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DPII DISAPPEARS
My old-established web site dpii digital photography and imaging web site has disappeared into the aether. The ISP provider that I have been using for some years suddenly disappeared on April 9. All...
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NIKON V1 IMPRESSIONS
At one time I lived very close to Sydney’s Luna Park and over the years I photographed the entrance way hundreds of times with a variety of different cameras from Leicas to Box Brownies. The...
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KATIE MC LEAN: PRAISE
The gallery at Alley Cats in Mudgee has an interesting exhibition by photographer Katie McLean, called “Praise” and subtitled “a photography exhibition in memory of Judith Fitzgerald”. There are...
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ARCHIE LIEBERMAN: NEIGHBORS
For the first time in some years I pulled Neighbors from the shelf and looked at the pictures and re-read to copy. And perhaps because I realised than one of the principal subjects, Billy Hammer, was...
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PEEPING TOM?
Almost exactly a year ago I posted a piece about a photographer who photographed passing subway trains. Great photographs in themselves but I had reservations about the morality of it. “I have always...
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No FAIRIES AT THE BOTTOM OF MY GARDEN
No fairies, but Seamus O’Nome has been pottering around for many years and a couple of weeks ago he was joined by an altogether different sort of mythical character, Zeus, father of the gods and man....
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PAINTER WITH A LOT TO TEACH PHOTOGRAPHERS
Australian painter and long time Italian resident Jeffrey Smart died recently at 91. As a photographer I’ve always thought that he had a lot to teach me. His sense of composition and balance is...
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MY VIDEO ON ABC OPEN
I don’t think that I am totally unaware of what is going on in the wider world, but I have to confess that until a few weeks or so ago, I had not heard of the ABC Open initiative. For those as in the...
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f0.95 LIVES
f0.95 lives because I do. Not too long ago I had a series of small strokes. I now have a stent in my brain. Some of my friends always thought that there was something strange there … now they are...
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THE LAND: A POEM
The last post before I got ill was about my ABC Video Postcard “The Land: A poem” which was posted to the web. It has now been chosen for an exhibition at the Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo...
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CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS EXHIBITION IN MUDGEE
Mudgee photographer Christopher Stephens highlights “Above The Eyeline” features of Mudgee architecture. Most of us seldom look up and miss these potential heritage items. The show opened at The...
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WASTE FOR ART A SUCESS
Waste for Art for 2014 proved a success with over 300 adults and who knows how many kids coming through the door. I manned the desk on Friday morning and there was a constant stream of visitors. A...
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SOMETHING IS OUT TO GET ME
About nine years ago I had a heart attack, and stabilising me resulted in bleeding kidneys, collapsed lung, and pneumonia while the treatment left a stent and vague murmurs that next time I’d be in...
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