Hi Derby My wife and I caught up with 'Art and About' last Wednesday.
I didn't particularly like the winning entry. It's a good photo but not especially outstanding in my view. My favourites were Christine Gleisner's "Martin and Madge" and, for a bit of fun, Adrian Cook's "Easter, Marrickville, NSW". Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Every year, during Good Food Month, there is a public art festival > here > in Sydney. One of the favourite events is the Sydney Life photo > comp. > The promo always describes them as "bedsheet size prints" hung > under the > wide avenue in Hyde Park. Only just managed to catch it yesterday, > while > the curator and a few of the photographers gave a commentary on the > works. > > If you have the bandwidth, a 3MB catalog is here > > http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/artandabout/Default.asp > > The winner this year, Garry Trinh, is a surprising winner. He was > taking > photos of his neighbourhood in the Western suburbs, an area with a > large > multicultural mix, but also a fairly high crime area. He said, the > shot > of a modest bungalow, with all the windows shuttered, was taken a > few > weeks after the Cronulla riots (an ugly episode 2 years ago now). > What > was supposed to be a simple assignment became something more > disturbing > for him as he got fearful and openly hostile responses from his > subjects. Great shot, and good on the judges for picking it over > the > other more conventional "Sydney=pleasure" photos. > > But my pick was the ethereal Kings Cross portrait by Tom Williams. > The > girl was just someone on the street the photographer saw and asked > if > she would pose for him. She had been partying for 3 days without > sleep. > Just beautiful (and yes, I know I am contradicting myself :) > > If you are in Sydney, today is the last day of the exhib. > > D > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a free email address with REAL anti-spam protection. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/1 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
