a Wimmera detour through historical traces
I am off to Melbourne to attend the Melbourne Art Book Fair 2019 at the NGV and to see what is happening in the world of Photobooks. I plan to make a detour via the Wimmera Mallee as the weather … Read More
re the exhibition at Murray Bridge Regional Gallery
The exhibition at Murray Bridge Regional Gallery in South Australia has been shifted to 2019/2020 and it has been given larger space–the main gallery. The exhibition is a summing up exhibition of the 1st 3 years of the collaborative Mallee Routes project between Eric Algra, Gilbert Roe and myself. … Read More
interiors
This kind of late photography in the era of television and newer technologies turns up late, wanders through the places where things have happened, and explores the effects of the activity of a world gone. Though people are absent in this photography of traces, fragments, empty buildings there is a lot of remnants of activity… Read More
Yanga Station: woolshed and homestead
On my last photocamp at Balranald I photographed in and around the Yanga Station including the Woolshed and the homestead.… Read More
second roadtrip to Balranald
I leave for another road trip to Balranald early Tuesday (11th September) morning. I need to build up some large format images for the forthcoming collaborative Mallee Routes exhibition at the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery early in 2019. I just … Read More
Mallee Routes photobook
I am currently working on making another Mallee Routes photobook. It includes 35mm black and white images of the South Australia Mallee that I made in the 1980s, and it will have a small introduction. At this stage I have the selected and edited a bunch of small prints that are currently spread out on the table in the office. … Read More
Balranald photocamp: pastoralism
The winter photocamp at Balranald with Gilbert Roe consisted of photographing on the property of John and Marita Standen’s Rosenhoe farm, which is on the Wakool River, and scoping the area around Balranald itself, which is is located in Mutthi Mutthi traditional country. … Read More
roadtrip to Balranald, NSW
In a couple of days I am off on a roadtrip to Balranald in NSW for a winter photocamp with Gilbert Roe. I need to make some photos for the forthcoming exhibition at the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery in February … Read More
an old water tank and the supplement
Whilst I was on the Morgan photo camp in 2017 I decided to incorporate some 5×4 black and white photography into the Mallee Routes project through photographing this rusty water tank with the Sinar F2 monorail. I wanted a bit … Read More