…I wonder what he, she, it or they would think of the way we treat one another on this small blue spinning sphere we call earth…. I do often feel like an alien to this planet when I witness what people are capable of doing to one another in anger, spite or frustration…Human beings can … Continue reading What If God Was One Of Us…
Last week I attended the opening event for the exhibition See Jane Run which has definitely been one of the hot tickets in this years Headon Photo Festival. Four exceptionally talented and gracious women photographers (Emma Phillips, Julie Sundberg, Anna Warr and Fiona Wolf) have collaborated in presenting an exhibition which examines the effects of … Continue reading See Jane Succeed!
There is no doubt about it…. Magnum sure knows how to pick them… I am simply in awe of the recent work by David Alan Harvey that is on display at The Australian Centre for Photography as part of the ubiquitous Head On Photo Festival currently underway in Sydney. The last time I have seen … Continue reading David Alan Harvey and a True Story…
Chasing a dream is one of the most invigorating and terrifying pursuits in the whole gamut of human endeavour. It invariably seems that for every inch toward your goal you make there is another entire foot that you must traverse before reaching it. Dreams vary but the theme that pushes us beyond our limits to … Continue reading The Direction Of Your Dreams…
Well here I am…Thats my BFF Lou McDonald and Alex Wisser in the photo and now my exhibition is on the walls, the people are invited and all I should have to do now is simply wait for opening night… Life as an artist would appear to be proceeding at a leisurely pace if anyone … Continue reading On with the show! This is it…
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…
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…
Lisa Hogben Photojournalist 