Photographic Workshops
WEEKEND WORKSHOP
Venue: Springwood
Host: Blue Mountains Photography Group
When: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 August 2010
ENJOY A WEEKEND IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS PURSUING YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBY
Join the Blue Mountains Photography Group in Springwood for a
photography workshop on Saturday 21 August 2010. Then, if you wish,
stay on for a photography excursion in the beautiful Blue Mountains the
following Sunday morning with the club.
The workshop will feature lectures and demonstrations by accomplished
photographers, Sue Robertson www.pbase.com/srobertson
and Len Metcalf http://www.lensschool.com/
Additionally, there will be six tutorial-styled sessions available to choose from which will cover both
practical and artistic needs at different levels. As well, there will
be a photography exhibition and displays.
Workshop fee - $40 (discounts for 5 or more)
Optional smorgasbord lunch - $10.
Full details and registration form are available on the Blue Mountains
Photography Group website: www.bmpg.com.au/
RSVP by 6 August.
Masterclass Photo Weekends @ Murrumburrah
Venue: Murrumburrah
Organisers: Communique Software in conjunction with photographers
Robin Nichols and Alex Crowley
When: September 3 - 5th, 2010 and September 10 - 12th 2010.
Courses are limited to 20 participants per weekend, so book early!
The Murrumburrah Weekend includes all meals, coffee and tea, accommodation, all-day
bus transport (Saturday), printing materials, models (where applicable), tuition,
comprehensive notes and more.
A series of short evening workshops are also available through the week (between the
weekend workshops) for those staying on through the week
and for photographers living in the area.
Booking Hotline: 02 9622 5624
More information: See the
Brochure (pdf - 663KB)
Exhibitions and Galleries
Exhibition: Painting The Rocks: the loss of Old Sydney
Venue: Museum of Sydney
Dates: Saturday 7 August — Sunday 28 November, 2010
Against the backdrop of slum clearances, wharf rebuilding
and debates about working-class living conditions, a group of artists set out to
capture ‘Old Sydney’ before it disappeared in the city’s transition to a modern metropolis.
The first decades of the 20th century saw countless buildings from our colonial past
torn down and whole streets disappear as Sydneysiders embraced the march of progress.
Remarkably, in the midst of this change a conservation movement began to arise.
Giving voice to the people who worked and lived in The Rocks, this exhibition places
the often romantic and sentimental 1902 artists’ paintings alongside the stark realities
of government-commissioned photography, inspection reports and remodelling plans.
A joint initiative of the Historic Houses Trust and Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
Museum of Sydney
Corner Bridge and Phillip Streets
Sydney, NSW
Telephone: 02 9251 5988
Hours: Daily 9.30am — 5pm | Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day
Website www.hht.net.au
Meyer gallery
Exhibition: Light Sculpture - Energy of Form - Michael Haylen
Dates: 22 July - 15 August, 2010
Hours: Thurs-Sat 11am-6pm Sun Noon-4pm or by Appointment
This is a Free exhibition and open to all.
Photographic artist, Michael Haylen, has a background in science, sculpture,
philosophy and fine arts.
His intention is to evoke a response in the viewer.
Silvery female forms are created from gradations of light and shade on the
surface of water.
The series evolves creatively by shrouding and peeling open the human female
face and figure to express the visceral nature within.
Meyer Gallery
269 Bourke Street
Darlinghurst, NSW
Telephone: 02 9380 8014
Contact: Cassandra French for Meyer Gallery or Pop-up Publicity 0416 209 391
Website: www.meyergallery.com.au
The Ensemble Theatre Foyer
Exhibition: In Between Places: photographs by - Cassandra French
Dates: Until 14 September, 2010
Hours: 11am - 5pm Mon-Sat or Box Office Hours
This is a Free exhibition and open to all.
A collection of eleven works from 35mm negative - all black & white except
one large landscape of a rainstorm sweeping onto a beach in Cuba.
This work is about place and how sometimes we find ourselves in between
places - physically, emotionally, spiritually, metaphorically.
This selection of images reflect something familiar about well known places,
without necessarily being iconic: New York, Paris, the little medieval
Italian town of San Gimignano and a couple sheltering under a red umbrella
during a tropical rainstorm in Cuba.
The Ensemble Theatre Foyer
78 McDougall Street
Kirribilli, NSW
Telephone: 02 9929 0644
Contact: Cassandra French Pop-up Publicity 0416 209 391
Website: www.ensemble.com.au
State Library
Moran Prizes 2010
Dates: 9 August 2010 – 5 September 2010
Venue: Galleries, Mitchell Wing
Moran Prizes 2010 is hosted in conjunction with the Moran Health Care Group and
incorporates the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and the Moran Contemporary Photographic
Prize. Following the exhibition at the State Library, the exhibition is toured nationally
by the Moran Health Care Group.
The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize was established by the Moran family in 1988
to celebrate Australia’s Bicentenary and is the richest portrait prize in the world.
The exhibition of finalists is a vibrant and eclectic collection of 30 portrait paintings.
Entry conditions for the competition stipulate that both the painter and their subject
be Australian citizens, but it is not required that the artist’s subjects be well known.
State Library of NSW
Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: 02 9273 1414
Fax: 02 9273 1255
website: www.sl.nsw.gov.au
Ultimo Community Centre
Market: Sydney Camera Market
Next meeting for 2010 is 24th October
The profits go to Karonga Public School Epping, for severely
disabled children which is a registered charity.