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18/6/2003

Four exhibitions

Centre for Contemporary Photography - CCP, Fitzroy

LEICA/CCP DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Donna Bailey, Domenico Cozzolino, Dean Golja, Philip Gostelow, Jo Grant, David Lloyd, Jennifer Mitchell, Simon O'Dwyer, Selina Ou, Narinda Reeders, Steven Siewert, Matthew Sleeth, Andrew Sunley Smith, Tamara Voninski, Thuy Vy
(Gallery 1 & 2)

'Without documentary photography, photography itself is diminished. It is the conscience of the medium. ¦that some photographers continue to bear witness to the world around them, undistracted by the endless possibilities for distraction in 21st century life and culture, is something to celebrate'
Bruce James, 2003

'The intriguing feature of looking at other people's photographs and photographs of other people is the experience of discovering something about yourself'.
Nikos Papastergiadis, 2003

The biennial Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award is Australia's most prestigious survey of contemporary documentary photography. Fifteen finalists from over 340 entries have been selected for exhibition, touring to Sydney, regional Victoria and New South Wales. Since 1997, this award exhibition has represented a unique initiative in the support of documentary photography. In recognising the key influence of photography on our lives, it examines the power and effect of the medium through works presented in essay format. Bringing together a diverse collection of works, the fourth Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award presents photographers working with an array of styles, themes and techniques, ranging from the conceptual to the traditional, the political to the personal. Together these artists provide a fascinating insight into the issues facing documentary practice in the contemporary context.

The winner of the Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award will be announced at the opening, and presented with a Leica M series camera and lens valued at over $13,000.

Judges: Bruce James, Radio National; Susan van Wyk, Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Victoria and Sydney based photographer Anne Zahalka.

The Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award is generously sponsored by Leica with support from the Ian Potter Foundation.

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CONCETTINA INSERRA
Lives and Works in Melbourne
(Project Space)

Lives and Works in Melbourne features a series of photographic portraits of Melbourne contemporary artists. Exploring portraiture and challenging the traditional representation of the artist - in the studio or with their artwork - these portraits have been taken in the artist's home in an attempt to integrate their role as artist with the domestic, intimate and everyday aspects of identity.

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DAVID CRAWFORD
Dance to the Radio
(e-Media)

Dance to the Radio is one of the net.art projects collected at American artist and designer David Crawford's website lightofspeed.com. This project consists of a series of three ready-made music videos for the legendary 1980s post-punk band Joy Division, constructed from stock photos selected by keyword. Each video is generated out of 50 images that are algorithmically sequenced every time a song is played. This produces over 100 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 potential sequences and suggests that every possible montage will never be seen, by anyone! As randomly displayed snapshots of bleak office spaces replace each other in forlorn succession, the results are both amusing and unaccountably melancholy.

Image: Narinda Reeders, from the 'Middle Managed' series

Opening Thursday 19 June, 6-8pm

Hours Wednesday - Saturday, 11am - 5pm

Centre for Contemporary Photography
205 Johnston St
Fitzroy Vic 3065
+613-9417-1549
+613-9417-1605

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