On the map 5 issuu by Brian Carr

ON THE

MAP

MANY AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS GROUP VOL 3. ISSUE 2 NOVEMBER 2015

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 Palace Hotel Broken Hill, NSW, 2013 Photo: Krystal Seigerman 2

ON THE

CONTENTS

MAP 3 WELCOME

6 PROJECT ROOMS 12 ST ARNAUD PROJECT 44 COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

68 IN DEVELOPMENT MAGNET

74 IN FOCUS SILVI GLATTAUER FRANCIS REISS

86 ON SHOW

Welcome It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

—Alfred Eisenstaedt

Alfred was demonstrating a wealth of experience when he uttered those words. As documentary photographers, we know that the wrong way to photograph strangers is to bowl up, pull out a camera, and start shooting them. It is, in a way, a form of assault. It’s very confrontational, and in a word, rude. Far better to introduce yourself, talk with them, try to strike up a relationship, and then ask permission to take their photograph – all this before taking out your camera. Of course that doesn’t stop you from visualising the shot in your mind, deciding on the pose, the lighting, and the focal length. All of this can be done whilst you are chatting to them. This procedure is part of the stock in trade for MAPgroup photographers, and was demonstrated no more clearly than in our Beyond Borders project. This has been a great success and has been very well received wherever it was shown. An update report about the project is on page 6. MAPgroup members have been quite active as usual, Andrew Chapman has produced yet more books as have several members of MAPgroup this year. Silvi Glattauer, Jesse Boylan, Ruth Maddison, Helga Leunig, Ponch Hawks and Tobias Titz have all been extremely active having their works shown in various exhibitions. Jaime Murcia has successfully established a photography tour of Melbourne’s laneways and little streets, which has been attracting quite a following, whilst Andrew Chapman (does that man ever pause for breath?) and Noel Butcher have set up a workshop “Photography for Beginners”. Look them up on – thedigitalimage.com.au Michael Silver has completed a huge shift from PHOTONET gallery in Fairfield, to MAGNET galleries in the city. This will be a fantastic resource for Melbourne photographers and a great venue for the public to access their work.

MAP members Luis Enrique Asqui Chris Atkins Alan Attwood Julie Bowyer Jessie Boylan Noel Butcher Brian Carr Andrew Chapman Nigel Clements Rodney Dekker Lucy Di Paolo 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 Juanita Wilson Anna Wolf Ben Wrigley

Earlier this year, MAPgroup members took part in a project documenting the town of St Arnaud, a revisiting of the town

Beyond Borders

featured in our first Small Town Project about 10 years ago.

Photo: Juanita Wilson 3

WELCOME

MAPping St Arnaud Photo: Krystal Seigerman

The collection of images will be curated and exhibited in the near future. But in the meantime, take a preview of some of the fabulous collection starting on page 12. MAPgroup has Krystal Seigerman to thank for keeping an eye on all our projects this year. She has done a sterling job for us looking after the nuts and bolts for the running of the group, managing our social media presence, acquiring a database that will benefit the group such as contact with interested organisations and supporters. One early result is an invitation from the Centre for Contemporary Photography for MAPgroup to participate in a public program on photography collectives in Australia as part of their CCP Salon. MAPgroup collaborated with the Australian Conservation Foundation to commemorate their 50th anniversary this year, producing the book Heartland, which contains hundreds of beautiful images by MAPgroup photographers. The book was launched at Readings, Carlton and is available at all good bookstores. In the coming year, we plan on introducing mentorships for students interested in studying photography. Several MAPgroup members who are involved in teaching will select the students. Undoubtedly, through these mentorships, they will learn to click with people before clicking the shutter. Brian Carr President MAPgroup 4

MAPping St Arnaud Photo: Maurizio Salvati

PROJECT ROOM 1 BEYOND BORDERS

PROJECT DETAILS

It’s been a busy year for our Beyond Borders project, which

Commenced

documents the unique and often challenging experiences

September 2013

of asylum seekers and refugees through photographs and

REPORT BY

Krystal Seigerman mapgroup.org.au

a multimedia production. MAPgroup delved into street art for the first time and created a large paste-up at Footscray Community Arts Centre, which featured the collaborative polaroid portraits of MAPgroup photographer Tobias Titz. We also screened the videos at Dandenong to mark World Refugee Day as well as Sydney’s Head On Photo Festival. In addition, Beyond Borders was exhibited at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E) as part of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale and was viewed by over 2,700 people. Here are some of the visitors’ comments: “Beautiful and yet devastating” “Important and evocative” “Wonderful work by MAP with a real heart”

PROJECTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

“Brilliant – tears to eyes and smiles of pride at our new Australians” “An inspiring exhibition, which strengthened my resolve to do more” The exhibition also received national media coverage, including by The Age and ABC news. At the heart of the Beyond Borders project is a simple idea – sharing personal stories allows us to transcend the divisions, or the borders, between us. Big hART, the national arts and social change organisation, has a motto – it’s harder to hurt someone if you know their story. We believe this is true of Beyond Borders. MAPgroup would like to continue exhibiting this powerful body of work. For any exhibiting enquiries or to find out more, please contact us via the Beyond Borders website – beyondborders.mapgroup.org.au

Photos: Krystal Seigerman

PROJECT ROOM 1 BEYOND BORDERS

PARTICIPATING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Photo – Top: Krystal Seigerman Photo – Above: Jenny Hodge

Julie Bowyer Noel Butcher Andrew Chapman Rodney Dekker Joyce Evans 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

PROJECTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Photo: Krystal Seigerman

PROJECT ROOM 2 ASBESTOS

PROJECT DETAILS

The issue of asbestos in Australia has often been described

Commenced

as a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;slow burnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;; its impacts not always obvious, but ever

January 2010.

present. Not dissimilar to our Asbestos Project, which feels

The Asbestos project

like a slow charge to the finish line. After a pause, this

seeks to improve

MAPgroup project is back online.

public awareness and

Project leader Julie Bowyer invites MAPpers to refresh their

education regarding

creative minds and be involved in what is a massive nation-

asbestos.

wide issue, and a very important MAPgroup project.

REPORT BY

Julie Bowyer mapgroup.org.au

The last week of November is Asbestos Awareness Week. Asbestoswise is a Victorian charity and advocacy group that provides information and support programs to the general public about asbestos. Some MAPgroup members attended a service on 27 November at the Deakin Theatre, Federation Square, which commemorated the lives of those people

Photo: Margie McClelland

touched by asbestos related diseases.

PROJECTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

PARTICIPATING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Julie Bowyer Rodney Dekker Alan Attwood Krystal Seigerman Susan Gordon-Brown Tobias Titz Margie McClelland Julie Millowick Ponch Hawkes Julie Orford

Photos: Tobias Titz

MAPping

ST ARNAUD 2005 >>>>>>>>>>>>> 2015 Sometimes, ten years seems to be such a short span of time. 2005 marked the first time our group of photographers had decided to replicate the experience of collectively photographing

SINGLE TOWN PROJECT

the town of Ararat and transfer that process over to St Arnaud, a small community 244 km north west of Melbourne. In 2004 I had met St Arnaud local Barry Wiseman who told me during a conversation that he would like to do something to record the town’s 150th anniversary. I’d envisaged half a dozen photographers would attend, but an enthusiastic 16 rose to the challenge: Stuart Baker, Andrew Chapman, Melanie Dove, Joseph Feil, Jesse Hartwig, Bert Hovelling, Sam Lowcock, Dale Mann, David Marks, Julie Millowick, Tony Reddrop, Michael Silver, Tobias Titz, Tim Webster, Stephanie White and Barry Wiseman. At the time, local Mayor Bryan Small said, “It’s a coup that such significant photographers chose St Arnaud to showcase their work. Their beautiful and evocative images will form an increasingly important record in the long illustrious history of the town and district.” And so here we are again, ten years down the track and the country town projects have led to the official formation of MAPgroup. Original project members Barry Wiseman, Tobias Titz, Julie Millowick, Andrew Chapman and Dale Mann were joined by 12 photographers from MAPgroup and friends of the group. Barry and Joanne Wiseman, along with a team of enthusiastic locals helped accommodate, guide, feed and entertain us as we set to work photographing the town and its surrounds. The resulting images will refresh the previous work we have done and

PARTICIPATING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Andrew Chapman Joyce Evans Rosalba Fogliani Jesse Hartwig Jenny Hodge Helga Leunig Ruth Maddison Dale Mann Margie McClelland Julie Millowick Jaime Murcia June Orford Francis Reiss Maurizio Salvati Krystal Seigerman Tobias Titz Barry Wiseman REPORT BY

Andrew Chapman mapgroup.org.au

provide another visual chapter in St Arnaud’s long and illustrious history. We are planning to exhibit the work in the community early in 2016.

Photo: Krystal Seigerman 13

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Jenny Hodge

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Helga Leunig

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Andrew Chapman

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Dale Mann

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Jesse Hartwig

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Tobias Titz

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Maurizio Salvati

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Ruth Maddison

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Margie McClelland

ST ARNAUD

Photo: June Orford

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Rosalba Fogliani

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Julie Millowick

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Jaime Murcia

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Francis Reiss

ST ARNAUD

Photo: Krystal Seigerman

COLLECTIONS

Photo: Ruth Maddison

Remember the old shop down the road “that has been there forever”? Or the house around the corner with the gnomes? A browse in the local shop or mates having a cuppa? Some things you might see everyday but not really notice. These little bits of our everyday history should be documented. Because one day, they will be replaced by something new and shiny and we will forget what was there before. Then there are those fleeting moments. Driving or walking down the road, in the suburbs or the outback, just going about your everyday activities, the camera captures a funny moment, an intriguing one, or a bit of both. Here we share some of these “Australian” moments. Captured in time.

IMAGE ENQUIRIES

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Photo: Brent Lukey

AUSTRALIANA CCAPTURED IN TIME

COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

Photo: Brent Lukey

Photo: Brent Lukey 46

Photo: Jacinta Wilson

Photo: Jacinta Wilson 47

COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

Photo: Julie Bowyer

Photo: Tobias Titz

COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

Photo: Dale Mann

Photo: Dale Mann 50

Photo: Brent Lukey

Photo: Ponch Hawkes 51

COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

Photo: Andrew Chapman

Photo: Ruth Maddison 52

Photo: Ponch Hawkes

COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

Photo: Nicole Marie

Photo: Andrew Chapman 54

Photo: Alan Attwood

COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

Photo: June Orford

Photo: June Orford 56

Photo: Julie Millowick

Photo: June Orford 57

COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

Photo: Naomi Herzog

Photo: Brent Lukey 58

Photo: Brent Lukey 59

COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

Photo: Margie McClelland

Photo: Margie McClelland 60

Photo: Margie McClelland 61

COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

Photo: Krystal Seigerman

Photo: Krystal Seigerman 62

Photo: Julie Millowick

Photo: Helga Leunig 63

COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

Photo: Andrew Chapman 64

Photo: Ponch Hawkes

Photo: Alan Attwood 65

COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIANA

Photo: Krystal Seigerman 66

Photo: Ruth Maddison

IN DEVELOPMENT

MAGNET

Michael and Susanne Silver are now managing a new social

Magnet Galleries Melbourne

centre for photography in the Melbourne CBD. It comprises

Level 2/640 Bourke Street

galleries, printing, space for classes and workshops,

Melbourne. (03) 8589 0371

a photographic library and bookshop.

magnet.org.au

enterprise – MAGNET Galleries Melbourne Inc., a not-for-profit

It’s a venue for seeing and showing photography of all kinds and for photographers to have a welcoming and

CONTACT

interesting city “home”. Being central it’s a good place to

Michael Silver

meet. Also housed at MAGNET is Filmneverdie cafe, where

michael@magnet.org.au

you can buy film and film cameras including Polaroid and

Susanne Silver

Lomo. And of course great coffee – which is free (donation

susanne@magnet.org.au

is suggested). MAGNET will run regular workshops, seminars, series of talks and music performances. It is available for group

Photos: Michael Silver and Barry Douglas 68

meetings and events, and has already hosted a film developing workshop, a book launch and a lecture evening.

Gallipoli Then & Now: Bonds Forged by War. Exhibition opening. From left: Mehmet Küçüksakalli, Consul-General of the Republic of Turkey, photographer of the project Vedat Acikalin, Hon. Ted Baillieu, Chair of the Anzac Centenary Committee.

We have a growing group of Magnet Friends and volunteers working with us on several international collaborations. MAGNET is a “self help” organisation for photographers. It’s about getting people together in a welcoming and vibrant setting so people can learn, have fun, make friends and have support in photography. There are always people about and comfy places to sit, talk, have coffee, browse our photographic library and see the current exhibition. As with MAPgroup it’s up to the members to take it to where they want to go.

• You can contact Michael or Susanne for information about using the space at MAGNET for classes or events. 69

IN DEVELOPMENT MAGNET

• MAGNET – November – Gallipoli Then & Now: Bonds Forged by War

Photo: Vedat Acikalin

For over 30 years, Turkish-Australian photojournalist Vedat Acikalin has documented the bonds and friendships forged through the experience of war. He has photographed the soldiers as old men, meeting in friendship on the very battlefields where they once fought as enemies when they were young. He captures the ongoing bond forged not only between the men, but also with their children and descendants. Acikalin honours their stories and memory through these poignant photographs.

During the 75th Anniversary of the Gallipoli Landing, Corporal Adil Sahin of Buyuk Anafartalar and West Australian Len Hall of the 10th Light Horse met as friends on the Gallipoli Peninsula battlefield they once fought on as enemies in 1915. They warmly shook hands and Adil hugged Len as if he had found his long lost friend.

• MAGNET – October – Yangon Echoes

Photo: Tim Webster

A look behind the facades of heritage buildings to offer intimate views of life in the cosmopolitan city formerly known as Rangoon, Burma. This unprecedented body of work charts social space and urban

U Khin Sein in the second floor lounge with his protégé, Aung San. The former tailor has lived here for six decades.

folklore, linking past to present via living memories.

IN DEVELOPMENT MAGNET

• MAGNET – September – The Weather is Different a Few Miles Away – Yi People, China

Photo: Michael Coyne

Michael Coyne is a photographer based

Michael was in the jungles of Laos prior to

in Australia. He has worked extensively

arriving back to Melbourne two days before

on assignments for magazines such as

the opening of his exhibition on the Yi people,

Newsweek, LIFE, Time, National Geographic,

a minority people living in southwest areas of

New York Times and Smithsonian magazine.

China. He came straight from the airport to

He has had solo and combined exhibitions

MAGNET where PHOTONET scanned and

in Australia, China and the Americas.

printed his work onto Museo Max paper.

PRINTING PHOTONET Fine Art Printing is housed at MAGNET. A Canon Ipf8300 44” inkjet pigment printer is the in-house machine. Also available off-site is access to a Canon Ipf9400 60” for larger formats. PAPERS AVAILABLE Cotton rag papers: Sihl Masterclass Baryta; Museo Silver Rag (sheen surfaces); Museo Max (matt); Ilford Gold Fibre Silk. Exclusive to PHOTONET Specialty exotic papers (all village hand-made and archival). A variety of Japanese washi: Asuka, Gampi, Gampi Torinoko, Shikoku; also Bhutan mitsumata; Mexican Yucatan; Indian Khadi. The stock changes and it’s always best to visit and see what is available – and what will work best for your image. Michael and Daniel Silver will do test prints and work with you to get the result you want. 73

IN FOCUS 1 Silvi Glattauer

MAPgroup member Silvi Glattauer is a practising photographer, artist and printmaker living in Melbourne. During a trip earlier this year, Silvi worked and travelled with fellow artist and teacher Susan Purdy. This collaboration has led to a collection of images that contemplate what it means to skim through an unknown and foreign culture, and how to visually make sense of these fleeting experiences. We are tourists but we are not present. We are outsiders and cannot significantly engage. The country and culture will remain ‘an idea’. This recent body of work will contribute to the project The Idea of Morocco. After graduating from RMIT university with high class honours, Silvi has continued to developed her art and documentary practice and has exhibited throughout Australia and New Zealand. Recent major achievements include being a finalist in the 2015 Bowness Two Berber women on the Tizi n’Tichka pass. High Atlas Mountains, Morocco.

Prize, winning the prestigious Nillumbik Prize and selected artist in

All photos:

including the Albury and Geelong Regional Galleries, Melbourne

Silvi Glattauer

Museum, Monash Gallery of Art and Nillumbik Shire council.

residence for Inkmasters, Cairns. In 2014 Silvi was commissioned by the Victorian State Government to create a documentary series from the Black Saturday bushfire recovery projects, exhibited at Melbourne Museum. Silvi’s work is held in many private as well as public collections,

SILVI GLATTAUER silvi@silvi.com.au silvi.com.au

Visiting a local potter. Skoura, Morocco.

Our host makes fresh bread (xhobs mechoui) for breakfast. Skoura, Morocco. 75

IN FOCUS SILVI GLATTAUER

Berber man. Marrakesh, Morocco.

Clockwise from top left: Deep in the Medina. Marrakesh, Morocco. Passerby from a bus depot. El Jorf, Morocco. Traditional lunch in a Kasbah. Ouled Driss, Morocco. Donkey transport. The mural is evidence of the thriving movie industry in southern Morocco. Rissani, Morocco.

IN FOCUS SILVI GLATTAUER

Young waiter. Tamnougalt, Oued Draa, Morocco.

Morocco modernises. A young couple in public without a chaparone. A誰t Benhaddou, Morocco.

IN FOCUS 2 The appearance of a Box Brownie in the toy cupboard of my room on the third floor of my parents’ house in Ilkley, Yorkshire, will always be a mystery. I had a Märklin ‘0’ gauge electric train, and some books were already making an appearance in the bookshelf which, overflowing, continues in my study here. In 1936, a nine-year-old adding photography to his interests could not anticipate the approval of his parents. So a film was procured, probably a free enticement from Ilkley’s little corner photographic store with a promise to develop and print the eight negatives for 1s 6d – with a roll of film thrown in. The first pictures started an obsession which, Francis Reiss

79 years later, burns as brightly as ever. I wanted to get into the film industry but was unsuccessful.

This year, Francis celebrates

After several false starts I obtained an introduction to

70 years in photojournalism.

Tom Hokinson, editor of Picture Post, then in its heyday with

This photo was taken by

a weekly circulation of about three million.

June Orford when they

The magazine was desperately short of photographers,

travelled up north to the

most of whom were in the war, and I seemed to be able to

great sandy deserts they

use a Leica, as evidenced by my school album.

love so much.

Photographers provided their own gear in those days, so I was engaged along with my Leica. At 9am on Wednesday, 10 January 1945, I started work at £3 10s a week. I was sent out with Heyward Magee on a story titled The Panto Horse is 30 years old.

VE Day crowds. Picture Post Courtesy Getty Images. All photos, unless otherwise stated: Francis Reiss 80

FRANCIS REISS freiss@optusnet.com.au

I continued, having about 60 stories published, until I decided to leave for study at the University of Missouri, Columbia, in the United States. On the way I stopped off in New York and was taken on by Wilson Hicks as a freelance stringer for LIFE. My first five pages in LIFE magazine were published on 13 October 1947. In 1949 a wedding took place. In 1950 I quit photography and went into the wool trade. In 1951 (for the last time until 1993*) I photographed life on a NSW sheep station. Thanks to the help of Jacquie Nichols-Reeves and Michael Silver, this became the exhibition On the Sheep’s Back in 2014. In 2015 as a MAPgroup member I had a ball in St Arnaud. Looking down from my deck at home into a 100% native garden, I say a silent “Thank you Australia”, the most wonderful country in the world, for having me. —Francis Reiss * When James Mollison commissioned me to photograph Mike Brown for his retrospective.

Clockwise from top left: “The Mystery of the Kidnaped (sic) Russian”. LIFE. The young Francis Reiss. “The Panto Horse is 30 years old”. Picture Post. 81

IN FOCUS FRANCIS REISS

Helen making butter on the porch. Burren Burren station, Collarenebri, NSW.

Striking a deal. Burren Burren station, Collarenebri, NSW. 82

Rex White. Burren Burren station, Collarenebri, NSW. 83

IN FOCUS FRANCIS REISS

A mighty river red gum. 84

Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas. Oxford, England. Courtesy Getty Images.

ON SHOW

BOWNESS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE Congratulations to Silvi Glattauer for being a finalist in the Bowness Photography Prize with her image, Altiplano 1. Altiplano 1 was also awarded the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Award as part of the 2015 Nillumbik Prize. silvi.com.au/altiplano 86

Photo: Dale Mann

MOTHER COUNTRY Following the publication of her book of the same name earlier this year, Helga Leunig’s exhibition Mother Country – Reflections of Australian Rural Life was on show at the Benalla Art Gallery. The exhibition included talks and the official launch of her book. From the well-loved, well-used tea cups which have survived generations to the old fenderless car body slowly disappearing into the vegetation, Helga’s images are permeated with understanding. There is not just an overriding feeling of serene melancholy, but something steadfastly respectful in the ordinariness of her subject matter.

—Cate Kennedy

helgaleunig.com.au Photo: Michael Leunig

Altiplano 1. Photo: Silvi Glattauer

ON THE PAGE

Readings photos: Jaime Murcia

HEARTLAND On 4 August, the book Heartland was officially launched at Readings in Carlton, with ACF CEO Kelly O’Shanassy and MAPgroup President Brian Carr speaking to a packed audience. Heartland, the result of MAPgroup’s collaboration with the Australian Conservation Foundation, celebrates nature and ACF’s place in environmental conservation over the last fifty years.

PARTICIPATING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Alan Attwood

Julie Millowick

work to the book which was designed

Andrew Chapman

June Orford

by Phil Campbell and was published

Brent Lukey

Krystal Seigerman

by Echo Publishing. MAPgroup is most

Brian Carr

Michael Weinhardt

happy with the beautiful result.

Dale Mann

Nigel Clements

David Johns

Noel Butcher

Helga Leunig

Silvi Glattauer

Heartland is available

Margie McClelland

Susan Gordon-Brown

from good bookstores

Jamie Murcia

Tobias Titz

and online. RRP $49.95.

Julie Bowyer

Many photographers have contributed

Photo: Brian Carr

Photo: Krystal Seigerman Opposite page Photo: Nigel Clements

Photo: Andrew Chapman 89

IN BRIEF

SESSIONS WITH A POET

The collaboration has been

Currently, Naomi has three

Naomi Herzog’s portrait

a fruitful one and images

bodies of work that are

session with writer/poet Ania

from this series have been

in development: a series

Walwicz earlier in 2015 is

selected for exhibitions,

exploring the culture and

now an ongoing project.

including the Josephine

peoples of the Gold Coast,

There is a madness here, a

Ulrick and Win Schubert

her portrait series on

strange internal place that you

Prize, Head On Portrait

Sessions with a Poet, and

are steered into when reading

Prize, Photoville in New York

her ongoing tree series

Ania’s text – somehow I am

and the Indian Photography

where she is exploring the

led back through my own

Festival, Hyderabad, India.

impact of a flooded valley

history, a shared history, and

The portrait has been

on the local trees.

it is here in the characters of

published in the Cordite

Ania’s writing I found my own

Review and will appear

past staring back at me.

on the cover of Ania’s

upcoming book.

—Naomi Herzog

Photos: Naomi Herzog

OUR LAND IS ALIVE Tobias Titz’s photographs documenting the Hermannsburg Potters creating their iconic football themed pots and playing football in the community are currently showing in the exhibition Our Land is Alive, at the National Gallery of Victoria – ngv.vic.gov.au Until 16 April 2016. Photo: Tobias Titz 90

MAPPING NEWS

In March 2015 Maurizio Salvati joined MAPgroup. Here is some of his collection on street photography. In May, Maurizio

MAURIZIO SALVATI

and other MAPgroup photographers travelled to St Arnaud in the north west region of Victoria to participated in the MAPping St Arnaud project.

Photos: Maurizio Salvati

OFF THE

MAP

Tribute to Bella. Photo: Susan Gordon-Brown

Contact President: Brian Carr info@briancarr-photographer.com Vice President: Helga Leunig helgaleunig.com.au Secretary: Brent Lukey brentlukey.com.au Treasurer: Joseph Feil josephfeil.com General enquiries: mapgroupinfo@gmail.com

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