Exhibitions
Exhibitions were hosted by the following venues:
MAP of exhibition locations
ACT Legislative Assembly
London Circuit, Canberra City
Degree South
11 July to 6 August 2008. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30 - 5pm
This exhibition presents the work of DEGREE SOUTH, a new collective of eight award-winning Australian photographers based throughout the Asia Pacific region. The decision to form DEGREE SOUTH was inspired by the photographers' ideal of using their archive of significant photographs to make a difference and to remind the world of both the beauty and horror that they have witnessed. For the DEGREE SOUTH members, photography is both a passion and a way of life. In this exhibition each DEGREE SOUTH photographer has selected nine of their own photographs based on one subject, with topics ranging from war, rehabilitation and Jesuits to My Australia. The photographers are: Ben Bohan, Michael Coyne, David Dare Parker, Stephen Dupont, Joyce Evans, Tim Page, Jack Picone and Sean Flynn (absent friend). This exhibition covers two venues: ACT Legislative Assembly, and The John Curtin School of Medical Research.
Contact: Joyce Evans jevans1@bigpond.net.au or Marianne Harris marianne_harris@optusnet.com.au
Web site: www.degreesouth.com
Photo: Jack Picone, Abandoned children, victims of the illicit drug trade, learn the techniques of horsemanship at the Golden Horse Monastery on the Thai-Burma border [detail]
ADFA Library
Academy Library, UNSW@ADFA, Northcott Drive, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra
New York Muse
1 September to 13 October 2008. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm; Weekends, 1 - 5pm
Architectural studies of New York City as seen by David Paterson in his exploration of the ‘city of cities’, including infra-red and colour photography.
Contact: David Paterson d.paterson@adfa.edu.au
Photo: David Paterson, The Chrysler Building, NYC [detail]
Alliance Française Gallery
66 McCaughey Street, Turner, Canberra
The Spirit of Sport: photography by Gary Steer and Peter Freeman
11 July to 9 August 2008. Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday, 9am - 7pm; Friday, 9am - 5pm; Saturday, 9am - 1pm
The Spirit of Sport is photography exploring the unchartered area of sport, where art is commonly lost. Traditionally, sport and art are like isolated tribes on different islands throwing the occasional javelin at each other. The exhibition looks at how sport is tribal, combative ritual, e.g. football and cricket. It searches for the common ground between sport and art – creativity, pleasure, energy, the senses, courage, appreciation of beauty. It looks at about 20 different sports, particularly those that lend themselves to impressionistic interpretation. e.g. cycling, gymnastics, rowing, swimming, ice skating, skiing, the martial arts. The exhibition is an applause to “the unknown athletes”, those to whom participation is the most important thing about sport.
Photographs exhibited are for sale. The exhibition will also show at the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre Gallery.
Contact: Gary Steer gary@wildvisuals.com.au or 02 9557 0823, or Marie-Jo Le Moal marijo@bigpond.net.au or 02 9953 2808
Web site: www.garysteer.com.au
Photo: Gary Steer, Centennial Park Cycles [detail]
Art Wranglers
18 Morphett Street, Dickson, Canberra
Axel Poignant exhibition
9 to 20 July 2008. Opening hours: Weekends, 10am - 5pm; other times by appointment
Axel Poignant (1906-86), was an Anglo-Swedish photographer who was active for 30 years in Australia. His formative years – the 1930s – were in Perth, Western Australia, where he adopted the small format Leica in the struggle to achieve a form of visual representation that would express his growing social awareness. It was on his first journey to the far outback, along the Canning Stock Route in 1942 (when he joined a work-party to repair the wells) that his sensibilities and skills coalesced in a singular directness of vision. Two Aboriginal portraits he made – a young mother and baby, and a young stockman – have been singled out for their humanity of vision. Post WW II he worked first on Harry Watt's The Overlanders, then as cinematographer on Namatjira the Painter, for the Commonwealth Film Division. His most significant work was a self-generated assignment to photograph an Aboriginal community at Liverpool River, Arnhem Land (1952).
Contact: Willa Gentle iconophilia@gmail.com or 02 6257 0949
Web site: http://artwranglers.com.au
Artists Shed
Artists Shed: Gallery 1, 14 Foster Street, Queanbeyan, NSW
Terra Collectus
14 August to 7 September 2008. Opening hours: daily, 10am - 6pm
An exhibition of photographs by John Tassie.
Contact: Margaret Hadfield artistsshed@grapevine.net.au or 02 6297 0336
Web site: www.theartistsshed.com
Photo: John Tassie [detail]
Australian Bicycle History Centre
3 Rosevear Place (next door to ANCA Gallery), Dickson, Canberra
Australians and their bicycles
12 July to 11 October 2008. Opening hours: Wednesdays, 10am - 4pm; Admission: Adult/child $2, family $5
Take a walk through the amazing Bicycle Museum of Canberra. Marvel at the variety of bikes, ancient and modern, and view an exhibition of photographs from the Museum’s collection showing the people who proudly rode these classic machines.
Contact: Annemarie Driver email@bicyclehistory.com.au or 6247 1363.
Web site: http://www.bicyclehistory.com.au/
Photo: John Mills and his son George riding a Humber tandem quadricycle, Victoria, ca. 1888 [detail]
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Mabo Room, AIATSIS, Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula, Canberra
After 200 years: 20 years after. Photographic essays of Indigenous Australia
From 12 July 2008. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm
20 Years ago, a team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous photographers set upon changing the negative media image of Indigenous Australians. After two months of living in and working with Indigenous communities from the Torres Strait to Tasmania, the result is a moving compilation of photographs which celebrate the diversity of Indigenous life. The opening of this exhibition will coincide with the annual AIATSIS NAIDOC on the Peninsula event, also free and open to the public.
Contact: Danika Nayna or Chris Ryan, AIATSIS Media and Communications, 02 6246 1111
Web site: www.aiatsis.gov.au
Photo: Leise Knowles, Warry John Stanley at Cherbourg Community Hall with a photo of his grandmother, Nellie Thomas [detail]
Australian National Capital Artists
ANCA Gallery, 1 Rosevear Place (corner of Antill Street), Dickson, Canberra
Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday, noon - 5pm
Whatever you don't have ... collections and constructions
2 to 13 July 2008
An exhibition by Emily Jackett, recent ANU Photomedia graduate and winner of the ANCA Emerging Artists Support Scheme Exhibition Award, which is awarded annually.
Photo: Emily Jackett, From Here, 2006 [detail]
Scenes Unseen
16 to 27 July 2008
Scenes Unseen features the work of David Paterson and Geoff Comfort. Paterson’s passion for architectural studies and ‘urbanscapes’ can be both hard-edged and surreal, as seen through his images taken on a visit to New York City in 2006. Where some of the photographs provide broad views of this world-renowned city, others give just a glimpse of what it is and might be. Comfort’s photographs feature man-made and natural landscapes viewed from an aerial perspective, including a variety of coastal seascapes and rural scenes of the ACT and region dating from the aftermath of the 2003 bushfires. In many cases, the aerial perspective creates visual confusion due to the lack of scale and unusual viewpoint.
Photo: Geoff Comfort, Springbank Island [detail]
Artists and Photography
13 to 24 August 2008
ANCA Tenants past and present come together to celebrate the 15th anniversary of ANCA's gallery program. The exhibition looks at the relationship between artists and photography.
Photo: Louisa Abello of 'Remembering Community,' 1998. Jenny Lawrence (1960 - 2007), site specific installation Upper Towong Community Hall [detail]
Past and Present
10 to 21 September 2008
Through photographs, paintings and monoprints, this exhibition explores the breadth of energies from our environment and tests new ways of visualising nature.
Photo: Derek Ross, Jerangle Rd [detail]
Shot
24 September to 5 October 2008
An exhibition that exposes the significant impact photography has had on the visual artist by focussing on the work of 16 artists from the Centre for Creative Industries, Canberra Institute of Technology. These artists explore, translate and reinterpret captured moments into a diverse array of different media including painting, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, textiles, installation and photography, and provide glimpses into the creative process.
Photo: Paul Murray, Consolation, after Robert Capa's Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, 2008 [detail]
A chronicle of quirks
8 to 19 October 2008
An exhibition of photomedia, sculpture, painting and drawings by Paul Murray.
Photo: Paul Murray, Needed Distraction, 2006 [detail]
Contact: anca@iimetro.com.au or 02 6247 8736
Web site: www.anca.canberra.net.au
The Australian National University School of Art Gallery and Foyer Gallery
Liversidge Street, The Australian National University, Acton, Canberra
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10.30am - 5pm; Saturday, noon - 5pm
Walking Under the Land
1 to 19 July 2008
A photographic investigation of Australian landscape as sites for representations of Australian history and memory.
Parade: manufacturing selves in photography
12 July to 2 August 2008
An exhibition exploring new modes of self representation, featuring 17 contemporary photographers who make portraits and self-portraits. They use masquerade, performance and enactment to construct various versions of 'the self'. Includes works by
Melita Dahl, Kate Murphy, Chris Fortescue, Peter Volich, Margot Seares, Kylie Ruszczynski, Denise Ferris, Peter Fitzpatrick, Lee Grant, Erica Hurrell, Sam Townsende, Madeleine Donovan, Tina Fiveash, Marzena Wasikowska, Catherine Laudenbauch, David Wills and Rozalind Drummond. Curated by Martyn Jolly.
Photo: Madeleine Donovan, Lazy Pose, Bedroom, 2003 [detail]
Recovering Lives
8 August to 6 September 2008
Part of a series on Art and Human Rights. Artists including William Yang explore themes of history and memory through drawing, painting, photography and installation.
Sixth LEICA/CCP Documentary Photography Award exhibition
9 October to 1 November 2008
A showcase of Australia’s best contemporary documentary photographers.
Contact: School of Art Gallery sofagallery@anu.edu.au or 02 6125 5841
Web site: www.anu.edu.au/ITA/CSA/gallery/
The Australian National University School of Art Photospace Gallery
Building 105, 1st Floor, Childers Street, The Australian National University, Acton, Canberra.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 10am - 5pm; Saturday, 1pm - 5pm
Suburban Zeitgeist: ANU Photomedia Postgraduate students
10 to 18 July 2008
Curated by Lee Grant, this exhibition explores the eccentricities of suburbia within a globalised world. Familiar suburban landscapes are transformed into a strange world of peculiar subjects that defy notions of suburbia as a place of banality and uniformity. 'Suburban Zeitgeist' includes the work of Kaoru Alfonso, Thomas Cliff, Rozalind Drummond, Clem Baker-Finch, Ursula Frederick, Alexandra Gillespie, Cindy Godden, Lee Grant, Brian Jones, Lucian Leon, Frank Lindner, Judith MacDougall, Janet Meany, Tim Thomas, David Wills and Carolyn Young.
Contact: Photomedia Workshop 02 6125 5815
Sites of Convergence: Series #3: An exhibition by Jo-anne Duggan
21 July to 1 August 2008
Sites of Convergence: Series #3 is a photographic exhibition that focuses on the interior architecture of public buildings significant to Italian communities, initially in Italy and subsequently in Australia. The initial part of this project was photographed in the Tuscan town of Prato, in the interiors of the monastery of San Niccolò, the Cicognini College, and the Palazzo Comunale. The second part was created in Daylesford and the Hepburn Shire, in Victoria. Even though dramatically removed in time and space, Daylesford offers an effective counterpoint for investigation. There are similarities as this region has a strong connection with the textile industry and it too has an early history of migrant communities and cultural diversity. Lured by the fortunes of the gold mining industry in the mid 1800s, substantial numbers of Italians, Swiss and Chinese settled there. Jo-Anne is interested in both the common threads and the differences in the visual culture experienced by Italians living in Italy, and that experienced by people of Italian origin growing up in regional Australia.
Photo: Jo-Anne Duggan, Impossible Gaze #1 - Room L - The Carrand Room Museo Nazionale del Bargello [detail]
To Occupy: panoramic interiors of concrete fortifications by Alison Bennett
4 to 15 August 2008
This series of images is an investigation into the notion of inhabitation as a negotiated process. Through practice-based research, the series has become focused on the interiors of concrete fortifications along the east and south coasts of Australia. “I am interested in the ‘shudder’ one experiences when encountering a room that has resonance; that has duration; where past, present and future collapse.”
Contact: Alison Bennett mail@alisonbennett.com.au or 0407 853 596
Website: www.alisonbennett.com.au
Photo: Alison Bennett,To Occupy (Middle Head) 2007. Stitched digital photographs, pigment inks on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag 60 x 100 cm [detail]
Surface Light
18 to 29 August 2008
This exhibition showcases the latest research interests of the staff from the Photography and Media Workshop at the Australian National University. Some of the artists will be on hand at the School of Art Open Day on Saturday 30th August for a special portfolio viewing session. All prospective students and keen photo enthusiasts are welcome to attend this free event.
Helios Selene
1 to 20 September 2008
New Zealand artist Lloyd Godman explores environmental issues through Carbon Obscura installations, Luna Light painting and alternative process photograms. ...the largest photosensitive emulsion we know of is the planet earth. As vegetation grows, dies back, changes colour with the seasons, the "photographic image" that is our planet alters. Increasingly human intervention plays a larger role in transforming the image of the globe we inhabit. (Lloyd Godman ecological artist - 2006) To coincide with this exhibition of selected new works Lloyd will present a workshop on the 6th & 7th September. For more details on these activities refer to www.photomedia.net.au in June. 'It is doubtful if Australasia has a more protean, visionary and ecologically committed artist then Lloyd Godman" (Profiled in the March 2008 edition / Issue 57 of Black & White Magazine)
Photo: Lloyd Godman, Carbon Obscura 2 [detail]
Pillflower: an exhibition by Lynne Heller
22 September to 3 October 2008
The Pillflower project consists of both scanned images and actual medicinal pills manipulated into flower-like shapes. These real and flat image pillflowers are then used to create or decorate both functional and sculptural work - a toilet with pillflowers growing out of its bowl, martini glasses with one pillflower embedded in the bottom of each 'cup', tiles with pillflower designs - it is a pillflower world. Canadian artist Lynne Heller will hold a workshop on extreme scanning during the festival. For more details on these activities refer to www.photomedia.net.au
Hot New Things: National Art School Photography Showcase
7 to 18 October 2008
Several of the Art Schools in Australia that support a photography department have been asked to select one student to represent their school in this exhibition. Come see what the future practitioners of Australian Art Photography have in store for us!
Contact: Photomedia Workshop 02 6125 5815
Web site:www.photomedia.net.au
Australian War Memorial
Treloar Crescent, Campbell, Canberra
Icon and archive: photography and the World Wars
6 June to 12 October 2008. Opening hours: daily, 10am - 5pm
'Icon and archive' draws on the breadth and depth of the War memorial's vast collection of First and Second World War photographs to explore the relationship between photography, history and commemoration. The exhibition will be accompanied by night-time projections of images on to the exterior of the War Memorial’s iconic building.
Contact: Shaune Lakin shaune.lakin@awm.gov.au
Web site: www.awm.gov.au
Photo: Asti Studio, Studio portrait of an unidentified First World War soldier in uniform and slouch hat, P06003.001, Australian War Memorial [detail]
Benedict House
39 Isabella Street, Queanbeyan NSW
Doors of Queanbeyan
28 September to 12 October 2008. Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm
A photo realist view of private home doors and porches, reflecting the different influences on suburban architecture over a period of time. This exhibition reveals cultural influences on decoration and adornment at entrances to homes.
Contact: Kate Shelton 17218@tpg.com.au or 02 6284 2868
Web site: www.benedicthouse.com.au
Photo: Kate Shelton, Fergus Street [detail]
Blue Roof Gallery
11 Johnson Street, Tharwa, ACT 
'My favourite thing is to go where I have never been' (quoted from Diane Arbus)
6 to 28 September 2008. Opening hours: Weekends, 1pm to 4pm
In this intimate exhibition at the Blue Roof Gallery in Tharwa, Canberra-based digital artist and curator Suzie Edwards takes two ACT digital artists to somewhere new, both conceptually and creatively. Payal Sehgal Mahajan finds herself in 'no woman's land', exploring identity whilst Lorna Sim pursues the detailed 'otherness' of the everyday.
Contact: Suzie Edwards suzie_edwards@yahoo.com or 0413 876 330
Web site: www.theblueroof.com.au
Photo: Payal Sehgal Mahajan, Taj Mahal, 2008 [detail]
Bungendore Wood Works Gallery
The Octagon ArtSpace and Café Wood Works, Bungendore Wood Works Gallery, Kings Highway, Bungendore, NSW
Opening hours: 9am to 5pm, 7 days
Decade
11 July to 29 July 2008
Decade showcases a collection of Bungendore photographer Sonia Turner’s first decade of black and white photographs. With a keen photographic eye and a will to capture the essence of the people, landscapes and places encountered over the past 10 years, she has produced a body of work that provides a selective but diverse cross-section of her images.
Photo: Sonia Turner, Wattamondara Silo, 2005 [detail]
Mountain Huts by Night
1 August to 18 August 2008
The huts of Australia's alpine regions have provided warmth and refuge to generations of stockmen, miners, skiers and walkers. This series of photographs by Eve Conroy records the huts at night using traditional light sources of candles and firelight.
Photo: Eve Conroy, Brayshaw's hut [detail]
Counterpoint
28 August to 16 September 2008
Australian Living treasure (Don Burrows MBE AO) Australia’s best-known jazz musician, and Stan d’Argeavel (MAVA) have been associates for over 30 years. Burrows applies terms such as colour, balance, composition, contrast, texture and mood equally to his music and his photography, whereas d’Argeavel seeks to capture the essence of the moment in the streets of many parts of the world. This exhibition draws on another musical term applied to photography - Counterpoint - which could be described as two voices at once, or the art of adding accompaniment, challenging each other to complete the melody of the other’s individual photographs.
Photo: Don Burrows, Mindi, Engonnia, NSW, 1974 [detail]
A Photograph is Missing
28 August to 17 September 2008
“Am I missing something… I went over the photographs, slowly, once more. Again, nothing. Not a trace. As if it never happened. Is memory evidence enough? I want proof.” Robert Billington, along with words by author and playwright Tim Gooding, will take you on an amazing journey of discovery. Robert, through his black and white photographs of country Australia, shows what you can discover if you slow down and open your eyes a little wider. Tim’s evocative words not only complement the photographs, but take you on a journey … you may even find what you have been missing.
Photo: Robert Billington, New Years Eve Party - the next morning. Yass, 2003 [detail]

Celebrity: Bungendore
19 September to 12 October 2008
Bungendore region professional photographer Lisa McKelvie's portrait-based exhibition explores local identities who enjoy a certain notoriety within the region. Each portrait is derivative and an homage to a more famous image drawn from the work of photographers who have been inspirational to her creative development in the photographic medium.
Photo: Lisa McKelvie, Shasie [detail]
Contact: Stan d’Argeaval gallery@bwoodworks.com.au or 02 6238 1682
Web site: www.bungendorewoodworks.com.au
Café Yala Gallery, Canberra Institute of Technology Student Association (CITSA)
Reid Campus, Canberra Institute of Technology, Constitution Ave, Reid, Canberra
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday, 8am to 8pm; Friday, 8am to 3pm
My place
21 July to 8 August 2008
‘My Place’ is an exploration of Canberra as home – documenting spaces that range from the iconic landmarks to the personal special places that might look insignificant but are laden with memories or stories of the past. This work is all shot on Black and White film and printed by 1st year Canberra Institute of Technology Bachelor of Design (Photography) students.
Shine
11 August to 29 August 2008
‘Shine’ is a sample of studio work by 2nd year CIT Bachelor of Design (Photography) students that shows the technical skills and proficiency needed to photograph challenging objects – chrome, glass and other difficult shiny things. This work is all digital, printed with the generous sponsorship of PixelPerfect.
Portraits
1 September to 19 September 2008
‘Portraits’ showcases 1st year Canberra Institute of Technology Bachelor of Design (Photography) students' studio work as they develop their first portraiture folio. The works are all film based using both 35mm and medium format cameras.
Students living in Currong Apartments
22 September to 10 October 2008
An exhibition of portraits of students living at Currong Apartments in Civic. While the demolition of Currong has been delayed many years, it has been transformed and is home to an invigorated community of students. For more information about this exhibition, please contact Mac Nicholls, queanbeyan@velocitynet.com.au or 0449 850 789.
Contact: Silvia Velez, silvia.velez@cit.act.edu.au or 02 6207 3711
Web site: www.citsa.com.au
Canberra Centre
1st Floor, Canberra Centre, Canberra City
Australia on Canvas
11 to 25 July 2008
At the Canberra Centre from 11 July to 25 July, photographer Scott Leggo will be exhibiting a selection of his stunning Australian landscape images – printed on canvas. The exhibition will feature spectacular panoramic photography from some of Australia’s best known locations, as well as some more remote locations. Printed with the highest quality inks and canvas, the exhibition will showcase amazing locations and vistas in bright, vibrant colours that jump off the canvas.
Contact: Scott Leggo, scott@scottleggoimages.com
Web site: www.scottleggoimages.com
Photo: Scott Leggo, Sunrise over the Victorian Alps [detail]
Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP ACT Division) 2008 ACT Awards Exhibition
18 to 31 August 2008
See some of the best work of ACT professional photographers in this exhibition of the entries in the annual competition for AIPP members in the ACT.
Contact: David Paterson, d.paterson@adfa.edu.au
Web site: www.aipp.com.au
Photo: David Paterson, Open cut asbestos mine, Canada [detail]
Canberra Contemporary Art Space
Gorman House Arts Centre, 88 Ainslie Avenue, Braddon, Canberra
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 11am - 5pm; Saturday 10am - 4pm
An exhibition by Chris Fortescue
11 July to 23 August 2008
Experimental landscape photography and sound.
An exhibition by Starlie Geikie
11 July to 23 August 2008
Lookin Up: an exhibition by Dianne Jones
29 August to 11 October 2008
In Lookin Up Dianne Jones takes a humorous look at the "heroes" whose images adorned the walls during her childhood. Diane convincingly presents herself as Elvis and Jesus in photographs that address the impact of all white, all male role models on the cultural identity of a young Indigenous woman growing up in Western Australia. In her Mona Lisa Series she presents her nieces and nephews in the style Da Vinci’s most famous work. Thus she creates a space for young Aboriginal people to be seen in a light usually reserved for people who are privileged and culturally elevated.
Cheviot Beach: an exhibition by Cathy Laudenbach
29 August to 11 October 2008
Cathy Laudenbach explores what is to be Australian through the sites where people have disappeared. The idea of a difficult yet seductive landscape swallowing up people has generated a characteristic Australian mythology and the mysteries of Azaria Chamberlian and Peter Falconio have excited obsessive public interest. In Cheviot Beach Cathy presents a series of photographs focusing the spot where Prime Minister Harold Holt vanished in 1967. Laudenbach doesn’t attempt to recreate the scene of that fateful day but rather allows the silent sands to speak for themselves while the waves of mythology roll over Cheviot Beach.
Contact: Yolande Norris, info@ccas.com.au or David Broker, david@ccas.com.au or 02 6247 0188
Web site: www.ccas.com.au
Photo: Dianne Jones, Murray, 2005 [detail]
Canberra Grammar School Gallery
Monaro Crescent, Red Hill, Canberra
Pidgin: an exhibition of documentary photography by Sean Davey
18 August to 7 September 2008. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 10am - 4pm; Weekends, 1 - 4pm
Pidgin examines the experiences of two brothers as they traverse the east coast of Australia by road and then to the homeland of their mother, Papua New Guinea. Mainly set at night, the exhibition explores the themes of the family unit, identity, and the cultural divide between indigenous and non indigenous peoples.
Contact: Sean Davey, pidgin@tpg.com.au
Web site: www.pidgin.com.au
Photo: Sean Davey, The Family [detail]
Canberra Institute of Technology
designspace@CIT Gallery, F block, Reid Campus, Constitution Ave, Reid, Canberra
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Space
14 July to 25 July 2008
‘Space’ is an exhibition of landscape photography, in its broadest sense from wide open landscapes to cramped enclosures, by current and past CIT practitioners. Photographers include David Paterson, Brad Ferguson, Col Ellis, Lachlan Blair, Chris Palethorpe, Peter Raynard, Chris Morrison, Mark Mohell, Barb Smith, Lorna Sim, Rachael McCann, Karen Coombes, Brenton Colley, Oliver Geier and others.
Photo: Brenton Colley [detail]
The 2008 PIEA International Travelling Photo Exhibition
29 July to 8 August 2008
The 2008 PIEA International Travelling Photo Exhibition displays the top student photographs from around the world. Exhibited in 58 venues in Australia, Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States. The images were chosen from over 6,100 entries from 115 schools, include the best work from nine countries: Australia, Canada, China, Guatemala, Honduras, India, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States. No other student photo competition is seen by as many people on four different continents.
Photo: Ashley Arreola, "Reflection," Narbonne High School, Harbor City, CA USA, Instructor: Gregory Talley [detail]
2 + 1
13 August to 22 August 2008
‘2 + 1’ is an exhibition of final year Bachelor of Design (Photography) students at the Canberra Institute of Technology. These works vary in subject matter from actions sports to portraits. Photographers on display are Brenton Colley who received second prize winner in the National Youth Self Portrait Prize 2008, Ella Brodie-Reed, Jody Smith, Kathleen Mac Andrews, Masha Zaric an AIPP Silver award winner 2007, Nicholas Gascoine, Oliver Geier, Cate McDonald, Naomi Leonard and Scott Pottinger.
Eat
26 August to 5 September 2008
‘Eat’ is an exhibition showcasing works of past and present food photography students of Canberra Institute of Technology. Ranging from raw ingredients to exotic dishes, this is set to get your juices flowing. Includes photographs by Alan Benson, Emily Hanlon, Elena Thomas, Ella Brodie-Reed, Kathleen Mac Andrews, Masha Zaric, Sam Tarlinton, Georgia Perry and others.
Photo: Masha Zaric, Pomegranate [detail]
Sun Risers
9 September to 19 September 2008
Sun Studios is proud to present Sun Risers! A collection of images from a new generation of photographers. Their images are inspired by everything from fashion to current trends in lifestyle and music. Flick through fashion magazines and there are the new comers who are filling up their pages.
Contact: Kath McLean, Sun Studios, kath@sunstudiosaustralia.com or 02 9641 5506 
Cruise
23 September to 10 October
‘Cruise’ is an exhibition showcasing works of past and present Canberra Institute of Technology Bachelor of Design (Photography) students who specialise in photographing vehicles. Ranging from motor cars to luxury cruisers.
Photo: Chris Morrison, WRX [detail]
Contact: Penny Boyer, penny.boyer@cit.act.edu.au or 02 6207 3455
Web site: www.cit.act.edu.au
Canberra Museum and Gallery
Corner of London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm; Saturday and Sunday, 12 to 4pm
I Dreamt We Had Something to Say: Holograms by David Warren
21 June to 12 October 2008
An exhibition of work by Canberra artist David Warren exploring contemporary issues through the fascinating medium of holograms.
CMAG collection series: photography 
5 July to 12 October 2008
This is the third in a series of exhibitions, on display from late 2007 until early 2009, showcasing the Canberra Museum & Gallery’s rich collections of art from the region. In 2008 CMAG celebrates its tenth birthday, and, as part of the Vivid Festival and following displays of sculpture and painting from the collection, the focus is on photographic work by Canberra region artists including Olive Cotton, Arthur Wicks, Marcia Lochhead, David Paterson, Marzena Wasikowska, Matt Kelso and Denise Ferris. Both documentary and narrative, these works illuminate the strength of the medium in the work of Canberra artists, and an ongoing engagement with photography as a tool to both record and explore the world around them.
Contact: Mark Van Veen, mark.vanveen@act.gov.au or 02 6207 3968
Web site: www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Photo: Marcia Lochhead, Manuka swimming pool, 2004, type C photograph, part of the ‘Mirror’ series [detail]
The Church Gallery
7 O’Hanlon Place (Opposite Cockington Green), Gold Creek, Canberra
Alternative Photography Exhibition
12 July to 12 October 2008. Opening hours: Wednesdays to Sundays, 10am to 4pm, or by appointment
An exhibition of photographs made using alternative and historic processes, by twelve of Australia's nationally and internationally known photographers. Photographers are: Glenda Bowen (photopolymer prints), Wendy Currie (cyanotype and vandyke), Justine Dunmore (ceramic photography), Monique Garrood (hand-coloured silver gelatin and experimental digital photography), Silvi Glattauer (photogravure), Jill Lacina (vandyke, cyanotype and salt prints), Dianne Longly (photopolymer prints), Colleen Miller (photo acquatint), Tony Peri (bromoil, oleobrom and pinhole), Heide Smith (silver gelatin), Ellie Young (gum bicromate and salt albumen) and Lynette Zeeng (polaroid transfer). From June 2008, artists' works can also be viewed at www.fairfaxart.com.au.
Contact: Colleen Miller, colleen.miller@fairfaxart.com.au or 0421 624 081
Web site: www.fairfaxart.com.au
Photo: Monique Garrood, Mada Prima Vesi [detail]
Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre
Level 1 180 London Circuit, Civic Square, Canberra City
Weaving in and out of time
17 July to 24 August 2008. Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 4pm; Saturday, 12 to 4pm
An exhibition by Caroline Huf, whose work includes objects woven from discarded tickets and packaging, and hand-modelled plasticine forms. She combines still photographs recording the sequential process of their creation to create stop-motion animated videos.
Contact: Jas Hugonnet, jason.hugonnet@craftact.org.au or 02 6262 9333
Web site: www.craftact.org.au
Photo: Caroline Huf, tRain coat, 2005. Sydney rail tickets [detail]
CSIRO Discovery Centre Gallery
Clunies Ross Street, Acton, Canberra
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm; Sunday, 11am to 3pm 
Three days in the Gaspé
9 July to 7 August 2008
An exhibition of landscape photography by AIPP Master Photographer David Paterson, of the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec, Canada.
Contact: David Paterson, d.paterson@adfa.edu.au
Web site: www.csiro.au
Photo: David Paterson, “Gaspé Vista,” Québec, Canada [detail]
Iddid Djura
11 to 24 August 2008
Iddid Djura is a photo-documentary featuring Big Bill Neidjie, a.k.a. Kakadu Man. Born about the time of White settlement in Western Arnhem Land, Big Bill saw many changes that would have a huge and often detrimental impact on his people and his country. Over 7 years, Sarah George recorded Big Bill’s stories, and photographed landscapes and rock art in his country, as well as many people engaged in traditional cultural practices. Iddid Djura shares those stories, in the true spirit of Big Bill, who devoted over 20 years doing just that, earning him the respect and adoration of the nation.
Contact: Sarah George, sjgeorge@smartchat.net.au, or Terese Falconer, terese.falconer@csiro.au
Photo: Sarah George, Big Bill reflects on the impact of Uranium Mining on his Traditional Hunting Grounds and his People [detail]
Memories of a cameraman on assignment
25 August to 14 September 2008
As a Cinematographer filming documentaries and newsreels in Australia and other countries, Raeburn Trindall A.C.S. took a number of still photographs as mementos of the people he has met, and the places he has visited. He filmed the re-birth of Melanesian culture in the Torres Islands, the first elections in New Guinea after they gained Independance from Australia, and the Royal Australian Air Force in action in Vietnam.
Contact: Raeburn Trindall, raejan@grapevine.net.au, or Terese Falconer, terese.falconer@csiro.au
Photo: Raeburn Trindall A.C.S., The ancient 'Drum of Mer' booms into life again in 1967 when Melanesian culture is re-born on Murray Island in the Torres Strait [detail]
Drill Hall Gallery
The Australian National University, Kingsley Street, Acton, Canberra
Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 12 - 5pm
Michèle Maurin: Voyages Photographiques. An Ecological Journey
26 June to 3 August 2008
An exhibition by leading French photographer Michèle Maurin featuring recent work she has done in New York, Hong Kong, French Polynesia, the Ivory Coast and the Amazon forest, along with the series "Henna Flower" done in Morocco . Maurin re-interprets her black and white photography during the process of development by using gold, selenium and other metals in the silver emulsion to bring out subtle nuances and a special light.
Photo: Michèle Maurin, Réservoir d'eau dans l'oasis [detail]
Autour d’un Verre
26 June to 3 August 2008
The theme of wine glasses in the installation work of digital photography by Lydia Cheval evokes excess, with a riot of images and colours, all in a festive spirit, but which nevertheless remain traditional in her search for estheticism. The image is printed on blotting paper which allows a great dispersion of colour with the aim of accentuating the image without having to retouch it.
Contact: Nancy Sever, nancy.sever@anu.edu.au or 02 6125 5832
Web site: http://info.anu.edu.au/mac/Drill_Hall_Gallery/
Embassy of Croatia
14 Jindalee Crescent, O’Malley, Canberra.
Fotografija: Croats in the National Capital
22 July 2008 to 22 August 2008. Opening hours: Monday to Thursday, 10am to 5pm; Friday 10am to 3pm
For decades, Ljudevit Seselja has enthusiastically been documenting the events and everyday life of the Croatian community in Canberra and Queanbeyan. This exhibition will display part of Ljudevit Seselja's vast collection of documentary photographs of this migrant community with its strong sense of Croatian identity, as well as the efforts and challenges involved in adapting to a new homeland. The main focus of this exhibition will be the local Croatian community's customs, values and sense of religious identity, as well as their political and social aspirations.
Contact: Mirjana Piskulic, croemb@bigpond.net.au or 02 6286 6988
Photo: Ljudevit Seselja, Folk dance at the Croatian Centre, Farrer, Act, 18 November 2007 [detail]
Floriade 21 - Films that shaped our nation
Commonwealth Park, Canberra
ACMP Signature Exhibition
13 September to 12 October 2008
Throughout the history of photography, famous photographers have often had images that became more famous than the photographers themselves: images that became their signature image. These images capture the unique vision and unmistakable style of the individual photographers, and assert their chapter in the history of photography. The Signature Exhibition was created when the Australian Commercial and Media Photographers (ACMP) asked its members "What is your signature image, and why?" The exhibition celebrates the depth of talent of ACMP members, and steps inside the minds of the photographers.
Contact: Gavin Blue, admin@acmp.com.au
Web site: www.acmp.com.au
Photo: Belinda Pratten, Surfers [detail]
AIPP Members' Exhibition
7 to 12 October 2008
An exhibition by ACT-based members of the AIPP (Australian Institute of Professional Photography) to be held in the ActewAGL marquee.
Contact: Geoff Comfort geoff@geoffcomfort.com or 02 6286 1688
Web site: http://act.aipp.com.au/
Framemaker Picture Framers
The Boulevard, Akuna Street, Canberra City
Tibet Unveiled
11 July to 26 July 2008. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm; Saturday 9.30am to 12pm
In May 2007, Col Ellis and two good friends undertook a life-changing trip through the country of Tibet, which was until recently closed to outside visitors. There they found a culture, people, and landscape which combined question the meaning and purpose of life. The objective was to experience the Buddhist pilgrimage to the holy Mt Kailash, and these images are personal representations of emotions and connection with a beautiful people and land.
Contact: Col Ellis, 02 6258 7701 or Framemaker Gallery, 02 6247 8269
Web site: www.colellis.com
Photo: Col Ellis, Ancient Land [detail]
Forrest Hotel and Apartments
Sherwood Restaurant at the Forrest Hotel and Apartments, 30 National Circuit, Forrest, Canberra
Opening hours: 7am to 6pm daily (restaurant operates after 6pm) 
Close to Home: an exhibition by Julie Millowick
11 July to 14 September 2008
Working on the philosophy that one does not have to seek out ‘news’ imagery to create dramatic and memorable photographs, Julie Millowick has, for the past twenty years, been documenting her own environment. The imagery includes environmental portraiture, photograms, cyanotypes and digitally stitched panoramas that provide an intimate overview of this post-goldrush landscape and the people who live within it.
Contact: Julie Millowick, jmillowick@netcon.net.au, or Forrest Hotel and Apartments, marketing@forresthotel.com or 02 6295 3433
Web sites: www.juliemillowick.com, www.forresthotel.com
Photo: Julie Millowick, Mist, Crocodile Reservoir, 2007 [detail]
A Vibrant Nature: an exhibition by Jeremy Trow
15 September to 12 October 2008
Jeremy Trow is an 18-year-old local wildlife photographer. He has worked as the official photographer for the National Zoo and Aquarium for over a year and a large number of his images have been used in promotion for the zoo and in the gift shop. His collection incorporates these photographs of the animals at the zoo, along with wildlife and landscapes from all around Canberra and the South Coast. Through his photography, he aims to express the beauty of nature from the very smallest of insects to the largest of landscapes. His vibrant photos will be on display in the Sherwood Restaurant at the Forrest Hotel and Apartments.
Contact: Jeremy Trow, theperfectjez@gmail.com or Forrest Hotel and Apartments, marketing@forresthotel.com or 02 6295 3433
Web site: www.forresthotel.com
Image: Jeremy Trow, Teddy bear bee [detail]
Galeria Bezdomna (Homeless Gallery)
ACT Australian Historical Railway Museum, Geijera Place (at the end of Cunningham Street) Kingston, Canberra
6 to 14 September 2008. Opening hours: 6 September (hanging day), 7 to 8 September, 12 to 14 September, 10am - 4pm. Free admission.
An exhibition of photographs from photographers who prefer to work outside institutional frameworks, organised with a short lead time at an industrial site or vacant building. Galeria Bezdomna is run without any funds, and there is no vetting of the exhibitors and the exhibited works. The only concession to conventional formality is that participants must sign an indemnity form. Over fifty exhibitions on this principle have been held in a number of countries. In the 6 Australian editions of the gallery run to date, over 700 photographers have shown more than 2000 images. The 66th edition of Galeria Bezdomna - Canberra's first Homeless Gallery - will be held in two railway carriages at the ACT Australian Historical Railway Museum. All are welcome to hang their photographs on 6 September. See the Events page for hanging information.
Contact: Jeff Moorfoot, homelessgallery@gmail.com
Web site: http://galeriabezdomna.tripod.com/
Helen Maxwell Gallery
42 Mort Street, Braddon, Canberra
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 11am - 5pm
Afterglow: an exhibition by Christl Berg
11 July to 2 August 2008
Intimations of Vastness has become a series of mnemonic devices for what was essentially an undefinable experience. The objects that are depicted in the images are physical traces of the land and they contain spaces and times, inverted landscapes, intimate universes. A quote from Gaston Bachelard's writings addresses the concept most eloquently: It would seem then, then, that it is through their "immensity" that these two kinds of space - the space of intimacy and world space - blend. When human solitude deepens, then the two immensities touch and become identical ... In this coexistentialism every object invested with intimate space becomes the center of all space. For each object, distance is the present, the horizon exists as much as the center. (Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space, 1994 edition, p.203)
The fall of Night: A Group Exhibition
11 July to 2 August 2008
This exhibition will address the state of our environment and changing human communications in an increasingly technological age. Exhibiting photographers will include Tony Coleing, eX de Medici, Madeleine Donovan, Pamela Lofts, Derek O'Connor, Denise Ferris, Cathy Laudenbach, Catherine Rogers, Silvia Velez, Victor Rubin, Micky Allan and Steenus von Steenson.
Contact: Helen Maxwell, helen@helenmaxwell.com or 02 6257 8422
Web site: www.helenmaxwell.com
Photo: Christl Berg, Intimation of vastness #7, 2008 [detail]
Hellenic Club of Canberra
1st Floor, Hellenic Club of Canberra, Matilda Street, Woden, Canberra
Greece from down under
9 October to 28 October 2008. Opening hours: from 10am until late
An exhibition of photographs taken by talented students of Greek Language and Culture Classes conducted at the Hellenic Club of Canberra. There still remains something for us to discover: this light, these clusters of islands, what are they? Are we dreaming? (Odysseus Elytis, Nobel Prize-winning Greek poet)
Contact: Michael T. Kazan, culturaladvisor@hellenicclub.com.au
Web site: www.hellenicclub.com.au
Photo: Iain Dawson, Mountain Pindos, Astraka Range, Northern Greece [detail]
High Court of Australia
Parkes Place, Canberra 
Wesley Stacey: Sunrise in Riverland, 1988-2008
10 to 24 July, 2008
Wesley Stacey is one of Australia's foremost senior photographers, with a long career spanning almost every category of photographic practice. In 1993 he was awarded an Australian Artists Creative Fellowship in recognition of his long and illustrious career as a practitioner. In this work: Sunrise in Riverland, east and west, he anticipates the period of his mature work, in which he explores the potential of the folded panoramic landscape. In this work, which he describes as a "folded panorama" the viewer is located standing in the midst of the Murray River in flood, looking first east, then west. It was photographed in 1988, at Katarapko Creek, near Berri, and printed in this format in Canberra in the early 1990s, and more recently presented on River Red Gum stands by Clayton Simms. The work was first shown at Narek Galleries, Tanja.
Contact: Nigel Lendon, Nigel.Lendon@anu.edu.au
Photo: Wesley Stacey, "Sunrise in Riverland - East", 1988-2008, silver gelatin folded panorama
Huw Davies Gallery @ PhotoAccess
Photo Access Arts Centre, corner Manuka Circle and New South Wales Crescent, Griffith, Canberra
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10am - 4pm; Weekends 12 - 4pm
Nije Crna (not black): an exhibition by Tim Brook and Ruth Hingston
12 June to 13 July 2008
A multimedia room installation, projection and sound collage developed during a residency in Montenegro and first shown at the Academy of Fine Art, Cetinje in late 2007.
Photo: Tim Brook, Rijeka Crnojevica [detail]
Crossing
6 July to 15 July 2008
An exhibition during NAIDOC week by emerging Indigenous photographer Otis Williams, documenting the other side of Fitzroy Crossing.
Exposure: Rewa Nolan
17 July to 3 August 2008
Rewa Nolan, photographer and multimedia artist, explores the coastline of the Antarctic Peninsula. Sailing through uncharted waters and climbing unnamed peaks brings us closer to the realities and the scale of this powerful landscape. Rewa shows us this landscape using 3D stereograms, panoramic photographs and a Multimedia Room video installation.
Contact: David Chalker, david@photoaccess.org.au or 02 6295 7810
Interval
9 to 24 August 2008
Interval is the second Huw Davies Gallery exhibition by Melbourne-based political satirist and photographer Bryan Dawe. Projected images wrap around the model, distorting and highlighting the lines and shapes of the female form. Dawe’s fascination with the sensual dimension of cabaret has resulted in exotic, studio made images full of colour, movement and intrigue.
Photo: Bryan Dawe, Interval [detail]
Compressed
9 to 24 August 2008
Compressed, by Canberra photographer and multimedia artist Chris Morrison, is an eight minute widescreen Multimedia room projection and music track made from 14,000 digital images shot using time lapse photography in Canberra and Sydney.
Photo: Chris Morrison, Compressed [detail]
HIY 2008
26 August to 7 September 2008
HIY 2008, or Hang it yourself 2008, is a photomedia take on street art and the ultimate open access exhibition.
PhotoAccess will give everyone a chance to show their work during VIVID. From 26 August to 7 September 2008, artists will ‘hang’ their work using any free white space in the Gallery and Multimedia Room. More information and hanging rules can be found at http://www.photoaccess.org.au/?q=hiy
Huw Davies: Everything under the Sun...
11 September to 12 October 2008
Huw Davies: Everything under the sun … presents work from the life of Huw Davies. Huw saw himself as a 'photographer in community' and was one of a group of friends who founded PhotoAccess in 1984. He was involved in community photographic projects during the 1980s and early 1990s in Canberra and Sydney. In his later years, he hand worked images to suggest possibilities beyond those achievable through the camera. His work was included in the National Gallery of Australia's Australian Photography: The 1980s and he is represented in the NGA collection.
Photo: Huw Davies, from the 'Spirit' series, 1992 [detail]
Contact: David Chalker, david@photoaccess.org.au or 02 6295 7810
Web site: www.photoaccess.org.au
Intrigue Gallery
38 Robertson Road, Wamboin, NSW
An Evolving Journey: an exhibition by Nina Lange
24 August to 2 October 2008. Open by appointment.
Nina's exhibition reflects her life journey through the prism of her camera lens. Her photographs reveal her unique perspective on the people she has met on her journey and the beauty and fragility of the environment in which she lives, works and plays. Nina has a passion for life and her captivating images showcase people and places as she sees them. Her thought-provoking work highlights the character, individuality, background and culture of those she photographs.
Contact: Nina Lange, nina@intriguephotography.com.au or 02 6238 3300
Web site: www.intriguephotography.com.au
Photo: Nina Lange [detail]
John Curtin School of Medical Research
Building 131, The Australian National University, Garran Road, Acton, Canberra
Degree South
11 July to 6 August 2008. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm
This exhibition presents the work of DEGREE SOUTH, a new collective of eight award-winning Australian photographers based throughout the Asia Pacific region. The decision to form DEGREE SOUTH was inspired by the photographers' ideal of using their archive of significant photographs to make a difference and to remind the world of both the beauty and horror that they have witnessed. For the DEGREE SOUTH members, photography is both a passion and a way of life. In this exhibition each DEGREE SOUTH photographer has selected nine of their own photographs based on one subject, with topics ranging from war, rehabilitation and Jesuits to My Australia. The photographers are: Ben Bohan, Michael Coyne, David Dare Parker, Stephen Dupont, Joyce Evans, Tim Page, Jack Picone and Sean Flynn (absent friend). This exhibition covers two venues: ACT Legislative Assembly, London Circuit, Canberra City, and The John Curtin School of Medical Research.
Contact: Joyce Evans, jevans1@bigpond.net.au, or Marianne Harris, marianne_harris@optusnet.com.au
Web site: www.degreesouth.com
Photo: Joyce Evans, Tallaringa rainbow [detail]
Kopi Tiam
Abell's Kopi Tiam restaurant, 7 Furneaux Street, Manuka, Canberra 
Multiples: Seen in Canberra
14 July to 14 August 2008
Susan Stayer enjoys experimenting with different kinds of cameras and various photographic techniques, and often tries to combine different techniques. The images in this series have come out of ongoing experiments with the idea of multiples. They are improvisational works. Some of the images are layers of multiple exposures, while others are single-layer exposures aligned side by side in a camera designed to create multiples in each frame. Some of the photos have been created by using more than one camera to expose the same roll of film. As an American living in Canberra, mixing subjects and cameras to create unique multiple views is a deeply satisfying way for Stayer to explore and appreciate the Australian capital region. These photos represent memories of her brief time here.
Contact: Susan Stayer, susan.stayer@gmail.com
Web sites: http://hotpinkmuumuu.my-expressions.com and http://www.susanstayer.com
Photo: Susan Stayer, Sweet Daisy Hume
M16 Artspace
16 Mildura Street, Fyshwick, Canberra
Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 12 to 5pm
Head On 2008
9 July to 22 July 2008
Head On is the nation's major innovative showcase for Australian portrait photography, reflecting a vibrant, diverse cross-section of new and traditional photographic practices.The show's main selection criteria are the quality and impact of the image, rather than the celebrity of the photographer or subject. As a result, Head On is regarded by the arts community and reviewers as the most critically important photographic portrait prize in the country. Head On was founded in 2004 as an independent national photographic portrait competition. Since then it has undergone exponential growth and has established itself as one of Australia's major photographic portrait exhibitions.This year’s works have been selected by multi award photographer Stephen Dupont, Byron-McMahon director Sandra Byron and Head On Founder and curator, Moshe Rosenzveig. ‘…Head On is really the only opportunity to see the best portraiture work the country has to offer.’ Good Weekend, April 2007.
Contact: Moshe Rosenzveig, Info@headon.com.au, or Joseph Falsone, office@m16artspace.com
Web sites:www.headon.com.au, www.m16artspace.com
Photo: Georgia Metaxas, Untitled 2, from the 'Lower your ears' series [detail]
There you aren't: an exhibition by Dan O'Day
3 to 14 September 2008
Dan O’Day narrates melancholy tales in a series of carefully choreographed and photographed images. Roadsides, front yards and nature strips shot by night are transformed into enchanted tableaux. Each photograph employs a range of technical resources to stage a heightened moment, ambiguously centred on one or more figures. O’Day’s always contemplative, often ominous and occasionally whimsical images are richly suggestive of the darker sides of stillness and solitude.
Contact: Joseph Falsone, office@m16artspace.com
Photo: Dan O'Day, What Now?, 2007 [detail]
Fathers, sons and fathers: a photographic essay by Hilary Wardhaugh
3 to 17 September 2008
Raising children is often seen as the central experience of life – the greatest source of self-awareness. We know that being a father is life's fullest expression of masculinity: boys who are fathered want to be fathers, whereas the boys who aren't fear it. In the past, mothers were thought to be the only real influence on a child. We now recognise that the father’s involvement also has a profound impact, but how sons affect their fathers is too-often overlooked. This exhibition provides a glimpse into the lives of some fathers and sons, all of whom have articulated their thoughts and feelings about their relationships to accompany the images.
Contact: Hilary Wardhaugh, hilary@hwp.com.au, or Joseph Falsone, office@m16artspace.com
Web sites: www.m16artspace.com, www.hwp.com.au
Photo: Hilary Wardhaugh, Patto & Chas in Chas's room, 2007 [detail]
Megalo Print Studio + Gallery
Canberra Technology Park, 49 Phillip Avenue, Watson, Canberra
The Silver Light
11 July to 9 August 2008. Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 9.30am to 5pm
Photography and film have an enormous impact on the way we see the modern world. The six artists in The Silver Light have created new works using non-photographic media that respond to this impact. The Silver Light is curated by local artist/curator Julian Laffan, and includes the work of Alexander Boynes, April Surgent, Surya Bajracarya, Julian Laffan, Rose Montebello, Roh Singh and Katie Stevens.
Contact: Peter Zanetti, megaloht@cyberone.com.au or 02 6241 4844
Web site: www.megalo.org
Photo: Julian Laffan, 2008, Photographer [detail], woodcut on card, 19 x 37.5 cm, from The Silver Light, showing at Megalo Print Studio + Gallery
Mount Majura Vineyard
RMB 314 Majura Road, Majura ACT
Interconnectedness: an exhibition by Timo Nest
1 August to 30 September 2008. Opening hours: Thursday to Monday, 10am to 5pm
The exhibition title – Interconnectedness – describes the intention of Nest’s artistic practice: to connect the viewer back to nature as a reaction to the belief that we are not a part of it, seeing it as something to be controlled or conquered. The works place spirituality back into the natural environment, as opposed to portraying transcendence. These images are not representational landscapes, but work with moving subject matter in time exposures, removing the possibility of recognition. The images become abstract and ambiguous, requiring the viewer to see through feelings induced rather than looking and knowing.
Contact: Toni Bailey, toni@ccas.com.au
Web site: www.mountmajura.com.au
Photo: Timo Nest, The Unseen Pearl Beach, late morning [detail]
National Archives of Australia
Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes, Canberra
Strike a pose ... with Lee Lin Chin
11 July to 12 October 2008. Opening hours: daily, 9am - 5pm
Strike a Pose …with Lee Lin Chin is a vibrant photographic exhibition of 75 images that showcase the Australian fashion scene of the 1960s and 1970s – the celebrities, the trends and influences. Co-curatored by Lee Lin Chin, SBS World News Presenter, host of Fashionista and fashion guru, the exhibition explores the key defining influences that shaped our Australian style, and the colourful events that are fixtures on the fashion follower’s social calendar. Posed fashion shoots are juxtaposed with images of exuberant street culture.
Contact: Caroline Webber, caroline.webber@naa.gov.au or 02 6212 3600
Web site: www.naa.gov.au
Photo: Olympic games - Women's shift style uniforms designed by Zara Holt, 1968. National Archives of Australia [detail]
National Convention Centre Canberra
27-31 Constitution Ave, Canberra City
Immerse: An Exhibition by Nina Lange
11 July to 22 August 2008
Showcasing captivating images of places and people as Nina Lange sees them. Lose yourself in uncommon detail of abstract, textured snowscapes and be transported by unique seascapes.
Contact: Nina Lange, nina@intriguephotography.com.au or 02 6238 3300
Web site: www.intriguephotography.com.au
Photo: Nina lange, Immerse [detail]
All Work and No Play
25 August to 5 September 2008
Through eyes of a non-skater in the skating community, Stella-Rae Zelnik will show whose work is indeed their play. For any diehard skater, it’s a lifestyle that can’t be beaten.
Contact: Stella-Rae Zelnik stellazelnik73@hotmail.com
Photo: Stella-Rae Zelnik, Untitled [detail]
Interchange
8 September to 19 September 2008
Evocative images from a public transport hub.
Contact: Jason McCarthy jasmac@westnet.com.au
Photo: Jason McCarthy, Interchange
Live: A Collection of Music Photography
22 September to 12 October 2008
Two photographers - James Thomson and Stella-Rae Zelnik - both with unique styles of music photography, have come together to show different worlds from the big stage to the underground.
Contact: James Thomson thommo_87@internode.on.net
Photo: James Thomson, The Front Row
View past National Convention Centre exhibitions
National Film and Sound Archive
McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra
Shooting Stars: Women from the Taussig Collection
3 July to 30 November 2008
. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm; Weekends, 10am - 5pm
The NFSA is proud to present a unique selection of superb, black and white photographs from its classic Taussig Collection. Focussing on images of American and European actresses, some famous and other simply beautiful, the exhibition celebrates the distinctive art of film stills photography and the magic of cinema images from the 1920s and 30s. Visit the Shooting Stars exhibiton webpage to learn more. Enjoy the finest selection of world cinema in the NFSA's new state of the art cinema - Arc. Check for special screenings during VIVID at http://www.nfsa.gov.au/whats_on/arc/index.html.
Contact: Sonia Gherdevich, sonia.gherdevich@nfsa.gov.au or 02 6248 2179
Web site:http://www.nfsa.gov.au/whats_on/taussig_collection.html
Photo: Anna Sten in Salto Mortale (1931) Directed by Ewald André Dupont, Harmonie-Film GmbH, Germany. Taussig Collection, NFSA 747918 [detail]
National Gallery of Australia
Parkes Place, Canberra
Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific photography 1840s - 1940s
11 July to 28 September 2008. Opening hours: daily, 10am to 5pm
The National Gallery of Australia’s new and unique Asia-Pacific photography collection will be showcased for the first time in Picture Paradise. Covering the first century of Asia–Pacific photography, this exhibition of over 400 extraordinary works is the first survey of the history of photography stretching from India and Sri Lanka through Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific to the west coast of North America. The exhibition also includes rare treasures from collections in Australasia, Europe and America.
Contact: Gael Newton, gael.newton@nga.gov.au or 02 6240 6412
Web site: www.nga.gov.au/pictureparadise
Photo: A.W.W. PLÂTÉ and Co., Sinhalese man c. 1920, gelatin silver photograph, 28.00 x 23.50 cm, Collection of David Knaus, California [detail]
National Library of Australia
Parkes Place, Canberra
Opening hours: daily, 9am - 5pm
A Modern Vision: Charles Bayliss, Photographer 1850-1897
11 July to 26 October 2008
Charles Bayliss was arguably Australia’s greatest 19th century photographer. His outstanding skills were recognised during his lifetime: in contemporary terms, however, Bayliss has not yet received his due. This exhibition will be the first to examine Bayliss’ oeuvre in depth and place it in the context of late nineteenth century life and culture. The exhibition will feature numerous spectacular panoramas and loans from the state libraries and galleries in Sydney and Melbourne and the National Gallery of Australia.
Contact: Nat Williams, nwilliams@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1444, Helen Ennis helen.ennis@anu.edu.au
Web site: www.nla.gov.au
Photo: Charles Bayliss, 1850-1897. Looking South from Dunlop Range overlooking Louth, Darling River, New South Wales, 1886. National Library of Australia [detail]
Wild Places: an exhibition by Richard Green
11 July to 16 November 2008
After retiring in 1987, Sydney photographer Richard Green now pursues his passion for landscape photography and for helicopters, he and his wife spending weeks at a time using their helicopter to photograph remarkable remote areas of Australia. Green's works are large, colourful panoramic landscapes - usually over 2 metres in length. He merges multiple high-resolution digital images to create detailed and compelling photographs. Green is an active conservationist and lover of the bush, and is concerned by the politics of commercialisation and the devastating effects of climate change. Green’s contemporary panoramas will be an exciting counterpoint to the revealing 19th century panoramas of Charles Bayliss being shown in the National Library’s Exhibition Gallery.
Contact: Nat Williams, nwilliams@nla.gov.au or 02 6262 1444, Richard Green, rg111@mac.com or 02 9450 2747
Web sites: www.nla.gov.au, www.picturetrail.com/rg or www.byronmcmahongallery.com.au
Photo: Richard Green, Sandstone Pillars Panorama [detail]
National Museum of Australia
Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula, Canberra
Opening hours: daily, 9am -5pm
A Different Time: The Expedition Photographs of Herbert Basedow 1903-1928
11 July to 12 October 2008
Dr Herbert Basedow, an Australian anthropologist, undertook several trips into central and northern Australia between 1903 and 1928 during which he took over 2,500 photographs. Museum curator David Kaus will select highlights from the photography collection to be shown alongside Aboriginal artefacts and natural history specimens that Basedow collected.
Contact: info@nma.gov.au
Web site: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/expedition_photographs_h_basedow_1903_1928/
Photo: Alfred Treloar, Herbert Basedow on a riding camel named Buxton, 1903, National Museum of Australia [detail]
Selling an American Dream: Australia’s Greek Cafés.
11 July to 16 November 2008
Photographer Effy Alexakis and historian Leonard Janiszewski, have been documenting the Greek-Australian experience for the last 27 years. Through personal stories and insights they have pieced together an interesting tale that reveals how the Greek cafe assisted in Americanising popular culture in Australia. This travelling exhibition is produced by the In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians National Project,based at Macquarie University, and is launching its national tour at the NMA. The exhibition explores the key role that Greek Australians played during the formative years of Australian culture and how they introduced American commercial food, catering ideas, technology and products, into Australian culture.
Contact: info@nma.gov.au
Web site: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/selling_an_american_dream_australias_greek_cafe/
Photo: N. Raftos, from In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians National Project Archive [detail]
Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) 2007 Canon Australian Professional Photography Awards Exhibition
Date to be confirmed (July)
Over 1902 entries were received from more than 512 photographers, each competing for top honours in their specialised categories and the coveted title of Canon/AIPP Australian Professional Photographer for the Year. The high standard of these images highlights the outstanding skill, imagination and innovation that is alive in Australian professional photography.
Contact: David Paterson, d.paterson@adfa.edu.au
Web site: www.aipp.com.au
Photo: Gay Campbell, Canon/AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year 2007, ©Montalbetti+Campbell [detail]
Noel Butlin Archives Centre
Noel Butlin Archives Centre, The Australian National University, Menzies Building, Fellows Road, Acton
Hard Labour
11 July to 12 October 2008. Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm
Hard Labour depicts the manual labour of man and beast: hauling timber, wool and wheat, hard at work on the land, on the waterfront and in mines and factories. It features the work of Harold Cazneaux, Sam Hood, Noel Rubie and many anonymous recorders of working conditions from the 1880s to the 1930s from the collections of Adelaide Steamship, Dunlop, Unilever, Tooth and Co, Dalgety's, CSR Limited and the Waterside Workers Federation.
Contact: Maggie Shapley, maggie.shapley@anu.edu.au or 02 6125 2219
Web site: www.archives.anu.edu.au
Photo: Photo: Wharf labourer humping wheat, early 1900s. Noel Butlin Archives Centre: Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia [detail]
Old Bus Depot Markets
Wentworth Avenue, Kingston, Canberra
Roadkills and roadside memorials: an exhibition by Col Ellis
13 July to 12 October 2008. Opening hours: Sundays only, 10am to 4pm
Roadkills and roadside memorials is a personal investigation of the meaning of life and death, and how we commemorate or ignore the passing of different levels of life on our national road network.
Contact: Col Ellis 0407 269 502
Web sites: www.obdm.com.au, www.colellis.com
Photo: Col Ellis, Cane Toads [detail]
Old Parliament House
The Strangers’ Gallery, Old Parliament House, King George Terrace, Parkes, Canberra
Beyond Reasonable Drought
5 July to 26 October 2008. Opening hours: daily, 9am - 5pm
Beyond Reasonable Drought features eighty extraordinary photographs, showing the harshness and beauty of the Australian landscape in drought, as well as the impact the drought has had on people in rural and urban communities around the country. Photographers include Andrew Chapman, Julie Millowick, Michael Amendolia, Ponch Hawkes, Bruce Postle and Tobias Titz. Beyond Reasonable Drought is a joint travelling exhibition by Old Parliament House and the MAP Group (Many Australian Photographers Group). This exhibition will be officially opened on Tuesday 8 July.
Contact: Greg Lissaman, greg.lissaman@oph.gov.au or 02 6270 8110
Web site: www.oph.gov.au
Photo: Andrew Chapman,The Melon Grower, Dutton, South Australia, 2007 [detail]
Parliament House
The Presiding Officer’s Gallery, Parliament House, Canberra
AIPP Pinhole - Australia
8 August to 19 September 2008. Opening hours: Every day, 9am to 5pm
Whilst photo-imaging technology races ahead some photographers go retro and pursue image making employing lensless devices including pinholes, zoneplates, photon sieves and camera obscura. The work in this show features some of the country's leading exponents
Contact: David Paterson, dorian@cybermac.com.au, or Alva Maguire, Alva.Maguire@aph.gov.au
Web site: www.aph.gov.au
Photo: Doug Spowart, Untitled [detail]
Queanbeyan City Library
Crawford Street, Queanbeyan, NSW
Framed it!
8 to 25 September 2008
An exhibition of the work of Karabar High School photography students.
Contact: Carmel D’ambrosio, chilli45@hotmail.com or 02 6298 4334
Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre
Crawford Street (behind the Council Chambers), Queanbeyan NSW
The Spirit of Sport: photography by Gary Steer and Peter Freeman 
9 to 20 September 2008. Closed Sundays.
The Spirit of Sport is photography exploring the unchartered area of sport, where art is commonly lost. Traditionally, sport and art are like isolated tribes on different islands throwing the occasional javelin at each other. The exhibition looks at how sport is tribal, combative ritual, e.g. football and cricket. It searches for the common ground between sport and art – creativity, pleasure, energy, the senses, courage, appreciation of beauty. It looks at about 20 different sports, particularly those that lend themselves to impressionistic interpretation. e.g. cycling, gymnastics, rowing, swimming, ice skating, skiing, the martial arts. The exhibition is an applause to “the unknown athletes”, those to whom participation is the most important thing about sport.
Photographs exhibited are for sale. The exhibition will also show at the Alliance Française Gallery.
Contact: Gary Steer, gary@wildvisuals.com.au or 02 9557 0823, or Marie-Jo Le Moal, marijo@bigpond.net.au or 02 9953 2808
Web sites: www.garysteer.com.au, www.theq.net.au
Photo: Gary Steer, Lining Up the Jump [detail]
Rheinberger Centre
Corner of Weston & Loch Streets, Yarralumla, Canberra
'What no eye has seen...' A photographic portrait of the Catholic Church of Canberra and Goulburn
20 August to 10 September 2008
A selection of photographs from a large collection depicting the life of a vibrant Christian community in Canberra and Goulburn, through the lens of three local photographers, Ljudevit Seselja, Naomi Fallon and Geoff Orchison.
Contact: Ljudevit Seselja, lseselja@nla.gov.au
Photo: Ljudevit Seselja, Young pilgrims at Rosary Hill, near Galong NSW, venerate the Cross of Jesus, 26 March 2005 [detail]
The Showcase Gallery
Commonwealth Place, Parkes, Canberra
In Search of the Hero: An anthological photographic exhibition by Jorge Deustua
29 July to 10 August 2008
'In Search of the Hero' is the first anthological exhibition of the renowned Peruvian photographer Jorge Deustua. It includes some of his famous photographs, obtained from private collections and museums, as well as his more recent work. The 94 photographs in this exhibition span 32 years of his career, portraying anonymous inhabitants of Peru, Europe and other American countries in very diverse and deeply human situations which reveal the conflicts and contradictions of modernity. Other works portray famous Peruvians, such as writer Julio Ramon Ribeyro. Structured in series, these photographs allow us to penetrate the genius and obsession of an artist whose work has influenced numerous generations of Peruvian photographers.
Contact: Agustin De Madalengoitia, Embassy of Peru, amadalengoitia@embaperu.org.au or 02 6273 7351
Photo: Jorge Deustua, Number 12 of the series "1984", Ancash, Peru, 1984 [detail]
The Fuji ACMP Australian Photographer's Collection: A Decade of Showcasing Australia's Best Photography
14 August to 21 September 2008
The Fuji ACMP Australian photographers collection is a prestigious photography competition. Even though the competition offers no prizes, the collection places are always hotly contested by photographers across the continent. This exhibition is a selection of the best images from ten years of exhibitions by Australian Commercial and Media Photographers (ACMP), providing a powerful insight into Australia's evolving lifestyle, fashion and culture.
Contact: Gavin Blue, admin@acmp.com.au
Web site: www.acmp.com.au
Photo: Andreas Smetana, Fuji ACMP Collection 10 [detail]
Strathnairn Homestead Gallery
90 Stockdill Drive, Holt, Canberra
Opening hours: Saturday and Sunday only, 10am to 4.30pm
Out of the camera, onto the wall
13 July to 31 August 2008
The Canberra Photographic Society proudly presents this diverse exhibition of superb and imaginative images taken locally, nationally and internationally by its members.
Contact: Ray Osmotherly, rayosm@hotmail.com, or 02 6254 2482
Web sites: www.canberra-photographic.org.au, www.strathnairn.com.au
Photo: David Boughey, Blue Room [detail]
Australia - Just add water
6 September to 5 October 2008
A solo exhibition by Joseph Cali exploring the contrasts of water availability in the Australian landscape through recent colour and monochrome photography. Joseph explores the relationship between water, environment and landscape using light, form and atmosphere.
Contact: Joseph Cali, 0429 233 616
Web site: www.joecali.com.au, www.strathnairn.com.au
Photo: Joseph Cali, Feeding Frenzy [detail]
Tuggeranong Arts Centre
Corner of Cowlishaw & Reed Streets, Greenway, Tuggeranong, Canberra
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm; Weekends: 1 - 4pm
Australian Journeys
24 July to 11 August 2008
Barb Smith revisits the stories of three Ausralians – Cornelia Rau, Vivian Alvarez Solon and Mamdouh Habib – to see what they say about national identity, community values and a government’s duty of care to its citizens.
Photo: Barb Smith, Miscommunication [detail]
Landscape Photographs of South East Australia: an exhibition by David Houlder
14 August to 1 September 2008
Canberra photographer David Houlder explores in black and white the wild landscapes of South Eastern Australia.
Photo: David Houlder, Lady Northcote Canyon [detail]
Contact: Susie Edwards, suziee@tca.asn.au or 02 6293 1443
Life’s reflections: winning entries from the ACT Office for Ageing 2008 competition
1 to 23 September 2008
An annual event, the Life’s Reflections Competition acknowledges and celebrates the contribution older Canberrans have made to the ACT community. Open to all ACT residents, for the first time in 2008 the competition includes a category for professional photographers.
Contact: Craig Taliano, craig.taliano@act.gov.au or 02 6205 3113 
Blue Smoke in the Forest: an exhibition by Jeff Cutting
2 to 22 September 2008
A brief photographic review of Canberra's recent fire history.
Photo: Jeff Cutting, Two mates [detail]
Simplicity: an exhibition by Bill and Stephanie Zimmerman
25 September to 13 October 2008
A combined father/daughter exhibition exploring the natural environment through the medium of digital photography.
Photo: Stephanie Zimmerman, Dawn Muse [detail]
Contact: Susie Edwards, suziee@tca.asn.au or 02 6293 1443
Web site: www.tuggeranongarts.com
University of Canberra
Faculty of Design and Creative Practice, Building 7, University of Canberra, Kirinari Street, Bruce, Canberra
Photo/Not photo
11 July to 17 July 2008
Perhaps a camera recording an optical image is not the only way to make a photograph? The exhibition and publication Photo/Not photo explores and expands the boundaries of the photographic. Photo/Not photo may include renders of computer generated 3D objects and spaces, collage and montage, scanner art, trace images, computer painting, painting, textiles, print-media, generative art, silver and pixel based photography, non-standard camera images.
Contact: Tim Thomas, tim.thomas@canberra.edu.au or 02 6201 5868
Web site: www.canberra.edu.au/schools/creative-communication
Photo: del.icio.us Portrait, Jordan Williams 2007
Bougainville: then and now
22 July to 26 July 2008
Bougainville 30 years apart. Father and son Bob and Stuart Miller photograph the people of Bougainville and reflect changes in culture and lifestyle. From a country full of prosperity in 1978, to 2007, an island trying to rebuild its foundations after a 15 year crisis that lasted from 1990 until 2005. Using different technology, photographic style and experiences the two photographers are drawn to the faces and activity of the Bougainville people.
Contact: Stuart Miller, stuart@corevisuals.com.au
Web site: www.corevisuals.com.au
Photo: Stuart Miller, Untitled [detail]
Watson Arts Centre
1 Aspinall Street, Watson, Canberra
Opening hours: Thursday to Sunday, 10am - 4pm
Traces of Memory: an exhibition by Julie Millowick
10 July to 14 September 2008
Julie Millowick’s work evokes an exquisite sense of melancholy. Traces of Memory, her most recent assemblies of botanic photograms, digital prints and diary fragments, resonates with history, carrying with it with glimpses of past lives. In these delicate, poetic works, the white shadows of plants dissipate into blackness, fine detail blurs into abstraction and form dissolves into the formless. Through her series of clustered images, coupled with excerpted fragments from colonial women’s letters and diaries, Millowick’s images capture the complexity of place and identity, the environmental and cultural transformations and continuities of settlement and touch upon the personal and individual experience of hardship, displacement, loss and yearning.
Photo: Julie Millowick, Oxalis, 2007 [detail]
40,000 +40 : an exhibition by David Callow
10 July to 14 September 2008
David Callow is a Melbourne-based freelance photographer who has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious ‘World Press Photo’ for his work at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Of “40,000 + 40”, Callow writes: In 1967, a Referendum was held to change the Australian Constitution. The Referendum ensured that the Australian Federal Government could now include and make Law for all Australians, Black and White, without discrimination…and that all Australians would be counted as one and recognised officially in any future Census. This was to be the ‘turning point’ for all Australians. 40 years on…I just wanted to see for myself.
Photo: David Callow [detail]
The face of Italy: an exhibition by Andrew Chapman
10 July to 14 September 2008
Melbourne-based photographer Andrew Chapman has been recording the way we live our lives for over 35 years. In this exhibition, he moves away from his strong documentary base, adopting a reflective look at the environments of his current place of residence – Italy. Chapman does not show us the expected, but the unexpected. His images are compelling portraits of faces he has found in the patina of walls and roads. These mysterious shapes have emerged from surfaces that have endured centuries of use and environmental stress. Through his unique vision, Chapman has recognised these neglected faces and rescued them from their chaotic landscape. He pays homage to his mentor John Cato in this work based on the theory of equivalence.
Photo: Andrew Chapman, Dog eats rat, Lucca, Italy, 2007 [detail]
Contact: Julie Millowick, jmillowick@vic.chariot.net.au
Web site: www.canberrapotters.com.au/wcac
X Gallery
32 Gibraltar Street, Bungendore, NSW
10@X
16 August to 6 October 2008. Opening hours: weekends 10.30am - 5pm; Friday and Monday 11am - 5pm; Tusday to Thursday by appointment
Ten artists chosen from Access All Areas 2008: the PhotoAccess Members Show: Alison Spence, Andree Lawret, Barbie Robinson, Bhavana Moylan, Dan O'Day, Ed Whalan, Gilbert Herrada, Judy Parker, Julie Garran and Susan Stayer.
Beyond Border Town
Frpm 11 October2008 . Opening hours: weekends 10.30am - 5pm; Friday and Monday 11am - 5pm; Tusday to Thursday by appointment
An exhibition by Ed Whalan.
Contact: 02 6238 0550 or xgallery@msn.com













