Next up from the SITHOM Exhibitors for 2017 is Andrew Thomas! Shot In The Heart of Melbourne is an annual street photography exhibition featuring local artists. It is an absolute must see if you love candid street images. SITHOM Exhibition details Where: Victorian Artists Society 430 Albert Street, East Melbourne VIC 3002When: Thursday, 11th – Monday, 22nd May, […]
Continue readingFeatured Street Photographer – Zoe Mongey 2.0
Zoe Mongey is one of my favourite street photographers – I have been following her for some time online, and interviewed her as part of the coverage for the 2016 SITHOM exhibition. You can read the original article here. Let’s ask her some questions about how she has continued to develop over the last couple […]
Continue readingFeatured Street Photographer – Chris Brown
Up next is Chris Brown, another photographer participating in the Shot In the Heart of Melbourne exhibition. SITHOM Exhibition details Where: Victorian Artists Society 430 Albert Street, East Melbourne VIC 3002When: Thursday, 11th – Monday, 22nd May, 2017 Weekdays: 10am – 4pm Weekends: 1pm – 4pm Why Street Photography?: I’m not sure I really know myself, but I […]
Continue readingFeatured Street Photographer – Susan Brunialti
Shot In The Heart of Melbourne is an annual street photography exhibition featuring local artists. It is an absolute must see if you love candid street images. SITHOM Exhibition details Where: Victorian Artists Society 430 Albert Street, East Melbourne VIC 3002When: Thursday, 11th – Monday, 22nd May, 2017 Weekdays: 10am – 4pm Weekends: 1pm – 4pm MSP is […]
Continue readingPrint Your Work – Join an Exhibition
Photographs need to be printed to live and breathe. In the current world of pixels, screens, and social media, it is easy to forget this. Printing a photograph changes the way I feel about it. Exhibitions are a fantastically rewarding way to achieve this. Entering an exhibition gives you compelling deadlines and commitments you have […]
Continue readingExhibition Review – SITHOM 2015
I am talking to Alan Thexton, one of the featured photographers participating in the annual SITHOM exhibition. Can you walk me through your images, Alan? I have a Fuji Xpro 1 and I was out with a group of photographers from SITHOM one afternoon. One of the guys lent me his 18mm lens to try. […]
Continue readingSITHOM Exhibition – An Interview with Zoë Mongey
Why Street Photography? “I love that Street photography captures a moment in time that will never happen again. An expression, an emotion, a moment in history. We don’t think of our lives day to day being history but that’s what street photography captures – a moment in history…” What do you shoot with? “I use […]
Continue readingSITHOM Exhibition – An Interview with M.Turker Emeklier
Why does street photography matter? “One way of looking at it maybe, like other art forms it does not matter at first. I mean, there was always sound but someone decided to make music. Likewise, maybe, it did not matter at first, then somebody shoots an amazing image at a very random location, time etc. […]
Continue readingSITHOM Exhibition – An Interview with Lois Romer
Why Street Photography? “The randomness of what I see on the street and the story it conveys, the many characters that make up the city. It matters to capture the feeling of the moment in time.” What do you shoot with? “For all my photography I use an Olympus OMD EM5. I usually have either […]
Continue readingSITHOM Exhibition – An Interview with Eko Julianto
Talk to me about street photography. “Street photography is my visual diary, I use it to connect with people through my camera. It also means I remember the experience a lot more. I carry my camera wherever I go, even to the office. I remember a lot more and I use street photography to connect with people. Sometimes […]
Continue readingSITHOM Exhibition – An Interview with Andrew Wilson
Andrew’s featured image today is “Freedom” – He describes it “I think it shows how peaceful and safe Melbourne can be and how that reflects on how our children can grow without worries that children in other cities around the world have to.” The image is beautifully stripped of any distractions from a colour perspective, enabling […]
Continue readingShot in the Heart of Melbourne
There is a vibrant street photography community in Melbourne. The guys at SITHOM have their annual exhibition coming up and it looks great! Where: Victorian Artists Society 430 Albert Street, East Melbourne VIC 3002 When: Thursday, 19 – Monday, 30 March, 2015 Weekdays: 10am – 4pm Weekends: 1pm – 4pm Opening Event: 7pm, Friday, 20 […]
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