Articles and Essays
[17 May 2012 | No Comments]
AddOn adds up When Charles McKean began inviting photographers into the first AddOn in 2011, some he approached for submissions were sceptical. “Some asked me, ‘Who do you think you are?’” he recalls. “I had a few people get really stuck into me saying, ‘I look after artists. Why would they pay to...
Andrew Quilty, Articles and Essays, David Maurice Smith, Global Gallery, Head On Photo Festival, Origins
[16 May 2012 | No Comments]
David Maurice Smith: ORIGINS Canadian documentary photographer David Maurice Smith’s project ORIGINS explores Hip Hop as a form of expression and a reaction to the conditions faced by African Americans living in the housing projects of New York City. Open May 16-27 at Paddingont’s Global Gallery as...
[7 May 2012 | No Comments]
Gunther Hang's BRUTAL BEAUTY: Faces of Australian Roller DerbyGunther Hang's exhibition of 18 large colour photographs uniquely capture the raw energy of the world’s fastest growing female sport — women’s flat-track Roller Derby. Now at Sun Studios, Alexandria. Artist talk May 13, 1 pm.Commercial...
Articles and Essays, Customs House, Head On Photo Festival, Jagath Dheerasekara, Under the Nuclear Cloud
[2 May 2012 | No Comments]
Jagath Dheerasekara: Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud May 4- July 7, 2012 at Customs House, Level 2 Exhibition Space, 31 Alfred Street, SydneyThe project Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud, for which I received Amnesty International’s Human Rights Innovation Fund Grant in 2010, is focused on an...
[1 May 2012 | No Comments]
Jon Lewis: Classic Bondi Jon Lewis has exhibited extensively since 1974. He was a member of Sydney's "Yellow House" in the early '70s and was a founder of Greenpeace Australia. During the 2012 Head On Photo Festival Lewis is putting his classic images of Bondi Beach in the 1980s back on display in...
[27 Apr 2012 | No Comments]
Three common mistakes in photography portfolios Too many images, too many series, and badly combined images are the top three mistakes photographers make when assembling their professional portfolio. This is the experience of portfolio consultant Sally Brownbill who will present at the Head On...
Articles and Essays, Better Photography, Burn, Burn 02, David Alan Harvey, Head On Photo Festival, Lyndal Irons
[10 Apr 2012 | No Comments]
David Alan Harvey: Burn 02 In an Australian first, David Alan Harvey – Magnum member, mentor and curator – is bringing the spectrum of his life's work to Sydney as a guest of Head On Photo Festival in May 2012. This article by Lyndal Irons first appeared in the current issue of Better Photography...
[25 Mar 2012 | No Comments]
Fiona Morris: Shania, 11 yrs at Stardust Circus in TareeAustralians have long been entertained by a variety of travelling show people for well over a hundred years: from carnivals and sideshows through to circuses. Many of these troupes are still operated by the families that set them up all those...
[7 Mar 2012 | No Comments]
Bombay Wall: Joseph McGlennonMark Kimber examines the work surrounding Joseph McGlennon’s portrait which hung as a finalist in the 2011 Head On Portrait Prize. Entries for the 2012 prize close 11 pm March 11. Within months of Daguerre's 1839 announcement of the invention of photography,...
Articles and Essays, Burn, Capture magazine, David Alan Harvey, Head On Photo Festival, Magnum, National Geographic
[5 Mar 2012 | No Comments]
David Alan Harvey in Capture magazine Not content with just reaching the giddy heights of Magnum and National Geographic fame, David Alan Harvey won't quit until the next generation of emerging photographers join him at the top – and even then it is unlikely. Lyndal Irons tracks him down prior to...
[24 Jan 2012 | No Comments]
Head On hosts David Alan Harvey Master-class The Head On Photo Festival is proudly presenting Australia's first David Alan Harvey Master-class at Bondi Pavilion in May. Harvey – Magnum member, mentor and curator – is making his legendary workshop available to 12-15 talented...
[28 Nov 2011 | No Comments]
Derby Chang: Street
On LA’s Pacific Coast Highway near the old Getty museum, Derby Chang first snapped an image of a pretty lady walking by with her pet pig. His first taste of real life theatre in public spaces kick-started an obsession with photography – and for capturing intriguing women – that...
Alice Sarginson, Aqua Ladies, Articles and Essays, Articles and Essays, Grand Delusions, Head On, Sun Studios
[26 Oct 2011 | No Comments]
Alice Sarginson: Aqua Ladies When a group of inner-west women started aqua aerobics at their local pool, they had no idea that it would lead to more than just fitness – least of all, posing for a glamorous calendar. But a cause close to their heart led them to do just that to raise funds for...
[4 Oct 2011 | No Comments]
KATRIN KOENNING: 10335, BLUE JUNE(A SUB-NARRATIVE TO THE SERIES NEAR)His parents arrive on a Monday. He has taken five weeks off so we can spend it with them. It’s been a year and five months since we last saw them. The big void between Cape Town and Melbourne doesn’t make reunions a regular...
[17 Jun 2011 | No Comments]
Head On Photo Festival draws to a close The 2011 Head On Photo Festival has drawn to a close having doubled in size in its second year. Between May 5 - June 11 Head On conducted over 156 photographic events throughout central and greater Sydney including 132 exhibitions and 19 workshops, seminars...
[11 Jun 2011 | No Comments]
Shauna Greyerbiehl: Working close to home In Shauna Greyerbiehl’s award-winning portrait Grey, her niece looks up from a couch surrounded by mournful ceramic dogs. They are inappropriate playmates for a baby – except perhaps the serious one who meets the camera’s gaze from beneath that striking...
[7 Jun 2011 | No Comments]
Wendy McDougall: Alice – Through My Looking Glass“Life, what is it but a dream?” - Lewis CarrollSydney-based freelance photographer Wendy McDougall has been selected as a finalist or semi finalist in the Head On Portrait Prize on five separate occasions. Her series Alice – Through My Looking Glass...
Andrew Quilty, Articles and Essays, Barry Stern Galleries, Head On Photo Festival, Maunsell Wickes, Mexicans
[10 May 2011 | No Comments]
Andrew Quilty: MexicansIt was with some trepidation that photographer Andrew Quilty crossed the Mexican border for the first time, hoping to get beyond clichéd assumptions brought on by gruesome media coverage, xenophobia and the geopolitics of the United States. “It’s a symptom of fear the world...
[1 May 2011 | No Comments]
Sam Harris: Postcards From HomeSam Harris abandoned a successful career in London as a photographer for Esquire and the Sunday Times to see more of his family. The acclaimed series that resulted was described by Magnum’s David Alan Harvey as being “incisive, close to the heart work done with a...
Alejandra Platt, Articles and Essays, Articles and Essays, Head On, In the Name of God, Instituto Cervantes
[24 Apr 2011 | No Comments]
In the Name of God: Alejandra Platt Mexican photographer Alejandra Platt’s award-winning photography has been showcased in over 30 solo exhibitions. Now, The Embassy of Mexico in Australia and the Instituto Cervantes present her series En el Nombre de Dios (In the Name of God), showing May 6 to...
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