John Swainston
From Sydney to the Redlands!
SYDNEY LOCKED DOWN
When the NSW lockdown edict was passed in law on March 28th, 2020, John and his wife were moving house from Sydney to the NSW Southern Highlands. With a long association with photo-journalism, he decided to record the City of Sydney; without its people, its traffic, its reason for being. The project expanded into a 2.5-year documentary effort; Sydney-the-place and then its re-emerging people. The result was a book, Sydney Locked Down, published in October 2022. It turned out to be the only publication of its type on Sydney! It stands as a unique photographic record of a dark period in Australian life. In this one-hour talk John details the planning, legal obstacles, learnings, the technical execution required and things he might have done differently. He’ll show some images from the 150-page book, the gear used, the planning documents. The book will be available for purchase on the night.
I WILL LIFT MINE EYES
In the second half of the evening, John will talk about an altogether more complex documentary project, the photography of over 60 English, Welsh and French cathedrals. It’s for an upcoming book due out this year. The work, made since 2016, builds to a detailed historic story of Cathedrals - from the Norman Conquest to the present day. In rich geometries, the talk illustrates the interiors and architectural features of some of the most awe-inspiring spaces of worship across a thousand years. The talk concludes with an audio-visual of all the Anglican cathedrals in England & Wales.
BIOGRAPHY
John Swainston, is a former President of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) and the Photo Imaging Council of Australia (PICA). A former MD of Nikon in Australia for 23 years, and an international executive for Lowepro over a decade, John has spoken to camera clubs around Australia for more than forty years, has judged and has exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne and the Southern Highlands. His work is in a number of private collections. He is a past Advisory Board member of the HeadOn Photo Festival and is a former deputy-chair of the Australian Centre for Photography, based in Sydney, now part of the Powerhouse.
Come join us and immerse yourself!
Monday 17th February, 6.45pm
$5.00 includes light refreshments (Trybooking only, no tickets at door).
Plenty of free Parking Available
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Redlands Camera Club
>Trinity Church, 49 Marlborough Road, Wellington Point, 4160, Qld.
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