Upcoming Exhibitions at the Australian Centre for Photography in Paddington
Montalbetti And Campbell: The Sensualists in Gallery 1 and 2
November 27, 2009 - January 23, 2010
If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue - Peter Ustinov
In a lush, immersive feast for the senses the creative duo of Denis Montalbetti and Gay Campbell present a stunning array of personal and commissioned work. With a taste for the baroque their images are marked by a rich visual complexity subtly laced with a darker sensuality. In this exhibition the works are staged in a series of installations styled by Cassandra Scott-Finn, creating a fairytale journey through the imagination of two of Australia's most celebrated photographers.
Multi-award-winning masters of the studio and of postproduction, Montalbetti and Campbell harness the full potential of digital technology to create images with a nonetheless timeless quality. With a practice that spans commercial editorial and fine art, they remind us that many of the artists of the past created their greatest works to commission and for a purpose.
Images © Montalbetti and Campbell
Simon Harsent: Melt in Gallery 3
November 28, 2009 - December 13, 2010
Simon Harsent's Melt begins with images of massive icebergs as they enter Greenland's Disco Bay from the Ilulissat Icefjord and ends off the East coast of Newfoundland. This is an area known as Iceberg Alley and is where, in 1912, the Titanic met its fate. By the time they reach Newfoundland the icebergs have travelled hundreds of miles, and have been so battered that they are little more than a broken spectre of their former selves.
Seeing them first in their austere grandeur and then, later, dissolving into the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, is both awe-inspiring and humbling: a metamorphosis that endows each iceberg with a lifespan, a story and a personality.
Simon Harsent was born in England and currently divides his time between Australia and the USA. He has exhibited internationally and has received a number of prestigious awards for his photographic work.
Image © Simon Harsent
Now And When in Gallery 4
November 27 - December 13, 2009
ACP is developing a major new social inclusion program. We are delighted to present here photographs from an early research trial, which ACP ran in partnership with the Salvation Army's Oasis Youth Support Network in Surry Hills. The participants were young people struggling to re-engage with the community in positive ways.
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