Category Archives: collections

Charles Bayliss

June 22, 2018collections, photographers, photography1879 Sydney panorama, Charles Bayliss, Mammoth Plates, National Library of Australia, photographygael newton

Charles Bayliss 1879 panorama at NLA

Wonderful day in the National Library of Australia. A chance to see some photographs by Charles Bayliss.

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V&A Photographic Centre

May 13, 2018collections, organisations, photo-exhibitions, photography, photography galleryexhibitions, London, opening announced, photography collection, V&A Photographic Centregael newton

Photographic Centre opening date announced

Opening on 12 October 2018

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Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum

April 4, 2018collections, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyexhibition, Frank Hurley, Gael Newton, Manly Art Gallery, photographs, postcardsgael newton

Posted by Gael Newton on Wednesday, 4 April 2018

Harold Edgerton at the Whitney

April 2, 2018collections, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyexhibition, Gael Newton, Harold Edgerton, National Gallery of Australia, NGA, Whitneygael newton

An exhibition notice for an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Click here for the link…

And for more on Harold Edgerton — see my 1999 paper for the catalogue at the National Gallery of Australia — click here.

Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum

March 20, 2018collections, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyexhibition, Frank Hurley, Gael Newton, Manly Art Gallery, photographs, postcardsgael newton

Click on the image for more on this exhibition

Max Dupain

October 27, 2017collections, essays, photographers, photographyarticles, essays, Gael Newton, Max Dupain, photography, researchgael newton

Links to essays on Max Dupain

We have uploaded a new page on photo-web that provides a link to my essays on Max Dupain as well as links to other articles and resources. Click here.

The Unflinching Gaze

October 23, 2017collections, organisations, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photography, photography galleryAustralian photography, Bathurst Gallery, exhibition, photography, visual artsgael newton

The Unflinching Gaze: photo media & the male figureBathurst Regional Art Gallery, Open until 3 Dec 2017there’s a link to the gallery at the bottom of the article..

Posted by Gael Newton on Friday, 20 October 2017

Peter Dombrovskis

October 22, 2017collections, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyexhibition, National Library, NLA, Peter Dombrovskis, photography, wildernessgael newton

Sasha Grishin reviews National Library of Australia (Canberra) exhibition: Peter Dombrovskis — Journeys into the wild.Open till 30 January 2018

Posted by The Art Museum on Friday, 20 October 2017

Japanese images

August 14, 2017asia-pacific, collections, organisations, photographyJapanese Arts & Culture, Japanese prints, photographs, Sainsbury Institutegael newton

Sights and Scenes in Fair JapanSainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 14 August 2017

V&A photographic centre

June 3, 2017collections, organisations, photo-exhibitions, photography, photography galleryexhibitions, photography centre, research, V&A, Victora and Albertgael newton

designs for new V&A Photography Centre

The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has revealed a visual of its new Photography Centre — click here

Joanna Sassoon

June 1, 2017books, collections, photographyAgents of Empire, archives, book, E L Mitchell, Joanna Sassoon, photographsgael newton

Agents of Empire: How E.L. Mitchell’s photographs shaped Australia

For nearly 100 years, E.L. Mitchell’s emblematic photographs have shaped ideas about Australia.

But who was Mitchell and why did he succeed above his competitors?

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William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

June 1, 2017awards, collections, festivals, photo-exhibitions, photography, photography galleryawards, Bowness Photography Prize, exhibition, MGA, photographygael newton

MGA Call for entries

Entries now invited

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Frank Hurley & Australian Native Plants

May 24, 2017collections, organisations, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyCollaroy, Frank Hurley, Gael Newton, Manly Art Gallery, Native Plants, Paul Costigan, photography, postcardsgael newton

INFORMATION CALL-OUT: FRANK HURLEY

Searching for Frank Hurley along our northern beaches

Did you know that Frank Hurley was a very keen gardener and photographer of wild flowers?

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NGA Photography

April 17, 2017collections, organisations, photo-exhibitions, photography19th Century, Canberra, exhibition, Japan, National Gallery of Australia, NGA, photographsgael newton

19thC photography in Japan

There’s a small exhibition at the National gallery of Australia.

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Group M

March 15, 2017collections, organisations, photographers, photographyAlbert Brown, Geo Bell, George Bell, Group M, John Crook, photographygael newton

Australian photographers — Melbourne 1959 – late 1960s

click on banner for link to information about this great group of Australian photographers

George W Bell

March 8, 2017collections, essays, photographers, photographyartist, Geo Bell, George Bell, George W Bell, George W Bell photographer, Group M, Mary Eagle, Melbourne, painter, photographergael newton

George W Bell: Australian photographer & painter

George W Bell photographer (1920 — 2008) was member of Group M — in Melbourne.

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Wesley Stacey at the MGA

March 4, 2017collections, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photography, photography galleryexhibition, Monash Gallery of Art, photography, Wesley Staceygael newton

Exhibition: Wesley Stacey — The Wild Thing

Exhibition of 40 years of photographs by Wesley Stacey at the Monash Gallery of Art, 4th March — 28 April 2017 — click here for pictures of the opening and other comments.