Now sing along to the tune of the Flintstones cartoon… Fergussons. Meet the Fergussons. They’re the modern type of family. From the town of Sydney, They’re a page right out of history. When you’re with the Fergussons You’ll have a yabba dabba doo time. A dabba doo time. You’ll have a gay old time! This … Continue reading Meet The Fergussons…
…well I hope so anyway! With only three weeks exactly to the opening of my exhibition “At The End Of The Day” I am reflecting on the fact that the entire preparation for it has been done via the internet. All of the negotiations with the gallery, the festival organisers, the speakers, the printer and … Continue reading Virtually There…
W.Eugene Smith, one of the great granddaddies of photojournalism said that.. well he said a bit more as well but that phrase resonates in every fibre of my being…. ‘Pictures that surmount the darkness’… what a sanguine statement and one that illuminates the real purpose of photographing some of the terrible things that we photojournalists … Continue reading Pictures that Surmount the Darkness…
…that was one of the nick names my Dad gave me when I was I growing up. I would like to think it was because he thought I had the pioneering nature of dear old Martha Jane Cannary Burke but I actually have a sneaking suspicion that it was more likely because I always seemed to attract trouble… … Continue reading Calamity Jane…
Oh dear it seems that the choice of photograph for the exhibition postcard invitation is going to prove to be a difficult one! As I line the images up on the page I keep hearing the phrase “What about me?” and then the song of the same title starts to play in my mind… Am I … Continue reading What About Me?
So there it is… the title of my up coming exhibition…. “At The End Of The Day”. It’s a common Australian idiom and has come to mean a variety of things but it generally refers to an end point or conclusion. The reason I have given this body of work this particular title is because … Continue reading At The End Of The Day…
That’s a question I have to ask myself with the opening of my exhibition on May 8th at Index Gallery in St Peters in Sydney so closely looming. For those of you that have been following my progress on this blog you will know that my last full solo show was five years ago and … Continue reading Would You Buy A Photograph From This Woman?
Ok so I have stolen my header from the title of a book written by Ann B. Ross but it seemed appropriate given that this week I finally had my first opportunity to photograph the incumbent Prime Minister of Australia… Julia Gillard. Much has been written, discussed and debated about the present PM which is natural … Continue reading Miss Julia Delivers The Goods…
Lisa Hogben Photojournalist 