ON THE
MAP
MANY AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS GROUP VOL 3. ISSUE 1 APRIL 2015
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DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHERS
We of MAPgroup spend much of our efforts on the great work of preserving ‘moments’ from the corrosion of time; fixing by halide or pixel a fraction of a second that embodies a thousand tales. We are a gathering of like-minded photographers committed to the independent documentation of those stories that may otherwise escape the myopic gaze of mainstream media. Our membership includes emerging as well as established photographers who are passionate about the documentation of social and environmental issues. Our aim is twofold: We seek to create collections of images that are thought-provoking and edifying, and are of archival benefit to those individuals or organisations we document, as well as the broader Australian community. We recognise that our strength lies in our diverse and talented membership so we seek to create a supportive and nurturing environment, which fosters the sharing of skills and ideas, and facilitates project collaborations.
Cover image The Amazing Sally! What I did last summer Photo: Jenny Hodge 2
ON THE
CONTENTS
MAP 3 WELCOME
6 PROJECT ROOMS 26 KINGLAKE PROJECT 50 COLLECTIONS WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
70 IN DEVELOPMENT BALRANALD
76 IN FOCUS KRYSTAL SEIGERMAN JIM McFARLANE
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Welcome It is no accident that the photographer becomes a photographer any more than the lion tamer becomes a lion tamer.
—Dorothea Lange
All of us in MAPgroup spend our lives chasing the elusive. As much as we plan and pre-empt, it is not a guaranteed success unless all the elements fall into place. And even then, we look at our results and see room for improvement, maybe only slight, but an improvement nonetheless. The nature of the work we do is a complex relationship converting a 4-dimensional world into a 2-dimensional representation of that world. If we do it commercially, we are hired because of our ability to do just that – we are paid to interpret a client’s specific requirements and to convert their message into a neat package which can be reproduced in various ways to suit their needs. On the other hand, when we produce images for ourselves, the process becomes far more complex. Then we are working for a much more demanding and merciless client – us. We are never satisfied and we are often driven to keep refining and reworking the process until we are happy with the results. At least for the moment. However, MAPgroup photographers must be happy with the output they’ve produced recently. There’s been a veritable avalanche of photographic books rolling off the presses: Jaime Murcia’s insightful Little Big Town which documents the laneways and little streets of Melbourne’s central business district; Andrew Chapman’s revealing look at the icon that is The Long Paddock, that land on the roadsides of rural Australia which cattle drovers use to feed their stock en route; and Noel Butcher’s Old Sheds, an eclectic collection of images of the great Australian shed. Then there is Helga Leunig’s Mother Country, reflections of Australian rural life, due to be published at the start of April; and following that, David Mark’s Roadtrip, a look at Australiana
MAP members Luis Enrique Ascui Chris Atkins Alan Attwood Julie Bowyer Jessie Boylan Noel Butcher Brian Carr Andrew Chapman Nigel Clements Rodney Dekker Joyce Evans Peter Eve Joseph Feil Roger Garwood Silvi Glattauer Susan Gordon-Brown Ponch Hawkes Mathias Heng Naomi Herzog Jenny Hodge David Johns Helga Leunig Brent Lukey Ruth Maddison Morganna Magee Dale Mann Nicole Marie David Marks Margie McClelland Jim McFarlane Julie Millowick Jaime Murcia June Orford Kerry Pryor Francis Reiss Maurizio Salvati Kristian Scott Krystal Seigerman Michael Silver Tobias Titz Lesley Turnbull Michael Weinhardt Juanita Wilson Anna Wolf Ben Wrigley
using low tech Polaroid and Diana cameras. In March, we also welcomed some new members to MAPgroup. Luis Ascui, Jessie Boylan, Mathias Heng,
Connected by Nature Photo: Brent Lukey 3
WELCOME
Left: Kinglake project MAP photographer Tobias Titz photographing Jim Golding, president of the Mountain Pickers Association. October 2014 Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown
Kerry Pryor and Maurizio Salvati. We look forward to their contributions to future MAP projects. Mathias Heng, has just published Finding Hope, a 3-year-long project documenting the effects of the tsunami in Japan and the Fukushima disaster. A past project worthy of a mention is a project from 2013 when Jaime Murcia, Andrew Chapman and Noel Butcher took an endearing look at Camperdown and produced Camperdown and its Cup, a book put together to raise funds to restore the heritage grandstand at the Camperdown Race Track. In October 2014, MAPgroup went to Kinglake to document the 1st Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival as another Single Town Project. The project aimed to put the spotlight on Kinglake which is still recovering from the 2009 bushfires. MAP member Susan Gordon-Brown led the project and MAP photographers enjoyed a great weekend. The next Single Town Project has recently been announced and it is St. Arnaud. MAPgroup has been invited to revisit the town 10 years on, and MAP members have embraced the project with great enthusiasm. Whilst there are no lion tamers in the group, there are certainly many talented photographers, and definitely not by accident. Brian Carr President MAPgroup 4
Opposite page: An estimated 3000 artists, journalists and French ex-pats crowded into Melbourne’s Federation Square to pay tribute to those killed by the attack at the office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Jan 2015 Photo: Dale Mann
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PROJECT ROOM 1 ASBESTOS
PROJECT DETAILS
The story so far:
Commenced
The Asbestos Project is evolving at a glacial pace (as all
January 2010.
good evolutions tend to do, however frustrating!). Recently,
The Asbestos project
we have put together a collection of images that represent
seeks to improve
a cross-section of the work currently held in the Asbestos
public awareness and
Project gallery. This portfolio will be presented to likely project
education regarding
partners such as museums and galleries, accompanied by a
asbestos.
brief on the people, places and stories that are represented
CONTACT
Julie Bowyer mapgroup.org.au
in the Project. Following consultation with participating members, the current consensus for the outcome of the Asbestos project is for it to be an exhibition to appear in museums, in the theme of “Ghost Towns”, towns which were once
Photo: Ponch Hawkes
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part of the booming asbestos industry in Australia, such as Wittenoom in WA and Railton in Tasmania. There are, of course, many more such towns, and the documentation of these towns and their ever declining populations emerges as the likely “gap” in the story thus far. There is much to do for the Asbestos project to reach its outcome, and the project requires a lot more work, not only in the taking of images but the energy to maintain the momentum. The Asbestos project would welcome any ideas or offers of assistance. Please contact Julie Bowyer on 0407 821 383, or by email jabowyer@bigpond.net.au If you have images you would like to contribute to the
PARTICIPATING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Julie Bowyer Rodney Dekker Alan Attwood Krystal Seigerman Susan Gordon-Brown Tobias Titz Margie McClelland Julie Millowick Ponch Hawkes Julie Orford
Asbestos project, we would love to see them. Photo: Julie Bowyer
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PROJECT ROOM 2 CONNECTED BY NATURE
PROJECT DETAILS
Commenced December 2013. Connected by Nature. For a detailed description of the project, please contact Jim McFarlane.
CONTACT
Jim McFarlane Brian Carr mapgroup.org.au
In early 2014 the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) invited MAP to be involved in the ACF’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2015. The ACF recognised MAPgroup as a like-minded organisation that celebrates nature, and cares about the community. The ACF defined the theme “Connected by Nature” for their 50th Anniversary celebrations, and proposed that a book be produced to celebrate the Australian landscape. The Connected by Nature project embodies a powerful theme designed to reinforce nature as our life support system, connecting humans at a physical, emotional and spiritual level, to each other and the natural world. We are all connected by nature. Nature gives us water, air, soil, forests and oceans. It underpins our communities, our economies and our livelihoods. Nature provides us with food, jobs, energy, wealth and the places and wildlife we love. Importantly, it is a source of beauty, relaxation, enjoyment and inspiration. It is spiritually uplifting, and often overlooked. MAP photographers contributed a great number of images
Photo: Julie Bowyer
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to the Project gallery from which a collection was selected by
PROJECTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
the ACF. Some images from the collection will be used by the ACF for publicity and also in a book titled Heartland. All of the photos to be used have been generously donated by MAP members. Although the book is still in its production phase, it promises to be something that we can all be proud of. The ACF are thrilled with the results so far. When Caroline Hughes from the ACF was asked, “Have you found your experience with MAP a satisfying one?”, Caroline’s response was: It’s been wonderful! MAPgroup has always been pleasant, patient, enthusiastic and responsive to our tight deadlines and demands. The members are a lovely group of creative, passionate and generous people – we can’t thank them
Photo: Julie Millowick
enough. Our sincere thanks go to the project committee, Jim McFarlane, Brian Carr, Helga Leunig and June Orford for their time, patience and creative direction in organising the photography featured herein. To the photographers who have all generously donated their photos – we are immensely grateful and very impressed with your talents. Thank you for bringing our magnificent country to life in this book and for supporting the ACF community on our birthday. Special thanks to: Alan Attwood
Julie Millowick
Andrew Chapman
June Orford
Brent Lukey
Krystal Seigerman
Brian Carr
Michael Weinhardt
Dale Mann
Nigel Clements
David Johns
Noel Butcher
Helga Leunig
Silvi Glattauer
Jaime Murcia
Susan Gordon-Brown
Julie Bowyer
Tobias Titz —The Australian Conservation Foundation
Heartland will be published in August 2015 by Echo Publishing a division of The Five Mile Press. rrp $49.95. Foreword by Michael Leunig. The book contains about 250 images and has 224 pages. The first print run is for 5000 copies, and we hope for future reprints.
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PROJECT ROOM 2 CONNECTED BY NATURE
Photo: Alan Attwood
Photo: Julie Bowyer
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PROJECTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Photo: Alan Attwood
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PROJECT ROOM 2 CONNECTED BY NATURE
Photo: Andrew Chapman
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PROJECTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown
Photo: Silvi Glattauer
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PROJECT ROOM 2 CONNECTED BY NATURE
Photo: Helga Leunig
Photo: Brent Lukey
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PROJECTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Photo: Jaime Murcia
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PROJECT ROOM 2 CONNECTED BY NATURE
Photo: June Orford
Photo: Krystal Seigerman
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Photo: Dale Mann
Photo: Nigel Clements
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PROJECT ROOM 3 BEYOND BORDERS
PROJECT DETAILS
According to the Refugee Council of Australia, there were
Commenced
51.2 million forcibly displaced persons worldwide in 2013.
September 2013
As a signatory of the UN Refugee Convention, Australia
CONTACT AND SPONSORSHIP ENQUIRIES
Krystal Seigerman mapgroup.org.au
has obligations to assist. Yet in an age of increasingly hardline policies, border control rhetoric overshadows human rights considerations. This is compounded by the largely negative portrayal of this vulnerable demographic in the mainstream media. MAPgroup’s Beyond Borders project documents the unique experiences of asylum seekers and refugees seeking a safer life under exceptionally challenging circumstances. Beyond Borders was first screened as a multimedia production at Federation Square in June 2014 to coincide with World Refugee Week, receiving positive feedback.
Photo: Helga Leunig
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Since then, MAPgroup has continued developing the
PROJECTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Beyond Borders: 2015 schedule of events Dates
Description
More info
TBC*
Screening of multimedia production
Location: Big Screen, Federation Square fedsquare.com
1–10 May
Screening of multimedia production, Head On Photo Festival
Location: Festival Hub, Lower Town Hall, Sydney headon.com.au
June
Screening of multimedia production, Dandenong’s outdoor Urban Screen to coincide with Refugee Week
Location: Corner of Lonsdale Street and Walker Street, Dandenong
Paste up of photographs to coincide with Refugee Week
Location: Footscray Community Arts Centre footscrayarts.com
Exhibition of photographs and multimedia production, Ballarat International Foto Biennale
Location: Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E) made.org and ballaratfoto.org
(Dates and times TBC)
June (Dates and times TBC)
22 Aug – 20 Sep 10am-5pm
* This is a rescreening which will occur throughout the year.
project and we have an exciting series of events lined up
IN THE NEWS
for 2015. The multimedia production will have several more
Watch Jenny Hodge
screenings, including at Sydney’s Head On Photo Festival;
and Nicole Marie’s
at Dandenong’s new outdoor Urban Screen; and again at
videos on The Guardian.
Federation Square.
theguardian.com/society/
In a new approach, MAPgroup will present a selection
video/2014/jun/22/
of photos from Beyond Borders as a paste-up at Footscray
mohammed-beyond-
Community Arts Centre during Refugee Week. Also, Beyond
borders-video
Borders will be presented as a print exhibition at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale, showing at Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E). At the heart of Beyond Borders is a simple idea; that sharing personal stories allows us to transcend the divisions
theguardian.com/ society/video/2014/ jun/20/beyond-borderswelcome-australia-video
– or the borders – between us. We hope you will share in these stories.
—beyondborders.mapgroup.org.au
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PROJECT ROOM 3 BEYOND BORDERS
PARTICIPATING PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE PROJECT
Julie Bowyer Noel Butcher Andrew Chapman Rodney Dekker Joyce Evans Joseph Feil Silvi Glattaeur Ponch Hawkes Naomi Herzog Jenny Hodge Helga Leunig Morganna Magee Jim McFarlane Nicole Marie Julie Millowick June Orford Francis Reiss Tobias Titz Juanita Wilson
MAPpers at Federation Square for the June 2014 screening of Beyond Borders.
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Photo: Jim McFarlane
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PROJECT ROOM 4 ST. ARNAUD – REVISITED
PROJECT DETAILS
This year is the 10th anniversary of the original Single Town
Commenced
Project on St. Arnaud, a former gold mining town 244km
March 2015
north-west of Melbourne. Andrew Chapman has been in touch with Barry Wiseman,
CONTACT
a local farm owner with extensive active involvement with
Andrew Chapman
St. Arnaud. Barry took part in the original project and he is
mapgroup.org.au
most excited about the new proposal by MAP to revisit. The project will run on the weekend of 2–3 May. For people unable to make it on that particular weekend, they could go on days that suit them. On all Single Town Projects, staying with a local family is always preferable, in that it puts the photographer in close proximity to people straight away, and most families are very
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St. Arnaud 2005
resourceful in helping to get access to areas or locations
Photo: Michael Silver
around the town.
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In discussion is the possibility of a MAP photo show or
DATES TO NOTE
projection, perhaps with a dinner on the Saturday with locals.
2–3 May, 2015
So far, these are the participating photographers: Alan Attwood
Jaime Murcia
Please contact
Brian Carr
Francis Reiss
Andrew if you have
Andrew Chapman
Krystal Seigerman
any questions about
Rodney Dekker
Tobias Titz
the project.
Joyce Evans
MAP members can
Joseph Feil
And maybes:
keep an eye on updates
Helga Leunig
Noel Butcher
in the basecamp forum.
Brent Lukey
Nigel Clements
Dale Mann
Silvi Glattauer
Dave Marks
Susan Gordon-Brown
Margie McClelland
Jim McFarlane
Julie Millowick
Michael Silver
St. Arnaud 2005 Photo: Dale Mann
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PROJECT ROOM 4 ST. ARNAUD – REVISITED
ST. ARNAUD 2005
Photo: Andrew Chapman
Photo: Barry Wiseman
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Photo: Tobias Titz
PROJECTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Photo: Julie Millowick
Photo: Jesse Hartwig
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KINGLAKE FOGGY MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
Kinglake’s first ever Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival was held on 17–19 October, 2015. Ten MAPgroup photographers went to Kinglake, in the Shire of Murrindindi, to photograph the event.
SINGLE TOWN PROJECT
MAPping Kinglake is one of MAPgroup’s Single Town Projects where photographers document small towns and donate the images back to the community. This project was put forward by Susan Gordon-Brown, whose husband Colin was playing banjo in one of the bands at the festival. Her suggestion was greeted with great enthusiasm by other MAPgroup photographers. In 2009, the Shire of Murrindindi commissioned MAPgroup to photograph and interview residents over the age of 65 about their experiences during the Black Saturday bushfires. Susan was heavily involved in the resultant project, Beyond Age, which included an exhibition and a catalogue. The exhibition of Beyond Age was launched in Kinglake in 2010 and toured throughout the Shire and in Melbourne for over a year. One of the main aims of the Foggy Mountain Bluegrass
PARTICIPATING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Alan Attwood Brian Carr Andrew Chapman Silvi Glattauer Susan Gordon-Brown Jenny Hodge Helga Leunig Dale Mann June Orford Tobias Titz
Festival was to help revitalise the Kinglake area which is still struggling since the fires, and it seemed appropriate that MAPgroup be involved. Use of the photographs was given to the festival organisers for future promotion and grant applications. Some photographs also featured in the Mountain Monthly, a local magazine, in November 2014. MAPgroup has been asked to be the official photographers for the next festival in 2015, which promises to be bigger and better than the first. Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown 26
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KINGLAKE
Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown
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Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown
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KINGLAKE
Photo: Jenny Hodge
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Photo: Jenny Hodge
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KINGLAKE
Photo: June Orford
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Photo: June Orford
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KINGLAKE
Photo: Brian Carr
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Photo: Brian Carr
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KINGLAKE
Photo: Silvi Glattauer
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Photo: Silvi Glattauer
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KINGLAKE
Photo: Tobias Titz
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Photo: Tobias Titz
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KINGLAKE
Photo: Helga Leunig
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Photo: Helga Leunig
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KINGLAKE
Photo: Dale Mann
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Photo: Dale Mann
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KINGLAKE
Photo: Andrew Chapman
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Photo: Andrew Chapman
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KINGLAKE
Photo: Alan Attwood
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Photo: Tobias Titz
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KINGLAKE
Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown
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Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown
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COLLECTIONS
Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown
In the previous “Collections”, we saw quite a variety of “Weather” conditions. Obviously, MAPpers are always out and about with their cameras; there are no holidays as such for keen photographers. Here we have some images of what MAPgroup photographers and their family and friends got up to over summer, at work and at play. As we were collecting these images, dogs were a popular theme. Especially having fun on the beach. A nice splash in the water is a great way to cool off.
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Photo: Naomi Herzog
WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
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COLLECTIONS WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
Photo: Margie McClelland
Photo: Margie McClelland 52
Photo: Jenny Hodge
Photo: Jenny Hodge 53
COLLECTIONS WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
Photo: Joyce Evans
Photo: Dale Mann 54
Photo: Brent Lukey
Photo: Ruth Maddison 55
COLLECTIONS WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
Photo: Dale Mann
Photo: Neil Butcher 56
Photo: Murdoch Mann
Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown 57
COLLECTIONS WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
Photo: Lesley Turnbull
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Photo: Julie Bowyer
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COLLECTIONS WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
Photo: Brian Carr
Photo: Brian Carr 60
Photo: Ruth Maddison
Photo: Ruth Maddison 61
COLLECTIONS WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
Photo: Brent Lukey
Photo: Brent Lukey 62
Photo: Julie Bowyer
Photo: Margie McClelland 63
COLLECTIONS WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
Photos: June Orford
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Photo: Naomi Herzog
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COLLECTIONS WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
Photo: Silvi Glattauer
Photo: Silvi Glattauer 66
Photo: Lesley Turnbull
Photo: Silvi Glattauer 67
COLLECTIONS WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
Photo: Margie McClelland
Photo: Margie McClelland 68
Photo: Colin Weight
Photo: Noel Butcher 69
IN DEVELOPMENT
Photo: Noel Butcher
BALRANALD
Early in 2014, MAPgroup photographer Andrew Chapman ventured to southern NSW to open an exhibition of his work at The Gallery in Balranald. Whilst there, he and fellow MAPgroup photographer Noel Butcher were invited to run an intensive two-day course on photography and digital workflow using Adobe Lightroom. The course was attended by about a dozen locals (and in Balranald, local can mean up to a 150km radius) whose equipment ranged from top-of-the-line pro gear to basic point-and-shoot. What was consistent though was the desire to learn, with all being interested in the photography side, and most interested in the digital workflow. All the participants were keen enough to be at Yanga Station before sunrise on Day 2 of the workshop, after which it was back to The Gallery to discuss what worked (and didn’t work) with their photos.
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Photos: Andrew Chapman
Apart from sharing their extensive photographic experience with the people at Balranald, Andrew and Noel took time out to indulge their passion for photography, gathering further
CONTACT
Andrew Chapman mapgroup.org.au
material for their portfolios. A few more sheds will be in their collections no doubt.
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IN DEVELOPMENT BALRANALD
Photo: Andrew Chapman
Photo: Andrew Chapman 72
Photo: Noel Butcher
Photo: Noel Butcher 73
IN DEVELOPMENT BALRANALD
Photo: Joy Sutton
Photo: Joy Sutton 74
Photo: Errol Bradbury
Photo: Errol Bradbury 75
IN FOCUS 1 Since completing a Bachelor of Media Arts (Photography) in 2003, Krystal has regularly exhibited her work and has been a finalist in several prizes, including the National Photographic Portrait Prize and the Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Krystal Seigerman
Portraiture. Krystal has been member of MAPgroup since 2006. At fifteen, I found myself in a darkroom for the first time. As I watched my image magically appear in the chemical bath, I decided I would be a photographer. It remains my passion and I specialise in portraiture and documentary photography. Over the last few years, I have also been studying and working in the area of arts management in an effort to find a better balance between shooting what I want to shoot and supporting myself. When I think about my work, certain patterns emerge. My work often comes out of my life and what I am experiencing, such as living in a new environment. I seem to be drawn to subject matter that is ephemeral in some way. And I have always been fascinated by people – portraiture is a way for me to connect with others, an excuse to know someone and gain a glimpse into their life, if only for a moment. In 2009, I moved from Melbourne to Sydney’s inner west. Running 23km from east to west, Parramatta Road was once a bustling thoroughfare, densely lined with a multitude of thriving businesses. But by the time I moved to the area, a disproportionate number of shops stood empty in a strange limbo. This sparked Everything Must Go, a series of photographs exploring the decline of small businesses. Taking these photographs was a slow, meditative process of walking the road again and again, of waiting for the right light and of finding beauty in the decay. In 2011, I moved again, to Mildura in north-western Victoria. Once more, I was living in an unfamiliar landscape. Roadside stalls are a ubiquitous sight in the region, selling everything from bags of juicy oranges to plump avocados through honesty boxes. I was intrigued by these unassuming, handmade structures, illuminated by the distinctly vivid light of this semi-arid landscape. This turned into
All photos:
Self Serve, a series of photos of roadside stalls that I plan to exhibit
Krystal Seigerman
in the next year or two.
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Everything Must Go. Vase of fake flowers in the window of a closed business, Parramatta Road, NSW.
Last year, I returned to Melbourne and wanted to reconnect with my love of portraiture. So I set myself the task of taking one portrait each week, for a year. I photographed friends, family, strangers and myself and People I have known is, in some ways, a record of this somewhat transient period. Photography is a constant in my life and gives me meaning. Ultimately, my foremost aim as a photographer is to move people, and then to make them think.
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IN FOCUS KRYSTAL SEIGERMAN
Everything Must Go. Shop window of a closed business, Parramatta Road, NSW.
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Beyond Reasonable Drought. Artist, Chris Nicholls, in his Wimmera studio. Vic.
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IN FOCUS KRYSTAL SEIGERMAN
Peter Peterson, a member of the Barkindji nation, at Silverton, NSW. 80
People I have known. Andrew at home, Dandenong Ranges, Vic.
People I have known. Claudia, Abbotsford, Vic. 81
IN FOCUS KRYSTAL SEIGERMAN
MAPping Ballarat. Sisters Eboney, 12 and Lucy, 10 with their pet rabbits Harry and Alex. Ballarat, Vic.
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IN FOCUS 2 In October 2014 my friend Anthony Dawton and I were commissioned by TMCP V.V. Vorovsky in Tikhoretsk, Russia to take portraits of their workers as a tribute to their service to the company which goes back several generations. What Jim McFarlane
developed became the exhibition Working.class. TMCP V.V. Vorovsky was founded in 1899. Initially it was a steam engine workshop, and now it produces modern
Jim McFarlane and
railway vehicles and machinery. The company has buildings
Anthony Dawton are
dating back to the 1920s, and has been owned and run by
the co‑founders of
generations of the same family.
mindseye.
With the deregulation of the Russian economy and
Mindseye was set up in
globilisation, TMCP find themselves competing with
2013 to underline the
cheap foreign imports leaving the company’s future at the
continuing importance
crossroads, similar to that of our car industry here. TMCP has
of reportage photography
been the main employer in Tikhoretsk for nearly 100 years
in an era inundated
and if the company goes, the town goes with it.
with snapshots and unconsidered media.
These factors offered Anthony and I a unique opportunity to photograph and record a workforce in transition, their feelings and their relationship with the factory revealing many of the contradictions that are Russia today. Anthony and I have worked together for over 20 years on projects in some of the most difficult places in the world. Our approach to photographing people is geared to encourage the sitter to participate, to want to be part of the final image and story. We often spend more time talking than taking photographs! We like to make a conscious attempt before and during any project to develop a philosophy and direction for the work in hand as well as to make sure that integrity is maintained throughout the process. It is collaborative not confrontational. We work to persuade each person to give something of themselves in each photograph and so participate in the process. It allows the voice of the individual to be expressed with dignity and a surprising depth. The exhibition consists of 30 to 40 black and white images
Working.class
printed on Hahnemühle FineArt 308 Photo Rag. We have
Photos: Jim McFarlane
exhibitions planned for Krasnodor, St Petersburg and Moscow.
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JIM McFARLANE
jimmcfarlanephotographer.com mindseye.photo
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Mindseye – Africa. Photos: Jim McFarlane 87
ON SHOW
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1. LIFE IN THE HOUSE
2. THROW LIKE A GIRL
Morganna Magee’s exhibition is a series of
Lesley Turnbull explores gender and identity
photos taken during her residency at Ronald
in the series Throw Like A Girl.
McDonald house in Clayton. These images
Lesley looks at gender through the gaze of
and stories capture the rollercoaster journey
the tomboy beyond the childhood stage,
that many of the families experience during
with the object of increasing visibility of the
difficult times but also the hope, courage
post-childhood tomboy in contemporary
and resilience that is displayed.
photography. By opposing images of
• Ramp Gallery, Monash Gallery of Art,
androgyny that often convey sexualised
Wheelers Hill, Vic.
interpretations of gender, the work seeks
• 2 March – 6 May
to avoid exploitation in favour of new
For further information, please visit:
possibilities for representation.
mga.org.au
• Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, Vic. • 1 – 31 July Open Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm. For more information, please visit: qvwc.org.au/events/throw-like-a-girl-bylesley-turnbull/
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4. BEHIND THE WIRE & SUPPORT FROM THE SKY: VETERANS, 3
CHOPPERS AND THE VIETNAM WAR Susan Gordon Brown’s two exhibitions Behind the Wire, about Vietnam veterans,
3. WAR AND PEACE
their jobs and their experiences, and
Francis Reiss’s exhibition, War and Peace,
Support from the Sky: Veterans, Choppers
is of photographs taken during 1945–46
and the Vietnam War, where veterans relate
when Francis was a cadet with the iconic
the deep respect they have for each other
English publication, Picture Post.
and for their aircraft, will be shown together
• Mulberry Hill, National Trust, Langwarrin, Vic.
for the first time.
• 18 April – 31 May
• Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, SA
Mulberry Hill is open Sundays and select
• 17 April – 10 May
Saturdays and at other times by arrangement.
riddochartgallery.org.au
For further information, please visit:
The book, Behind the Wire: Images and
nationaltrust.org.au/vic
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ON THE PAGE
Photo: Noel Butcher
In 2013 Jaime Murcia, Andrew Chapman and Noel Butcher were given an interesting challenge – to capture a full day at the Camperdown Cup, from dusk till dawn. Also included in the project was to document some of Camperdown’s historic buildings and famous old homesteads. The images produced were put together in a book, Camperdown and its Cup. The purpose of the book was to Camperdown and its Cup
raise funds for the restoration of the 110-year-old grandstand
– Heart and Soul of
at the Camperdown Racecourse in south-western Victoria.
Country Racing. rrp $40.00 camperdownanditscup.com
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Photo: Andrew Chapman
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ON THE PAGE
It has been a busy 12 months! Here are some recent publications by MAPgroup photographers in the Australian Photographic Gallery Series, published by The Five Mile Press. Remembrance:
Best Mates:
Place:
100 years, 100 memorials,
Australian Dogs and their
A lost Australia brought
100 Australian stories
two‑legged friends
to vivid life
By Chris Atkins,
By Melanie Faith Dove
By Peter Eve
Julie Millowick. With
Old Sheds:
Mother Country:
contributions from other
Rustic gems from the
Reflections of Australian
photographers including
Australian countryside
rural life
Krystal Seigerman,
By Noel Butcher
By Helga Leunig
Little Big Town:
Roadtrip:
Melbourne’s Little Streets
Offbeat Australia by Polaroid
The Long Paddock
and Laneways
and Plastic Camera
By Andrew Chapman
By Jaime Murcia
By David Marks
Geoff Hocking and
Andrew Chapman and David Marks.
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IN BRIEF
Photo: Brian Carr
Photo: Mathias Heng
Brian Carr is busy putting
Rodney Dekker appeared
Jenny Hodge participated in
the finishing touches on a
in The Other One Hundred
the Foundry Photojournalism
long-term project, which he
photobook: theotherhundred.
Workshop in Antiguia,
describes as a photographic
com/node/618
Guatemala:
homage to the musicians
foundryphotoworkshop.org/
of Melbourne. Taken over
Rodney Dekker and
a period of 45 years, the
Tobias Titz featured in
Krystal Seigerman a finalist
tentatively titled Melbourne
Capture magazine’s The
in the Incinerator Art Award:
Music will be exhibited and
Annual 2014: capturemag.
artguide.com.au/whats-on-
published as a book. More
com.au/the-annual.html
page/show/incinerator-art-
details to come.
award/ Ruth Maddison’s work
Mathias Heng gave a
Can’t see the forest for the
Ponch Hawkes and
seminar and launched his
trees was purchased by
Ruth Maddision in MGA
new book Finding Hope,
the State Library of NSW
exhibition: http://www.mga.
which commemorates four
Picture Collection. Consisting
org.au/exhibition/view/
years since Japan’s tsunami
of over 90 images and 44
exhibition/162
and the Fukushima disaster.
text pieces, Ruth’s series
11 March, Michael’s Media
documents Eden’s timber
Congratulations to Jessie
School, Melbourne.
workers at the two local mills.
Boylan for winning the Images of Justice Award
Brent Lukey’s new blog
Tobias Titz, finalist in Moran
through the Adelaide Law
Girt By Sea showcases his
Contemporary Photographic
school for her portrait of Avon
documentary photographs
Prize: moranprizes.com.au/
Hudson, Maralinga nuclear
taken throughout Australia:
competition/2014-moran-
veteran and whistleblower!
australia-girt-by-sea.
contemporary-photographic-
nuclearfutures.org/jessie-
blogspot.com.au/
prize/finalists
boylan-wins-university-ad…/
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MAPPING NEWS We wish to welcome some new members
Starting here, and in future issues of
to MAPgroup. Joining us in March 2015 are:
On the MAP, we will introduce you to the
Luis Enrique Ascui
new members and show you some of
Jessie Boylan
their work. And we look forward to seeing
Mathias Heng
their contributions to future MAP projects.
Kerry Pryor Maurizio Salvati
Kerry Pryor
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Mathias Heng
Jessie Boylan
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