Ballarat International Foto Biennale - on now

I've just returned from the opening weekend of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale (BIFB). This year's Festival has an expanded range of artists exhibiting across multiple venues in Ballarat and its surrounds, and is definitely worth checking out.

A highlight for me - meeting Maggie Diaz. Maggie, who is now in her 80's, migrated from Chicago in the early 1960s landing in Melbourne where she carved a successful career as a commercial photographer. But it is only in recent years that her social documentary work has come to light. Maggie is included in my upcoming feature on the BIFB in Pro Photo and I'll be penning a dedicated feature on this fantastic woman and inspiring photographer in the very near future.

Maggie is pictured here on the right at her floor talk on Sunday (21/08/11) with the curator of her collection Gwendolen De Lacy. (Photo: Marty Williams)

Reality & Illusion Turns Ten

Happy Birthday to Us!

Reality & Illusion Productions has been in business for ten years this month! Over the past decade we've worked on some amazing projects, created concepts that have stretched boundaries and learned about all sorts of things from longwall mining in China to identifying the subtle nuances of premium vodkas (a favourite project), from how to take photographs from a helicopter without falling out to writing about the coolest technological innovations - don't believe there's nothing cool about geospatial equipment or printing presses!

After celebrating this weekend with French Champagne (when only the genuine article will do), it's back to reality. Thanks to everyone who's been with us over the decade.

Here's to the next ten years!

New photography book released

Check out the first edition of The Australian Photography and Gallery Compendium 

US Radio Interviews for Rock Chicks Book

To my friends in the US, I’ll be on air talking about my book, Rock Chicks, which has just been released in the US, on Monday 25^th July at 10.30am on Premiere Prep with Mike McCann. This national interview is one of 18 I am doing across the US on Monday. I’ll be hoarse by the end of it, but what fun! If you can, please tune in!

Firenze, Italia April 2010

Pro Photo April - Christian Blanchard

My feature on Christian Blanchard is the cover story for April Pro Photo.

To read the story please visit Christian Blanchard Pro Photo

Visa pour l'Image 2011 France

Visa pour l'Image International Festival of Photojournalism - programme

Visa pour l'Image Perpignan

11th annual Canon Female Photojournalist Award Open

The French Association des Femmes Journalistes (AFJ) and Canon France, in association with Images-Evidence, have announced that the 11th annual Canon Female Photojournalist Award is open until 31 May 2001 for submissions from female photojournalists of any age and nationality. Award Information

New articles in Pro Photo

Please check out my recent articles in Pro Photo magazine

- Sydney's Reportage Festival Turns Ten (Summer issue)

Sydney's Reportage Festival Turns Ten

And in March Pro Photo

The Wonderfully Chaotic World of Philip Blenkinsop

Also to come features on Australian photographers Christian Blanchard, Nick Moir and Michael Coyne.

Nikon-Walkley Photographic Awards 2010 and the winner is....

The who's who of Australian journalism turned out for the 55th Walkley Awards held in Melbourne at the Crown Casino Ballroom on Thursday 9th December. In a double celebration - it was also the centenary of the Australian Journalists' Association - the 'elite' of the journalism world were rewarded for their coverage in categories spanning online news to magazine feature writing, documentary broadcast and radio, and everything in between. Yours truly joined the Nikon table (thanks Kylie and Jools) for the evening. Obviously the Nikon crew were most interested in the photography awards with rousing applause given to Jason South who took out Press Photographer of the Year.

To see the full list of winners (photography) visit this link.

Using an iPad for photography portfolios

Photoshelter has an interesting article about using the iPad as a photography portfolio. Thanks for sharing Wayne.

Check it out Photoshelter iPad Story