebrate the ocean through the art of photography. DEADLINE: March 1, 2010. Further info from  http://www.photocompetitions.com/2010/2010-ocean-views-photo-contest/

other happening  stuff

The Monash Gallery of Art [MGA] annual fundraising auction and dinner takes place Saturday March 13^th at 6.30 pm. Bookings are essential on 03 8544 0500. The auction catalogue is online at  www.mga.org.au

Workshop stuff

Lighting workshop – from capture to print with Brett Odgers at Sun Studios. Sydney March 17^th, details 9461 5544, Melbourne March 24^th. Details 9427 7440

exhibition stuff

happy to list your show be it in Melbourne, Darwin, Hobart or wherever, but if it’s too much trouble to send me your exhibition details in a format that I can readily cut and paste, i.e. in the body of an email, then it’s too much trouble for me to transcribe details from a PDF or go chasing websites for the information that’s missing. Send the details to <free radicaloz [at] gmail.com> Include details of  opening and closing dates, gallery address, opening hours, and if you like, a brief synopsis of the show. Sometimes it’s  4 – 6 weeks between editions of the notes, so if you want to be sure of getting a listing, get your details in early.

Urban Archaeology by Allan Kleiman. Allan, a successful commercial photographer for many years, has recently turned his passion for photography into the pursuit of fine art. This body of work presents the graphic beauty of the everyday, illustrating and recording degrees of urban decoration and decay. Mostly shot in the familiar streets of Melbourne, Allan invites the viewer to imagine and interpret these ‘discoveries’ in the same way that an archaeologist discovers the remains of ancient civilizations and reconstructs what life was like. Show is current to March 20^th.

At the Colour Factory, 409 – 429 Gore St Fitzroy. Gallery hours Mon – Fri 8.30 – 5.30, Sat 1 – 4.

Final Works from the Darkroom by Jeff Carter. At Mossgreen Gallery, 30 Toorak Rd South Yarra. Show current to March 6^th.www.mossgreen.com.au

Cuba by Masaki Hirano. At the Radio Springs Hotel, Main Rd. Lyonville. Open Thursday to Sunday.

The Minefield and the Lotus by Les Horvat [fr#277] at Red Gallery, 157 St Georges Rd Fitzroy North. Show current to March 20^th. Gallery open Weds to Sat 11 – 5

From Digital to Handmade – group show with Kara Rasmanis, Wendy Currie, Karena Goldfinch and Silvi Glattauer [fr#391]. Show current to March 18^th at Obscura Gallery, first floor 285 Carlisle St, East St Kilda. www.obscuragallery.com

Kiribati: putting a face to climate change by Jon Lewis plus 8 Mile: photographs from the margins of Port Moresby, by Sean Davey and Emmanuel Onom Mel, both shows current to April 11^th, plus MGA Fundraiser auction preview, show current to March 13th All at the Monash Gallery of Art, Ferntree Gully Rd, Wheelers Hill. Open Tues to Fri 10 -5 and Sat & Sun 12- 5

classified stuff

classifieds are free, but only run for one edition unless you email me to run in the following edition due to lack of enquiries, or you wish to delete, add, or change the price of items. Don’t send an essay – just item, price and contact  details. KISS

• I’m selling my 5D Mark II with the vertical grip and 2 extra batteries, charger and whatever cables come with it including cd’s and things.It’s still under warranty until end of August, and also still have the box.  Its in new condition apart from about 2000 clicks on the shutter and just went in for a service and clean. I’m selling for $3800.  If interested, please give me a call or email and feel free to pass on to anyone that might be interested.  Fr# 433 arsineh@arsineh.com or 0401320173

• FOR SALE: Canon EOS 1 Body with Vertical grip   PRICE:  Make an offer - Peter Barker  fr#137   0359755499

end stuff

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