One of the artists exhibiting 14th Feb – 25th April 2026 with the Centre for Contemporary Photography (Melbourne) is (Annie) Hsiao-Ching Wang with her wonderful exhibition My Son and I at the Same Height (2002–2024). The work involved taking portraits of herself and her son every year from 2002.
Richard Daintree Daintree ( 1832 – 1878) was a pioneering Australian geologist and photographer. Daintree was the first Government geologist for North Queensland discovering gold fields and coal seams for future exploitation. Then there are the special exhibition prints for the great exhibitions in England. All that and more – click here
Another woman photographer profile has been added to our web site. This time Dorothy Izard. Along with Ruth Hollick, a member of the artistic community of Melbourne in the early 20th century. Click here for the link
One of the many pleasures of living in Melbourne is that when you walk around the nearby suburbs, there’s plenty of diversity to take in.
James McArdle has a new piece on his blog site, On This Day In Photography, with an extensive review and commentary on Graham Howe’s photo-book, Epoch. Click here
Gael has uploaded a piece introducing Graham Howe’s new book on his student work when he was at Prahran College in Melbourne 1970-1971. Click here.
The full title for this exhibition is:
Searching for Sanctuary: A journey of survival by Barat Ali Batoor
This exhibition is now closed but its staging was a curious event. Before I write about the exhibition, a few words about the photography of Steve McCurry.
Nice online exhibition of photographs – from The Washington Post – click here.
A selection of photographs taken from one of Frank Hurley’s books…
Travel around Canberra and/or many cities anywhere and there is now evidence that we all love to light up our days and nights to celebrate Christmas.
Louise Grayson, Queensland University of Technology (this essay was originally published in The Conversation)
We recently heard of the death of a great Australian photographer. click on the image for more…
Here’s a couple of photographs from my recent visit to Auckland for the 2016 Auckland festival of photography.
Maybe it was left behind to collect any stray mail.
Click on image for Jeffrey Milstein’s photo essay on inequity in LA neighbourhoods
Visiting and talking about photography exhibitions is very enjoyable. It is a fun thing to do. Occasionally when I have written about an exhibition that has even been a response.
Any time you are in Sydney, you should always find the time for a wander through the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW).
The ACT Government is to implement the city’s first light rail system. Particular lobby groups have been hounding the government about this decision.
The fun things you see as you drive through middle Victoria. A town sign designed by Michael Leunig. (click on image to enlarge)
Crace is a new suburb in Canberra. Click on the image for a short photo-essay.
A sign of activity by the revolutionary arm of the Dickson Residents Group
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It was while roaming the gardens of a former Austrian Royal Palace, that I sat down for a rest and took a moment to take in the wide views in front of me.
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I love wandering around city streets. In Sydney recently on a typical warm day, being about 28 degrees, it was very noticeable just how much of the city’s inner streets are devoid of trees and shade.
Not all walks around Manly (Sydney) involve wandering along the beaches. There are many streets and lanes to seek out to see how the urban environment settles into the evening.
This is a photograph of the monument on the harbour side of Manly to honour the landing of Captain Arthur Phillip in Manly. One problem!
love in a public place. (click on image to enlarge)
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Paul Costigan, 13 August 2014
The park celebrated its tenth anniversary last June. This first image is from their own website.
Here are a few photographs taken near the Roma Street Parklands in mid winter 2014. This time of the year makes for wonderful light. Please click on any of the images to enlarge them. I enjoyed this image because of the shadows and the light, the plants were being highlighted, and of course the texture and mass of the rock wall.
Near Roma Street Parkland entrance, July 2014
Canberra is a garden City. We love to surround ourselves with trees, shrubs and gardens. There are heaps of birds in our suburbs. Take a short drive into the country and things change. Here’s a few images from one such drive yesterday.
On the western edge of Canberra’s CBD, next to the Australian National University, on the side of Black Mountain, sits one of the National Capital’s often overlooked treasures, the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Although it figures in tourist brochures, I am not aware of large numbers of visitors. I am also not convinced that local Canberrans visit this site very often or that they think to take their visitors there.
A collection of photographs gathered more or less locally.
there two more collections – here and here
We were traveling back from Sydney and made a stop over for dinner at Bowral. There’s a good take away noodle shop half way down the main street.
I took the time to observe the Christmas decoration in the local shops. (click on any image to enlarge them)
Here’s an image in the R M Williams window.
Japan and food – an image
A photograph taken in 2006 of lunch time on a busy back street in Tokyo.
The food was great. Ordering in such places is always interesting as no-one there spoke English (and this is the usual off the tourist areas) and we spoke absolutely no Japanese. We managed through hand gestures and pointing and thanks to the politeness and very friendly nature of the owners. This experience was repeated often whereby the locals were both helpful and courteous to these foreigners who did not speak their language.
The Search for Debt and Deficit Emergency: A Day with the Bowral Yacht Squadron
It’s early dawn and the famous Bowral Yacht Squadron sets out for a day’s adventure on the high seas. This is much anticipation about the task ahead!
