Getting ready for the 2014 MCA Zine Fair

Only 4 more sleeps until the annual Museum of Contemporary Art Zine Fair...
Have finally been to get the covers printed and now have to put it all together (hello big stapler!). If you are in the Sydney area on Sunday I will be there selling my postcards, A4 prints, greeting cards and my new Zine. Marcelo will also be there selling his comics and prints. It's at 11am - 4pm at 140 George Street, Sydney.

I've also been submitting new photos to 'Roid Week 2014 on flickr - click here to see some new shots.

12.12 Submission for March - Connection & other exciting things....

It's been a whole 12 months since the wonderful Penny Felts contacted me and asked me to join her and 11 other women in what would be a very life changing photographic project. I've been challenged in the best possible way, both creatively and emotionally, to do things I didn't think I could. I've also made 11 new friends - incredibly talented women from around the world. It's been a great 12 months being a part of something inspiring, so this blog post is about celebrating that. I'm also sad to say I won't be continuing on with the project for the second year, but I wish the women who are, all the best. We have an upcoming exhibition in Paris, and a forthcoming book (more on that later!)

"Rainbow Connection"

SLR680 camera

(PX600 Cool Film)

Transparency overlay on paper

Details of our first 12.12 exhibition in Paris

Tasmania Polaroids - Freycinet and Sleepy Bay

In September/October last year Marcelo and I visited Tasmania which has been a dream of ours for a long time. It is such a beautiful place, with lots of wide open spaces and clean air. This is part one of my photos (more to come) of some of the natural landscapes - including Freycinet and Sleepy Bay. We hiked to see the famous Wineglass Bay but a storm hit and obscured our view with fog. These shots are of the East Coast of the little Apple Isle and were all taken on the same day, which gives you some idea of the weather. (Click on the image to enlarge).

12.12 Submission for February - Childhood

I hadn't originally intended for this photo to be my submission for this theme but I kept going back to it after I'd taken it. It's a beach I don't often go to but I'm glad I did - it was a perfect warm and glowing summer afternoon when I spotted this father and child. 
I was also lucky enough to win Shot of the Day on Polanoid on March 31st.

Golden Days Gone By

SLR680 camera 

(PX680 Film)

12.12 Submission for January - Bloom

The theme of Bloom was chosen by me....here's why.....

I've taken up growing plants and marveled at how beautiful and mysterious they are. Despite all of my best intentions, some survived and flourished and others didn't. The same can be said about people - not only in a physical way, but when a person is happy, fulfilled and leads their life with love, hope and purpose, they bloom.

"Florescence"

Top photo - SLR680 (PX680 film)

Bottom photo - Spectra SE (PZ680 film)

Getting ready for the RAW Festival

I've been super busy of late getting things ready for the RAW Festival that is being held in my home town of Wollongong...only 10 more days to go until the big day!
My prints, greeting cards and postcards are ready...and here is a preview of what I'll be selling...

If you'd like to check it out, it's at Wollongong Town Hall on Friday 31st of January from 7:30pm until midnight. There will be bands, a fashion show, performing arts, visual arts and lots more...There is also a bar so it's an over 18's event. If you'd like to buy tickets through me, they are $15 each or $20 each on the night (at the door). Click on the RAW link on the right for more details... 

12.12 Submission for December - Hysteria

I was so looking forward to this theme as the challenge presented itself to do something completely different and not really something I'd thought about or explored before. 

The origins of female hysteria had me intrigued...

"The history of the notion of hysteria can be traced to ancient times; in ancient Greece it was described in the gynecological treatises of the Hippocratic corpus, which date from the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Plato's dialogue Timaeus compares a woman's uterus to a living creature that wanders throughout a woman’s body, blocking passages, obstructing breathing, and causing disease. The concept of a pathological, wandering womb was later viewed as the source of the term hysteria, which stems from the Greek cognate of uterus..."

Thankfully, times have changed (but sometimes I do wonder!) In any case, I wanted to portray my interpretation of the theme in a fitful and chaotic kaleidoscope, with a glimpse of madness and urgency. 

Manic Panic!

Spectra SE 

Impossible PZ680 film