Notes #110
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. 23rd.
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 5th. 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 29th August.
Gallery Hours: 10.00am – 5.00pm Daily. Phone – (03)5220 3645;
The Sense of Self : Flight, by Kallena Kucers Show current to Sept 4th 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
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end stuff
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