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Paddington Alive Launch

25/08/2010 - IMAGES © Patrick Stevenson

Wednesday 18 August saw the glitzy launch of Paddington Alive at the ACP. The event was a unique opportunity for all of Paddington’s fashion designers, business owners, retailers and selected media to mingle and celebrate. The evening provided plenty of drinks, canapes and a chance to check out fashion photography by Robyn Beeche, German artists in Zeitgeist Becomes Form and The Birthday Suit’s huge wall installation. Guests included Woollahra Mayor Andrew Petrie, President of the Paddington Business Partnership Kane Kelfkens and General Manager of IMG Fashion Daniel Hill.

Paddington Alive is part of the Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival, a six-day festival running until 28 August featuring markets, exhibitions and discussions with the industry’s key stakeholders. The ACP is proud to have provided a stunning venue and fashion-inspired exhibitions for the launch.

Floortalk- Fashion Floortalk

28/07/2010 - IMAGES © Kat Hillis

On Saturday 24 July, the ACP held a floortalk on the giddy and glitzy subject of fashion. Malcolm Smith lead an audience around the galleries, sharing his experiences of working on the fashion photography exhibitions. International fashion photographer Robyn Beeche and the creators of Birthday Suit gossiped about the most shocking outfits they’ve ever seen (or worn), what they think really sucks about fashion and why they love working with it nonetheless.

Spectrum Event - Zeitgeist Becomes Form, London Calling and The Birthday Suit

28/07/2010 - IMAGES © Kat Hillis

At 6pm on Friday 23 July, Spectrum guests were invited to the ACP to view Zeitgeist Becomes Form, London Calling and The Birthday Suit in the galleries. The new fashion photography exhibitions were examined by artists, photographers, the media and altruistic donors, who were all given the opportunity to meet and discuss the work surrounding them. The guests enjoyed a walk through the exhibitions by the artists Olaf Martens, Robyn Beeche and Técha Noble.

Spectrum is the ACP’s newest membership, aimed at providing members with exclusive events, cocktail functions and behind the scenes opportunities to meet artists. Zeitgeist Becomes Form, London Calling and The Birthday Suit will remain open to the public until 28 August.

Opening - Zeitgeist Becomes Form, London Calling and The Birthday Suit

27/07/2010 - IMAGES © Annaliese Comelab

Thursday 22 July saw the opening of Zeitgeist Becomes Form, London Calling and The Birthday Suit as Sydney’s fashion savvy flocked to see the electric new fashion photography exhibitions at the ACP. The air was abuzz as photographers, fashionistas and friends spent the evening mingling and chatting about the exciting work on display. In his welcome speech, Alasdair Foster, Director of the ACP, reflected that “If one must be a fool, one might as well be a fashionable fool”.

The shows embrace a diverse selection of images; from German fashion photography from 1945-1995, including legends such as Helmut Newton, Wolfgang Tillmans and Olaf Martens to Robyn Beeche’s provocative pictures of artists and designers in London in the 1980’s, to The Birthday Suit’s huge contemporary wall installation in the entrance corridor.

Zeitgeist Becomes Form, London Calling and The Birthday Suit will be exhibiting at the ACP until 28 August.

Opening - Right Here, Right Now at Bowen Library

22/07/2010 - IMAGES © Annaliese Comelab

On Tuesday 20 July Barbara Todes, on behalf of Councillor John Procopiadis, Mayor of Randwick City, opened an exhibition of the Right Here, Right Now participants’ work at the Bowen Library. Right Here, Right Now was an exciting series of photography workshops for teenagers aimed at giving young people the means to tell their story through images. The outreach program was delivered in partnership between the Australian Centre for Photography, The Shack Youth Services and Randwick Council.

The event was MC’d by Alasdair Foster, Director of the ACP, who spoke about the importance of encouraging young people to express their creativity. ACP Outreach Coordinator Sasha Kenyon, who was heavily involved in the project from start to finish, congratulated the students on the great photographs they had produced together. Lucas Tan, Olympus Professional Photography Manager, awarded Karlie Stewart, Corey Shaw, Jessica Morris and Kiara Timbery with their own Olympus camera in recognition of their outstanding achievements.

The ACP would like to thank Olympus, Matana Foundation, Storm Imaging, Foto Riesel, Momento and Crumpler, whose generous sponsorship helped make the project a reality. The Right Here, Right Now exhibition will be showing at the Bowen Library, 669 Anzac Parade, Maroubra until 20 August 2010.

Opening - ACP Workshop Term 2 Student Exhibition

13/07/2010 - IMAGES © Kat Hillis

Wednesday 7 July saw the opening of the ACP Workshop Term 2 Student Exhibition, a great chance for students, ACP Workshop staff and the public to enjoy the photographic works produced over the last few months. Time Out feature editor Andy Georgiou came along to see the show and complimented the students on the impressive technical standard and range of creativity. Andy commented that his profession exposes him to a lot of repetitive images, and that he found it refreshing to see such a great demonstration of thinking outside the box. Andrew Voogel, Creative Learning Manager for the ACP Workshop, spoke about how the work on the walls was a collaboration between students and tutors. This was Paul McDonald’s first exhibition as Workshop Manager. Thanks to our sponsors Crumpler, Momento, Foto Riesl and Kayell for sponsoring ACP Workshop.

Slide Night - Captured, Collected, Categorised

06/07/2010 - IMAGES © Kat Hillis

On Thursday 1 July, a curious audience gathered at the ACP to celebrate the eccentric obsessions and perversities of twelve photographers. Car covers, mobile phones and mirrors were transformed from everyday object to artist’s muse, providing inspiration for an original assortment of images all tidily catalogued. Rarer subjects included Gary Trinh’s trees, clipped and trimmed to allow space for electrical cables to pass through them, and Martin Mischkulnig’s colourful shots of collectors of just about anything from aprons to plastic fruit. Having documented what he’d eaten every day for a year, Patrick Boland took us through an overwhelming 1305 photos, including 365 dinners, 362 lunches, 359 breakfasts and 219 substantial snacks. We were taken to the nutty extremes of taxonomy and photography.

Book Fair - ACP Winter Book Fair

23/06/2010 - IMAGES © Annaliese Comelab

Book stalls lined the walls of the galleries on Saturday 19 June as the ACP was transformed into a bustling book fair. Customers spent the afternoon slowly prowling the stands, examining the unique mix of photographic publications on display. Authors were on hand to give a fresh insight into their wares, from Peter Ellison’s Volcano to Dean Lewins’ Fotostrada - An Australian Photographers Collective. It was a great turnout and the ACP plans to hold a similar event towards the end of the year.

Opening - Hijacked 2: Australia / Germany

15/06/2010 - IMAGES © Annaliese Comelab

The Australian Centre for Photography was ‘Hijacked’ again on the 10th June, as curators Mark McPherson and Ute Noll brought together Australian and German artists/artwork for the opening of Hijacked 2: Australia / Germany.

Mark McPherson’s brain-child, Hijacked 2, focused on the diverse talents and perspectives of 32 contemporary photographers from Australia and Germany. Confronting, evocative and often dream like, Hijacked 2 provided the perfect much-awaited follow up to its predecessor, Hijacked 1: Australia / USA.

Hijacked 2: Australia / Germany will be open at the Australian Centre for Photography until the 17 July.

The exhibition will also be touring interstate. Visit Big City Press for more information on venues and dates.

See Also: Complete 2010 News Archive