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2013 Semester 1 Term 2 and Semester 2 Courses, Workshops and Events

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:51:53 +1100

Start: 2013-03-28 10:14

End: 2013-05-21 16:14

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Image: Phil Carter

We're continuing our program of exciting courses, workshops and events in coming months. Details are being added to the website progressively over the next month or so.

The program will include a series of 'In Conversation' events on Tuesday nights with well known photo artists including Wouter Van de Voorde, Jon Lewis and Lee Grant.

Look for information in Upcoming Events or scroll down the Courses page for details of dates and course and workshop content.

Email contact.us@photoaccess.org.au or call 6295 7810 if you want more information about the program

Access all areas 2013: The PhotoAccess Members Show

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:49:05 +1000

Start: 2013-04-09 18:00

End: 2013-06-09 16:00

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Image: Monique Butselaar, 'Splitting headache' (winner Access all areas 2012 peoples choice award)

Our major members exhibition this year is Access all areas 2013 from 23 May to 9 June. Entries close on Wednesday 15 May.

The rules are different again this year to keep you thinking creatively

You may enter enter as many works as you like but you can only occupy a maximum wall width of 130 cm. So if, for example, you want to enter two or more panoramas of 130 cm we will hang them vertically down the wall. You could present a mini exhibition of smaller works as long as they can be accommodated between the floor and the ceiling and within your maximum 130 cm wall width.

As always, we will decide how to and where to hang the works.

We will not accept framed work this year.

The entry fee is $35 for any number of works from one upwards.

We reserve the right not to hang work if it is likely to disadvantage others or if we deem it unsuitable.

We encourage members to show new work and so images should be made no earlier than January 2011.

Works may be for sale: our commission on sales is 25%.

Entries must be made and paid for online by Wednesday 15 May.

Entries may be delivered to PhotoAccess from 10 am 7 May to 4 pm 17 May

We will be hanging your work on 21 and 22 May for the opening at 6 pm on Thursday 23 May.

Unsold work may be taken on Sunday 9 June at 4 pm or within a fortnight of the closing date.

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In Conversation with Jon Lewis Tuesday 21 May 2013

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:40:50 +1000

Start: 2013-04-23 16:53

End: 2013-05-21 21:30

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Image: 'Asatavi' Bougainville by Jon Lewis

Jon Lewis first exhibited his photographs in 1974. He was a member of Sydney's 'Yellow House' in the early 1970s, went on to make experimental video with Bush Video, and in 1977 was a founder of Greenpeace Australia, which led a successful campaign to end the slaughter of whales in Australia. Jon’s interests are reflected in his photography, and when not on the hop, photographing or teaching, he lives in the Southern Highlands of NSW, where he schemes for sponsorship, reads, writes and hunts wild pigs. Jon has worked extensively across Australia, including rural and remote locations in North Western Australia, Timor L’Este and Bougainville. Jon’s photographs are held in major national and international collections and he teaches photography at every given opportunity.

Do not miss this opportunity to see some of Jon's incredible work and to hear him talk about his life and photography, and what inspires him to keep going.

Refreshments provided (audience participation in discussion is encouraged)

$10 members / $15 non-members

Tuesday 21 May 6-8 pm

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Verge - Mark Mohell + Roland Henderson

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:59:31 +1000

Start: 2013-05-02 18:00

End: 2013-05-19 16:00

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In his wonderful 'Canberra' (UNSW Press, Sydney, 2012) writer and journalist Paul Daley considered the national ambivalence towards, if not distain for the national capital and what might be done about it in this centenary year. He concluded that:

'No end of patient explanation or inclusive celebration of the centenary will destigmatise the place in a hurry.

Canberra has no real option but to get over itself—to stop worrying about what everyone else thinks'.

As he then conceded, ‘Easily said.’

In 2013 PhotoAccess is presenting a number of opportunities for people to bring their aesthetic and observational skills to look at the contemporary face of Canberra through photography. Our major project, the '100 Views of Canberra' exhibition and book, assisted by the Community Centenary Initiatives Fund, will be launched on 1 August.

Roland Henderson and Mark Mohell were thinking about present day Canberra and pondering some of the questions raised by Daley when they decided in 2012 to step out into Canberra’s suburbs in the pre-dawn hours. Theirs was not an attempt to defend Canberra to outsiders, clearly they shared Paul Daley’s view, but an exploration of the place and where it stands many years after its early planning and development. As they suggested in their 2012 exhibition proposal:

'Looking more closely at Canberra’s suburbs, their laneways, parks and public spaces reveal their development and societal changes over time. Early suburbs rose up without back fences and with clear and easy access to public space. This contrasts strongly with the suburbs constructed and planned in the later part of the century, which have dwellings built to the edge of the clearly defined property line, and no sense of community'.

'Verge' is one result of this exploration, Mohell and Henderson in the fine tradition of flâneurs making seemingly objective street based work with aesthetically attuned observation. They don’t propose definitive answers to questions in these 26 images made in near dark, people-less places. But on the cusp of day and night ‘… in Canberra’s streets we experienced quiet, soulful and inspiring moments.’

While they may not have set out to defend Canberra against its detractors, by making and showing this beautiful work Roland Henderson and Mark Mohell have contributed to the growing body of evidence that the city where we live has soul, meaning, strong community and, unfortunately, problems like other places in Australia.

PhotoAccess is delighted to present 'Verge' in the HUW DAVIES GALLERY at the Manuka Arts Centre.

David Chalker

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Dog Food & Oysters - Sean Davey

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:49:51 +1000

Start: 2013-05-02 18:00

End: 2013-05-19 16:45

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Sean Davey's 'Dog Food & Oysters' is a self-published book of images made in America some years ago. He says:

'This book is not necessarily a narrative about the US during this time, but looking at a lot of the images, I do see significant references to a country at war. Soldiers on the front page of the New York Times (p.19); pro-war supporters flying flags on a street corner in Nashville, Tennessee (p.79); soldiers departing for Germany on their way to Iraq (p.45), and tourists looking at The White House through a chain link fence during renovations to restrict public access to the area (p.85). There are undeniable signs that suggest conflict, but that certainly was not my intention in making the photographs. I was more interested in photographing for myself, to learn how to see things that did not require a written or verbal explanation'.

Sean's launch of the book on 2 May 2013 is accompanied by a showing of selected works from the 'Dog Food & Oysters' series in the HUW DAVIES GALLERY Multimedia Room. Copies of the book and images from the series will be avaiable at PhotoAccess until 19 May.

David Chalker

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Members discount at Canberra City Framing

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:47:58 +1000

Start: 2013-05-14 18:46

End: 2013-09-14 18:46

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We are pleased to announce that Canberra City Framing in Hobart Place (just around the corner from London Circuit) has agreed to give PhotoAccess members a 10% discount on framing. You will need to present a current membership card to take advantage of the discount.

Our thanks to Michael Cammack for offering this benefit to members.

kaori gallery at Canberra City Framing presents changing exhibitions of photography and other media. Drop in and have a look next time you're in Civic.

Digital Camera Skills One (Saturday morning course)

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:51:24 +1100

Start: 2013-05-18 00:30

End: 2013-06-22 12:30

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Image: Jen van den Tol

Course Outline

This five week course is for beginners with DSLR cameras wishing to gain an understanding of the principles of photography and the outcomes possible using different camera settings.

Program

Week one

• Basic camera skills
• Camera types and controls

Week two

• Exposure and metering
• Apertures
• Shutter speeds
• Film speeds
• Creative controls

Week three

• Lenses
• Filters
• Accessories
• Camera care
• Composition - principles and elements

Week four

• Field trip
• Using a tripod
• Practicing metering

Week five

• Discuss results
• Presenting your ideas
• Getting enlargements and framing
• Questions and answers

What to bring: camera, charged batteries, memory card and camera manual (if possible).

Times

18 May – 22 June 2013 (Saturdays 9.30 am - 12.30 pm) excluding 8 June (long weekend) unless teacher and all students agree

Cost: $300 including 12 months membership of PhotoAccess

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Digital Camera Skills One (Sunday Morning class)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:07:13 +1100

Start: 2013-05-19 00:30

End: 2013-06-23 12:30

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Image: Sean Davey

Course Outline

This five week course is for beginners with DSLR cameras wishing to gain an understanding of the principles of photography and the outcomes possible using different camera settings.

Program

Week one

• Basic camera skills
• Camera types and controls

Week two

• Exposure and metering
• Apertures
• Shutter speeds
• Film speeds
• Creative controls

Week three

• Lenses
• Filters
• Accessories
• Camera care
• Composition - principles and elements

Week four

• Field trip
• Using a tripod
• Practicing metering

Week five

• Discuss results
• Presenting your ideas
• Getting enlargements and framing
• Questions and answers

What to bring: camera, charged batteries, memory card and camera manual (if possible).

Times

19 May – 23 June 2013 (Sundays 9.30 am - 12.30 pm) excluding 9 June (long weekend) unless teacher and all students agree

Cost: $300 including 12 months membership of PhotoAccess

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Alternative Process: Tintype Photography Weekend Workshop

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:02:54 +1100

Start: 2013-06-15 10:00

End: 2013-06-16 16:00

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Image: Scott Newman

Experience the process of making positive tintype images using a large format 4”x5” camera. Students will prepare light sensitive photographic plates in the darkroom using readily available materials, and learn the principles and practicalities of photographing with a large format camera. Photographing in Telopea Park, students will have the opportunity to make up to 8 photographs directly on to the coated tin plates. On the second day of the workshop participants will develop their tintypes in the PhotoAccess darkroom.

All materials and large format 4” x 5” cameras provided

Time: Saturday 15 June (10 am - 2 pm) and Sunday 16 June (10 am - 4 pm)

Teacher: Scott Newman

Cost: $300 including 12 months membership of PhotoAccess

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