Covers – continues to February 20th
I was quite overwhelmed and touched by the support for Cybele and my photo show Covers opening night on Thursday.
Our thirsty guests smashed through 15 cases of beer and 12 bottles of wine in just the first hour. We sold a bunch of pictures and made some money for Oasis.
Now the first night is over [...]
UnderExposed music photography symposium
I’m off to Brisbane tomorrow, ready to speak at Underexposed on Saturday.
Underexposed is a series of music photography related events, a gallery show of music photography, live gigs and a forum/workshop/symposium type thing which i’m involved in.
The symposium goes for a full day this Saturday and features workshops for aspiring music photographers on everything one [...]
Pride? Patriotism? Jingoism? Racism?
A few snaps of tats, piercings and t-shirts at the Sydney Big Day Out.
Postscript
I saw this happy family down at Bondi and thought they made a nice addition to the collection of flag wavers.
Monetizing Flickr
Getty Images – now with more cat photos.
There was news this week that Flickr has struck up a partnership with Getty images to start allowing Flickr photographers to license their images via Getty.
Specific details about how it will work are scarce, but we know the system will begin “soon” and that it won’t be [...]
The Bill Henson controversy
Last night i went to Roslyn Oxley9 gallery in Paddington for the opening of Bill Henson’s new photography show, only to discover it had been cancelled in light of police intervention.
A moral panic has developed over his photographs of naked adolescent children. It escalated with an opinion piece by Miranda Devine in the Sydney Morning [...]
My new job
I started a new job a couple of weeks ago, Chief Photographer for Time Out Sydney magazine.
It’s pretty bloody exciting, getting paid to take pictures fulltime. And for a magazine i’ve loved as a reader while travelling, one that’s just starting up in my hometown.
It’s an unplanned career turn. For the past seven [...]
Goodbye Lanfranchi’s
As i brushed my teeth this morning i spotted this fresh graffiti out the window, "HELLO LANFRANCHIS".
I live in a warehouse space in Chippendale, commonly known as Lanfranchi’s for the "artist-run performance space" upstairs. It’s been going since 2002 under that name and has had many previous lives as a fairly bohemian living and performance [...]
Arriving in Las Vegas
Life is pretty sweet when you get picked up at Las Vegas airport by your friends in a BMW, drive back to their house and drop your stuff. Then head out in a Porsche convertible to the edge of town and take in the sunset against Red Rock Canyon.
Podcasts to recommend
I love podcasts. Free audio pleasures that just pop up in my iTunes when i least expect it. Great stuff to lull me to sleep at the end of the night.
Here’s some of my faves. Most are talk, but there’s some music ones at the end.
Indie 103.1 – interviews from the LA radio station, [...]
iTunes meme
There’s an iTunes meme that Amanda dobbed me into and it goes a little something like this:
How many total songs in your library?
15178 and counting…
Sort by Song Title
First song: ! +The Song Formerly Known As – Regurgitator
Last song: Zuton Fever – The Zutons
Sort by Time
Shortest song: Benjilude – Basement Jaxx (10 [...]
Merry Christmas y’all!
It’s a bit belated having just ticked over to boxing day, but Merry Christmas to everyone. Whatever your religion i think it’s a good excuse to spend time with your family and those you love, eating, drinking and being merry. That’s what i did anyway.
I finally got around to uploading my photos from my New [...]
It has arrived
I took delivery of two exciting things this morning. Firstly my ticket to Homebake. Yay, whatever, ho hum. That pales into comparison with the real excitement… My brand new iPod! Yes folks i’ve joined the white headphone brigade. Don’t bother speaking to me, i’ll be in my little cocoon of music. I [...]
The Carla Werner Show
Before my sickness took hold i went to see Carla Werner play at the Hopetoun. As expected she was amazing, captivating, enthralling and many other superlatives.
Through a series of odd coincidences i ended hanging out with a mate of Carla’s for most of the evening. Despite me being a bit star struck i took the [...]
Never say never
I never get sick, it’s a policy of mine. One that my body seems to abide by most of the time. Just this week i was congratulating myself on taking only one sick day in over 3 years.
But my immune system has packed it in and for the past few days i’ve been really suffering. [...]
Pooped
I think i need another weekend to recover from my weekend. Events included seeing Ae Fond Kiss at the Film Festival, seeing Dallas Crane rock the Annandale, seeing Ugly Duckling and others hip hop the Gaelic Club, going to a house party in Paddo and staying out till dawn and finally moving to North Sydney [...]
Melbourne bound
I’m off on a little 4 day jaunt to Melbourne on Friday with two of my old mates. I’m unofficially in charge of the nightlife activities and as such i’ve browsed the gig guide but nothing leaps out. Regardless i’ve made a list of establishments, some with live music, others that just look like [...]
Not a guilty purchase
When some people are feeling low they buy themselves a new pair of shoes, a new outfit or get a haircut to perk themselves up. Me, i buy an expensive gadget. There’s something thrilling about spending lots of hard earned cash. Consumer euphoria or something.
So anyway, my new camera should arrive sometime next week. [...]
Bathroom decoration
I don’t normally make a habit of taking photos in the Gent’s bathrooms, but i saw a couple of things decorating the bathrooms walls at two drinking establishments this weekend that deserved a photo. The top one is from the Labour Club in Surry Hills, the walls are totally covered in awesome stencils and grafitti. [...]
I’m so cool, i hang out with artists
The other night I went to a gallery opening where a friend of mine has some work on display. The exhibition is part of this thing called the Conjecture Project. It teams a bunch of local artists with designers from Germany, and from different sides of the world they collaborate to make art. The [...]
They say it’s your birthday
So i bought an iPod last week. Regrettably i had to give it away just a few short days later. See the iPod wasn’t for me, but for elmo, who was very deserving of such a gift.
A whole bunch of her friends all kicked in some cash to get her the iPod. She seems to [...]
Remembering Boudist’s European Vacation
In a change to the usual photos i’ve been posting to my photo gallery of me and my mates on our weekend antics i’ve had a fit of nostalgia and scanned in some old holiday snaps.
The photos are from a 3 month trip i took to Europe in 2001 to see my [...]
