{"id":1326,"date":"2021-06-27T20:03:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T10:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2021-06-28T10:05:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T00:05:15","slug":"spot-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/spot-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Spot On"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>the art of film stills photography, 1906\u20132001<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1327\" src=\"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/starstruck-01.jpg\" alt width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/starstruck-01.jpg 600w, https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/starstruck-01-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\"><\/p>\n<p>I was approached by Penny Grist of the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra to advise on the 2017 exhibition \u2014 Starstruck. I&nbsp;then had the great experience of working with the co-curators Penny from the Portrait Gallery and Jenny Coombes of National Film and Sound Archive. This was a&nbsp;fun collaborative research experience \u2014 with my essay published in their book for the exhibition. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.photo-web.com.au\/gael\/docs\/starstruck\/default.htm\">Click here for the essay now online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the art of film stills photography, 1906\u20132001 I&nbsp;was approached by Penny Grist of the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra to advise on the 2017 exhibition \u2014 Starstruck. I&nbsp;then had the great experience of working with the co-curators Penny from the Portrait Gallery and Jenny Coombes of National Film and Sound Archive. 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