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What to see: Head On Photo Festival 2022 staff picks
There are so many extraordinary exhibitions as part of Head On Photo Festival 2022 that it’s difficult to choose a favourite. But that is exactly what I asked the Head On team to do. “Just one?!”...
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Head On at PhotoSCHWEIZ 2023
PhotoSCHWEIZ is the largest exhibition of photography in Switzerland. Every year, more than 250 national and occasionally international photographers show current works. Year after year, the show...
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6 Hidden Gems for Sydney Photographers
Sydney is one of the most photographed cities in the world, and for good reason. There are many iconic locations that are perfect for photography, from the Opera House to the Botanic Gardens. Besides...
View ArticlePlan your day in Sydney during WorldPride 2023
Want to make a day of seeing exhibitions for Sydney World Pride? We’ve created a short guide of galleries and art spaces near ‘Queertography’ in Paddington Reservoir Gardens. Sydney World Pride has...
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The miraculous search for a sparkling normal; Jenny Papalexandris’ pictures...
The Five Bells: being LGBT in Australia photobook began as a commissioned work from EWS Design in New York City, who had begun a collaboration with the Arcus Foundation to fund a series of LGBTQIA+...
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No titles, just pictures with Marc Aziz Ressang
Marc Aziz Ressang is a Dutch photographer and filmmaker based around Asia. His work is characterized by a thoughtful curiosity of people’s surroundings. In a world where social views are becoming more...
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The way we look at men with Thanh Vuong
Thanh’s striking black-and-white photographs reference classical portraiture and sculpture dating back to antiquity – in these images, he reappropriates Western ideals of the heterosexual male body –...
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Drag, disguise, and happenstance with Pierre Dalpé
For four consecutive years (1992-1995), Pierre Dalpé documented Wigstock, capturing the fabulousness of drag and disguise, in all its glorious forms. The period he photographed coincides with the...
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Out after dark with François Silvestre de Sacy
There is an ineffable distinction between being seen and being watched – and nowhere is this distinction more keenly felt than by the Chinese LGBTQIA+ community. A community that photographer François...
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Looking at himself, others and the trees; Paul McDonald
As Paul McDonald’s renowned publication Study of Self, published in 2021, begins; “Like everyone else I have at my disposal only three means of evaluating human existence: the study of self, which is...
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Just me and my camera: a story of strength in captivity with Garrie Maguire
Photographer Garrie Maguire arrived in the Philippines expecting to stay for three days, he was detained for 499. Corrupt Philippine police arrested Garrie for being “an undesirable character” as he...
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I was busy thinking about boys: Soraya Zaman’s trans-masculine portraits
Soraya Zaman is famed for their versatility as a photographer, spanning portraiture, fashion, documentary reportage and still life/environmental image-making. Identifying as queer and non-binary,...
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Tristan Still: The Photographer and the Photographed
For Tristan Still, photography is primarily a way to connect with people. Speaking of his encounters with his sitters, Tristan says, “The photography has almost become secondary… a reason to catch up...
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Tim Levy on the best job in the world
While Tim Levy has an incredibly diverse portfolio, landscape has always been central to his photography career. From Australian bushfires to the neon jungle of Las Vegas he captures environments in...
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AI photography: a non-descript human’s take
After taking time to digest this news and read the countless identical articles written about it (no doubt many at the hands of AI themselves), I have decided to throw my opinion into the ring. What...
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Motherhood minus men
Open any art history book, and you’re bound to encounter depictions of motherhood. Indeed, the very first rendition of Madonna and Child dates back to the 13th century. It has since been repeated...
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15 portrait photographers you should know
This list of portraitists, both old and new, represents artists who have pushed the portrait medium beyond conventions and used the format to say something new. Think your portraits have something new...
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Fifteen years on the frontline: Ivor Prickett
Warning: this article contains war and conflict imagery that some readers may find confronting. TM: What’s the difference between covering ISIS in Iraq and covering Ukraine? IP: Ukraine is a much...
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Head On Heads Out – Kandos 2023
Head On ran the first Head On Heads Out photo-meet with 15 photographers from across New South Wales at various stages of their practice. The event featured presentations by Judith Crispin and Murray...
View ArticleRCM collaboration with Head On Photo Awards
Royal College of Music composers create new works inspired by a selection of evocative images from the Head On Landscape Awards and Head On Portrait Awards. This unique concert features a series of...
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