Preparing for an exhibition is like preparing for a birth – only you know the exact date (not a rough estimate give or take a few) and you have to meet it. Everyone is there to watch, not just your partner or other nominated birthing coach. The contractions of an exhibition are strong – timeContinue reading “Final Selections, March Flies and Anchors”
Treasure hunts, buggies, and community – a school working bee
Working bees are hard work for parents but often needed and appreciated for those they service. In this case Murray Upper parents rose early to give the school garden, which has run amuck in the tropics and turned into the secret garden gone troppo, a good trim and tidy. What a sacrificial way to spendContinue reading “Treasure hunts, buggies, and community – a school working bee”
Rural Reflections
Trees haze into a puddles capturing their soul Strolling past utes and tractors looking into puddles for dreams there is so much in the future the child can’t see There’s so much he can be The start of his story humble and rural can end in dreams that come true. (c) June Perkins, all rightsContinue reading “Rural Reflections”
Kite Girl
She looks at the kite small and bright She wonders if she can make herself light For the air and for the possibility of flight She checks out the string and the physics of things She follows the plastic rainbow streamers that will make it work And she dreams of what life seems in theContinue reading “Kite Girl”
Make Me Look Beautiful: Challenges of Documentary Photography
Why would some people rather eat brussel sprouts with mustard and peanut butter than have a photograph taken? Why do some people hug the camera as it if was their dearest long lost primary school friend that they haven’t seen in thirty years? Is it simply that some people think they break the camera glassContinue reading “Make Me Look Beautiful: Challenges of Documentary Photography”
