eNewsletter August 2012
EXHIBITIONS
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Contemporary Photography from Australia and the UK
Until 19 August 2012
Only three weeks left to see Hijacked III.
25 artists from opposite sides of the globe offer unique photographs ranging from oblique takes on portraiture and collage to snapshots of society at its best and worst.
The exhibition presents far-reaching photographic practices which question what it means to look, catch or construct images for the twenty-first century.
Image © Australian Centre for Photography. Photograph: Lucy Parakhina.
CREATIVE
LEARNING
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New photography course enrolling now
Love shooting with your iPhone? Learn to take full creative control and get the most out of your iPhone camera.
This course teaches you to manually control the exposure and focus on your iPhone camera. You’ll get to know the best iPhone applications for editing your images and ways to share your images online – with friends, family and the wider community of iPhone photography addicts. During this 3-hour practical short course, you’ll head out on location to perfect your new techniques. Choose either the day or night course – or do both!
Thursday 30 August, 6:30–9:30pm
Sunday 2 September, 2–5pm
Thursday 27 September, 6:30–9:30pm
Sunday 30 September, 2–5pm
IMAGE © Oliver Lang
NEWS
AND OFFERS
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Contemporary Palestinian Photography and Video
1 September–18 November 2012
As the first exhibition of its kind presented to Australian audiences, Beyond the Last Sky is a showcase of the diversity of contemporary Palestinian art. Exploring the use of critical humour in photography and video, the exhibition offers a new perspective on Palestinian experience and identity.
Artists include Taysir Batniji, Khaled Hourani, Larissa Sansour, Sharif Waked, Yazan Khalili, Khalil Rabah, Jackie Salloum and others. Beyond the Last Sky has been created in partnership between the Australian Centre for Photography and the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales and is supported by Cultural Media.
Image © Larissa Sansour, still from A Space Exodus 2009. Courtesy the artist.
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Did you know that you can hire the Australian Centre for Photography?
Facilities
Australian Centre for Photography Members can hire our photographic facilities including a Digital Suite, Darkroom and Studio. For more information contact our us on 02 9332 0551 or email creativelearning@acp.org.au
Venue Hire
The gallery is a unique space for exclusive birthday celebrations, meetings, product launches, fashion shows and a range of other events. To hire out our gallery spaces for your next event contact Tehmi Sukhla, Associate Director Markets and Communications, t.sukhla@acp.org.au
for more details.
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Parallax book
We have now opened a dedicated retail shop in the galleries. On sale are lomography cameras and photography paraphenalia as well as gift certificates for our courses and a selection of books.
We are offering our eNewsletter subscribers an exclusive sneak peek of Parallax: The Performance Paradigm in Photography Heidrun Löhr. The first 10 pages are available to view here.
Parallax: The Performance Paradigm in Photography is a limited edition of 50. Each copy is signed by the artist and is available for $140 inc. GST.
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Preview screening
Thanks to Madman Entertainment we have 10 double passes to a preview screening of Bernie, 6:30pm, 8 August 2012, at Palace Verona. To win a double pass, simply be one of the first to RSVP.
Photo competition
Submissions for this year's Shutterbug competition are open to non-professional photographers until 31 August. Judges include ACP's Tony Nolan, Associate Director, Exhibitions.
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