Photography art Gallery Friday Round Up - 10 April, 2015|Photography Art Definition

Photos of the Week:

Lynsey Addario -  India's Insurgency

National Geographic

Coal worker Ajay Marijan carries a load from an open-pit mine to a waiting

truck in Bokapahari, Jharkhand state (C) Lynsey Addario

At an ad hoc restaurant, men prepare breakfast for workers clocking in for the

morning shift at the coal-based Jindal Tamnar thermal power plant, in the

Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh (C) Lynsey Addario

Exhibitions:

Melbourne

Polaroid Resurrection

by FilmNeverDie

(C) Luigi Sposa Berbera

This group show at Melbourne’s Photonet is part of the global ExPolaroid Exhibition Festival being held in 40 cites around the world. ExPolaroid began in France and is held annually in April. This year there are 57 events. Melbourne’s FilmNeverDie is run by a group of film enthusiasts who sell a range of photographic film types and hosts forums for those who are keen to know more about the medium. Polaroid Resurrection is the first exhibition by FilmNeverDie.

(C) Amanda Mason

(C) Francis Danesi

(C) Gary Wong

(C) Pei Wen

(C) Rachael Baez

Photonet Gallery

15a Railway Place

Fairfield

Until 22 April

Rob Love - Timeless

Melbourne based Rob Love uses extended shutter speeds to capture these painterly images of water. Made in camera without the aid of computer manipulation, Love’s images are both abstract and documentary in their capacity to at once demonstrate the power of nature and its ethereal beauty. Love produces single prints rather than limited editions and his work is held in collections in Australia and the USA.

(C) All images Rob Love

Colour Factory

409-429 Gore Street

Fitzroy

Until 2 May

Artist Talk; Saturday 18 April, 2pm

Sydney:

Jane Brown - Black Ships

(C) Jane Brown, Reception Centre, Kyoto, 2015, Silver gelatin FB print

hand print,17 x 21cm courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney

Australian photographic artist Jane Brown’s latest series, Black Ships, is named after the term used by the Japanese in reference to Western water crafts approaching Japan’s shores and dates back to the 16th Century when Portugese fleets painted the hulls of their ships with pitch. Black Ships became symbolic of the opening of borders.

Black Ships is Brown's first exhibition at Stills Gallery and draws on this symbolism through the use of various visual tropes – “pathways and bridges to reflect the idea of a journey, bandaging and wrapping symbolic of past wounds, walls and fences figurative of boundaries and cultural isolation, nature and decay referencing the Japanese concept of mono no aware (mortality and a pathos for the transience of things)”.

“Ultimately, Black Ships is a travelogue that looks to the strange machinations of history, and at the same time, a reflection on contemporary Japan...More broadly it is an articulation of curiosity, seeking out points of difference from home – the peculiar, the beautiful and the unfamiliar.”

(C) Jane Brown, Wisteria, Miyajima, 2015. Silver gelatin FB print

hand printed, 17 x 21cm courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney

(C) Jane Brown, Silver Pavilion, Kyoto, 2015. Silver gelatin FB print

hand printed, 17 x 21cm courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney

(C) Jane Brown, Hiroshima, 2015, silver gelatin FB print

hand print, 17 x 21cm courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney

Stills Gallery

36 Gosbell Street

Paddington

Until 2 May

Grants:

Getty Grants for Editorial Photography

(C) William Daniels

In 2015 there are five Getty Grants for Editorial Photography on offer valued at $10,000 each. The Grants are designed to celebrate and support independent photojournalism. Applications are open until 13 May and winners will be announced in September, 2015.

Judges for this year are photojournalist Lynsey Addario, Jon Jones Director of Photography Sunday Times Magazine, Matthias Krug, International Director of Photography Der Spiegel, Romain Lacroix, Director of Photography Paris Match and Jean Francois Leroy, Director General Visa pour l’Image.

 (C) Jordi Busqué

(C) Giulio di Sturco

Last year’s winners were Giulio di Sturco for his body of work titled Ganges: Death of a River; Juan Arredondo for Born in Conflict; Jordi Busqué for his award-winning portfolio, The Mennonites of Bolivia; Krisanne Johnson, for South Africa's Post-Apartheid Youth and; French photojournalist, William Daniels for his CAR in Chaos body of work.

(C) Juan Arredondo

(C)Krisanne Johnson

In Brief:

Defending Gallipoli: A Turkish Standpoint

Until 3 May

Monash Gallery of Art

860 Ferntree Gully Road

Wheelers Hill

Photography art Gallery Friday Round Up - 7 August, 2015|Photography Art Definition

This week on Friday Round Up - Robin Hammond's Where Love is Illegal, Instagram fake dupes world's media, and exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart.

Photo Essay:

Robin Hammond - Where Love is Illegal

Above: Simon, 22. He was arrested while having sex with his boyfriend in Uganda. They were beaten, dragged naked through the village, and thrown in jail with no medical treatment. They later escaped from a hospital when a doctor, who was Simon’s ex-boyfriend, took pity on them. Simon fled to the Ugandan capital of Kampala. He has not seen his boyfriend since. (C) Robin Hammond/PANOS for Witness Change

Robin Hammond is one of the most erudite, and hardest working, photojournalists I've ever had the pleasure to interview. He's also a really lovely person whose deep concern for others has led him on his life's pursuit to give voice to those who are marginalised and persecuted. Last time I spoke to Robin it was about his book Condemned: Mental Health in African Countries in Crisis, which won the FotoEvidence Book Award (2013).

His current series Where Love is Illegal is a Witness Change project that exposes the prejudices and horrific abuse that LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex) people suffer in countries such as Russia, Lebanon and Uganda. Robin travelled to seven countries in all to help these people tell their stories.

To borrow from Ernest Hemingway, Robin's work is brave and honest and true. When I read the story of the young man pictured above I felt compelled to share it. This is taken from a larger story which you can read in full on National Geographic's Proof including an interview with Robin and extended narratives on each of those pictured.

Robin says, "Bigotry thrives where those discriminated against are silenced. The objective is to have the people in this project seen and their voices heard, and to raise money for grassroots LGBT organizations working in countries where being LGBT is illegal or subject to massive discrimination. So we ask everyone to share these stories and to donate to these organizations however they can."

To be loved and to love are fundamental to our humanity. As the Dalai Lama says, we should cherish all sentient beings without qualification.

Lesbian couple “O,” 27 (right), and “D,” 23 (left). They were attacked on the way home from a concert after kissing at their subway stop. “The real fear I experienced was not for myself, it was for the one I love,” said O. St. Petersburg, Russia. November 2014.

Jessie, 24, is a transgender Palestinian woman born in a refugee camp in Lebanon. She was born male, but knew she was female from a young age. Her uncle repeatedly raped her, and her father and brother have attacked and tried to kill her multiple times. Unable to complete her training as a nurse due to discrimination, she has resorted to doing sex work.

Malawi. In 2009 Tiwonge Chimbalanga and her husband Steven were arrested and charged with buggery and indecent practices between males. They were sentenced to 14 years in prison. The case caused an international outcry and both were later pardoned on the condition that they never see each other again. Fearing for her safety, Tiwonge fled to South Africa. All photographs by Robin Hammond/PANOS for Witness Change

Opinion:

Instagram Fake Migrant Story

Last week the Huffington Post led the media's race to publish the amazing story of the Senegalese migrant who was documenting his own journey on Instagram…only the story turned out to be a publicity stunt by a Spanish photography festival. You can read Oliver Laurent’s exposé of the fake story on Time Lightbox here.

This is not the first time that the international media has been duped by digital images, and it shows a complete lack of fact-checking. Editing and correcting after a story has gone to “print” is one of the aspects of digital journalism that corroborates the perception that journalism in the digital age has devolved. This story went viral, was shared amongst other digital media outlets and countless thousands of individuals who posted the story on their social networks. As a long-standing journalist it drives me crazy that the so-called gatekeepers keep turning their backs on the very principles that journalism was founded upon. Pathetic just doesn’t cut it.

As for using fake photographs to tell a story that is highly political and the cause of debate in many countries is, in my opinion, insensitive and devalues the genuine work being done by photojournalists who often take extraordinary risks to bring the truth to light. This is especially concerning in a year when the credibility of photojournalism is under scrutiny once again after the fallout from the World Press Photo awards and the staggering number of entries that featured manipulated images.

Exhibitions: Melbourne

Robert Ashton - Thin Air

Melbourne photographer Robert Ashton explores the mountainous plateau of Ladakh situated India's far north in his new series of photographic work -Thin Air.

“At an altitude of 3500 metres above the sea on the borders of Pakistan, India, China and Tibet the air is thin and clear and the barren landscape is slowly absorbing the mementos of war,” says Ashton. "Since the petition of India it has become a very sensitive region politically for both India and Pakistan and the landscape bears the marks of war. I was drawn to the barren beauty and the exquisite light of the landscape and the way it absorbed the scattered mementos of war.”

(C) All images Robert Ashton

Until 29 August

CF (Colour Factory) Gallery

409-429 Gore Street

Fitzroy

Future Reference - Group Show

Nova Paul This Is Not Dying 2010

single channel digital video transferred from 16mm film

20 mins 0 secs, dimensions variable courtesy the artist

Curated by Pippa Milne this group show draws on photography’s propensity to trigger, hold and play with memory and features works by Sophie Calle (FR), Rodney Glick and David Solomon (AUS), Siri Hayes (AUS), Nova Paul (NZ), Julian Aubrey Smith (AUS) and Justine Varga (AUS).

Until 6 September

Centre for Contemporary Photography

404 George Street

Fitzroy

Sydney:

Julia Margaret Cameron - Victoria & Albert Museum

Julia Margaret Cameron Mrs Herbert Duckworth 1872.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London ©

This exhibition, drawn from the extensive collection of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum features over 100 photographs that trace Julia Margaret Cameron’s early ambition and mastery of the medium. A series of letters is also on display, along with select photographs sourced from Australian institutions.

Julia Margaret Cameron Whisper of the Muse 1865

Victoria and Albert Museum, London ©

Victoria and Albert Museum, London ©

Until 25 October

Art Gallery of NSW

Art Gallery Road

The Domain, Sydney

Sydney and Hobart:

Vedat Acikalin - Gallipoli Then & Now: Bonds Forged by War

Adil Sahin (l) and Len Hall (r) meet as friends in 1990 on the Gallipoli Peninsula, the 1915 battlefield they once fought on as enemies. Adil was 17yrs old when he enlisted and Len only 16. They are here together 75 years on.

In this exhibition that commemorates the Australian and Turkish soldiers who served and sacrificed their lives at Gallipoli in 1915, Turkish-Australian photojournalist Vedat Acikalin captures the bonds and friendships forged by those pitted against each other in battle so long ago. Many of these “enemies” went on to have lasting relationships, which have carried over to their families also.

(C) All photos Vedat Acikalin

Gallipoli Then & Now: Bonds Forged by War

Hobart - Allport Library & Museum of Fine Arts Until 22 August

Sydney - Customs House Library, Circular Quay Until 30 September

Photography art Gallery Friday Round Up - 15 April, 2016|Photography Art Definition

This week on Friday Round Up - Winners of Chris Hondros Award, inaugural Magnum Photography Awards, Grief and Glory at Magnet Melbourne and Donna Ferrato's unfailing dedication to reveal home violence.

Awards:

Chris Hondros Award

(C) Bryan Denton

Award-winning freelance photographer Bryan Denton is the recipient of this 12 months?S Chris Hondros Fund Award, which become installed in honour of Getty Images photojournalist Chris Hondros who turned into killed in 2011 while on assignment in Libya.

Denton is a regular contributor to the New York Times and has labored all through the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia and Afghanistan. Iranian photographer Kiana Hayeri is the recipient of the award within the Emerging Photographer class. Both will use their awards to pursue longterm initiatives.

(C) Kiana Hayeri

Magnum Photography Awards

Magnum co-founder Henri Cartier-Bresson

In 2017 Magnum Photos celebrates its 70th anniversary. In the lead to a year in an effort to characteristic numerous occasions and exhibitions, the inaugural Magnum Photography Awards has been launched and is now accepting entries. Magnum has joined with LensCulture to present these awards. There could be 12 Winners and 20 Finalists from Documentary, Street, Portrait, Fine Art, Photojournalism and Open categories. In addition, the jury will select 7 photographers as "Jurors? Picks? And award 5 "Student Spotlight? Awards to younger, up-and-coming talents. Enter here.

Exhibition: Melbourne

Grief and Glory - Victoria?S Unseen Anzac Photographic Treasures

Until 2 May

Magnet Galleries

Level 2

640 Bourke Street

Melbourne

Photographer & Activist:

Donna Ferrato - I Am Unbeatable

(C) Donna Ferrato

In 1982 American photographer Donna Ferrato took a photo assignment that changed her life. Shooting for Playboy Japan, Ferrato photographed the open marriage of a couple living in New Jersey. What she discovered wasn’t a happy-go-lucky lifestyle, but one of hidden domestic violence.

More than 30 years later she is still fighting for the rights of women who are victims of domestic violence. Her series I Am Unbeatable celebrates those women who have left their abusers, but that’s only part of the story. Watch this incredible video on The Atlantic to learn more about her unrelenting commitment.

(C) Donna Ferrato

(C) Donna Ferrato

(C) Donna Ferrato

(C) Donna Ferrato

(C) Donna Ferrato