The Pilbara Project – ND5 Photographers’ Cut

April 7, 2012

Untitled, Pigment Print, 111cm x 111cm, 2010 The most conspicuous thing is that we (ND5) are a collective. It is as much an experiment about what can happen when a group forms from diverse but supportive individuals who are secure enough in their own practice to experiment with it. It is also about demonstrating a […]

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What does landscape do?

March 12, 2012

In my garden, Pigment Print, 111cm x 111cm, 2010 • Landscape as a represented and a presented space, is both a real place and its simulacrum. • Landscape as an environment, whose historical formation circumscribed by European imperialism, is where we either find or lose ourselves. • Landscape as a wounded space, devastated by our […]

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Landscape into Myth

February 10, 2012

The walls of the world, Pigment print, 127cm x 127cm, 2012 I am fascinated in the broadest sense by landscapes like the Pilbara, including my ignorance and insensitivity to them. I’m not ‘in the Pilbara’ in the way that scientists collect and identify its objects. Rather I am collecting what can’t be seen; evidence of […]

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Statements

January 1, 2012

Colliding Worlds, Pigment Print, 127 x 170cm, 2011 A recent book review described him as “unquestionably one of the best-known, most prolific and most published photographers of the twentieth century” …  but although his “work earned him fame around the world, in recent decades it has often been derided by critics and curators as overly […]

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Stillness and Stability

October 14, 2011

Falling Skies No 4, Pigment Print, 127 x 170cm, 2011 The world is often in far too much turmoil in front of the lens for me to also be in turmoil behind the lens. I therefore privilege the stillness of my camera as a welcome respite, and because I respect the extraordinary optical purity of […]

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Film and Photography

October 7, 2011

South West Light – A Photographic Perspective from Michael Fletcher on Vimeo. Michael Fletcher has posted his first trailer for our current Ninety Degrees 5 – South West Light project. It is an introduction to the project as a visual investigation of our relationship to and engagement with the cultures, environments, places, and events that […]

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A Confidence Game

September 22, 2011

Les Walkling, Falling Skies, 2011, Pigment Print, 127 x 170cm A young artist recently contacted me after reading my paper Pixel Perfect: The Craft of Photography in the Age of Digital Reproduction. Her concern was that while digital processes were becoming increasingly central to her work, and though the outcome was visually satisfying, the ease of the […]

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Tethering the H4D-200MS in the Field

September 14, 2011

In photography where we stand is as important as why we stand where we do. This perspective both draws (composition) and frames (ideology) our image. Commencing a new project is always filled with trepidation, anticipation and proclamations. So it was that together with my ’90 Degrees 5′ collaborators Christian Fletcher, Michael Fletcher, Tony Hewitt, and Peter Eastway, along […]

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Orpheus 2011

August 7, 2011

My annual Orpheus Island photography workshop is a very special occasion for me. It is not only the joy of being in the relaxing warmth of a North Queensland tropical island at the end of winter, but also the style and substance of this unique workshop. Orpheus is a five day residential workshop so I […]

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Theory of Practice Updates

June 4, 2011

I have posted in my Words/Theory of Practice section a new paper titled Camera Profiling that covers the methodology, workflow and colorimetric advantages of custom calibration and profiling of Hasselblad H System cameras. While the Hasselblad Natural Color Solution (HNCS) provides an accurate ‘straight out of the box’ result, small but significant productivity and quality […]

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