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Two fascinating exhibitions at Dubbo’s The Western Plains Cultural Centre

 Posted on September 25, 2017      by Alex
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  I had the great pleasure to document these two exhibitions at the WPCC in Dubbo last week.  Here is a sample from "Another Green Earth" and "Shaded", the first exploring 21st century approaches to Australian Landscape and the second to 20th century Australian landscape from the collection of the AGNSW


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artist portraits

 Posted on January 24, 2014      by Alex
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Being both an artist and a professional photographer is a conflicted mix.  Art, for the last 30 years at least, has been very busy problematising the self assumed legitimacy of most forms of conventional photography.  In my experience, this is especially true for the portrait.  So making a series of artist portraits for Parramatta Artist Studios was for me an ambivalent and challenging experience.  What side of the argument should I take?  How to make a straight photograph of a contemporary artist without feeling foolish?  Surprisingly though, the process was liberating and being placed in a position...


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SHHH Haunted House

 Posted on November 5, 2012      by Alex
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This was a great haunted house.  A little like Dr. frankenstein took the head of a performance artist and sutured it onto the body of a schlock horror film and then married it with a car accident.


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The Last Night of Bill and George

 Posted on October 31, 2012      by Alex
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Our old friends at Bill and George threw one last fantabulastic night blast of music and performance to farewell the space as it succumbed to the universal forces of entropy,  gentrification and landlord narcissism.  They were five glorious years, some amazing performance, dance, music, drinking and thinking in one of the last independent ari spaces holding the line east of Redfern station.  You know we're all waiting on the sequel...    


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Parramatta Lanes

 Posted on October 28, 2012      by Alex
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This was a really impressive low key festival in the small lanes of Parramatta.  The atmosphere was relaxed with people just hanging out, listening to music, eating incredible food and drinking some pretty fantastic cocktails.  I wish I wasn't working, because I would have loved to have just hung out and taken in the vibe.  Oh well, I got some great shots which is a pretty good night for me.


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