Hi Brian, Chris was there yesterday too, giving a short talk. The session wasn't intended to include Martin Sharpe. He invited Chris to take some portraits of his longtime friend. Only right at the end, Chris said she had to get the two of them together. That's often how it is (the 37th frame, for those who remember).
I think "Martin and Madge", Trinh's "Welcome Home" and the Lambo boys worked really well together. D Brian Walters wrote: > 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 > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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.
