five.point.six is an exhibition of images by photojournalist Steve Tickner to mark the 30th anniversary of the earthquake that struck Newcastle city on December 28, 1989 in which 13 people died.
Curated by the Newcastle Herald’s chief photographer Simone de Peak I was asked to scan the 40 negatives and retouch & prepare the files for printing. Many were taken in the hours after the collapse of the Newcastle Workers Club.
Exhibition
Analog
Photojournalism
Australia has a plethora of photography awards for portraiture, many of which carry considerable financial reward for the winner, from the National Photographic Portrait Prize, the now biennial Olive Cotton Award, the relatively new Martin Kantor Prize, and the established Head On. And while Head On has added awards for landscape and mobile photography some time ago there is little for landscape photographers seeking recognition & exposure in Australia and there is even less for photographers who are shooting the landscape in a way that avoids the clichéd blurry-water seascapes and over-processed mountain vistas.
So the humble not-that-financially-rewarding CLiP (Contemporary Landscape in Photography) Award offered by the Perth Centre for Photography is a welcome addition to the photography realm in Australia.
My second time as a finalist this year with Untitled (Gloucester Tops) - a 60cm x 60cm pure pigment print on cotton rag masterfully produced by Warren and his team at High Res Digital Australia - being posted off yesterday for the exhibition which opens on May 31, 6pm.
Exhibition
Award
Landscape
For a while now Maitland local government area has been one of the fastest growing regional areas in NSW, prompting Maitland City Council’s $43 million civic precinct development proposal. The Town Hall Cafe (believed to be 170 years old), and the city’s town hall are both items of heritage significance, and will be integrated into the project.
I’ve worked with Maitland City Council’s architecture team across a number of projects for a few years now, including their new indoor pool, and the Town Hall interior renovation. For this project I provided the underlying imagery upon which architecture partner BVN rendered the final design proposals.
Exhibition
Architecture
Commission
My summer triptych Trial Bay Snorkel Posse made it through to semi-final status of the
2019 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize. I’m cynical of the concept of semi-finalists in a photography prize but when there’s a $50,000 prize in play it’s a welcome progression.
Award
Exhibition
Portrait
A large project from the long and hot summer of 2017/18 was shooting multiple new multi-dwelling residential projects, such as Aero, Waterview, and Soho Central, for Hunter Valley-based developer GWH in the lead up to their website re-launch. It was excellent to work closely with GWH marketing manager Shannon Hutton and Ronnoco’s Raz O’Connor to bring the project to fruition.
Architecture
Commission
Commercial