{"id":1866,"date":"2025-07-31T22:34:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2025-07-31T22:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:34:45","slug":"picture-paradise-asia-pacific-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/picture-paradise-asia-pacific-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture Paradise: Asia Pacific photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Asia Pacific photography research<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1867\" src=\"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Asia-P-61.jpg\" alt width=\"534\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Asia-P-61.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Asia-P-61-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Asia-P-61-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Asia-P-61-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/photo-web.com.au\/gn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Asia-P-61-1536x1078.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\"><\/p>\n<p>I have uploaded a&nbsp;2025 online presentation of the catalogue for the 2008 exhibition, Pacific Paradise,&nbsp; at the National Gallery of Australia. It was fun to revisit these images and to think on those times spent bringing these collections together. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photo-web.com.au\/picture-paradise\/index.html\">Click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia Pacific photography research I&nbsp;have uploaded a&nbsp;2025 online presentation of the catalogue for the 2008 exhibition, Pacific Paradise,&nbsp; at the National Gallery of Australia. It was fun to revisit these images and to think on those times spent bringing these collections together. 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