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BIG THINGS

As they happen.

 

GALLERIES

XYZ Photo Gallery- Docklands - Link 

Independent gallery which combines contemporary Victorian/Eastern Hemisphere with historic work for group shows.

 

Centre for Contemporary Photography - Fitzroy -  Link For many years the premier venue for the medium, now looking for a new home.   Australian Museum of Photography - Monash -  Link  Home of the Bowness Prize and an emphasis on Australian work.  Magnet Gallery - Docklands -  Link  The home of documentry photography. Great Studio Gallery - Docklands -  LinkGallery for hire as part of a co-working and studio complex.  Source Photographica - Sorrento -  LinkHas interesting work, but mainly a contact to talk, not regularly showing exhibitions.    Horsham Regional Gallery - Horsham -  Link One of the main collectors of photography amoung the regional galleries.   Leica Gallery - City -  Link Great work helping promote the brand. Good to see a manufacturer putting the effort into what their product makes rather than gear envy.   Gold Street Gallery - Trentham East -  Link Alternative and historic processes gallery and workshops.  Hillvale Gallery - Burnswick -  Link  Young contemporary art photography, concentrating on solo exhibitions.  The National Centre for Photography - Ballarat -  LinkSoon we hope.   

PUBLISHERS

Tall Poppy Press - Link  three fantastic books so far! Perimeter Editions - Link 748 High Street, Thornbury Victoria 3071 Australia

 

RESOURCES

Australian Film Photographers Scene - Link  Australian Film Photographers Scene (or AFPS) is centered around the narrated story telling ability to accompany  the aesthetically pleasing imagery captured on the traditional photographic medium called “Film & other alternative analog processes”. Pushing Film - Link A YouTube channel run by the local and super talented Hashem McAdam.  Cambridge in Colour - LinkA go to site for most of the technical explaination of photographyArt Blart  - Link A blog about photography and reviews of photographic exhibitions in melbourne and further afield run by a MelbUni academic Talking Pictures - Link Alasdair Foster interviews photographers around the world, including Trent Parke, Luis Gonzalez Palma and Atta Kim.The Art of Photography - Link The most complete Youtube channel on photography, gear, heroes, business et el.  Photo-Eye Bookstore - LinkHard to find a better photo bookshop than this!

 

COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHY

Tips for collecting - from one of the best art portals, Artsy. Link Emerging Photographers - from the most important photographic bookshop in NYC Photo-eye. Link  Scheinbaum and Russek - major photo dealers. Link Magnum - Their mailing list gets access to their output. Link