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of digital suite!After some unforseen and unavoidable delays with the building renovations we are now finally pleased to announce that the new digital media suite and improved Workshop facilities are open and fully operational. The official launch will take place at the Term 2 Student Show opening, Wednesday 6 July, 6-8pm. Members of the community are welcome to attend. This new resource will provide members and students with the opportunity to work and learn in a state-of-the-art facility. The Workshop will be offering an extensive range of digital education with some of Australia's leading educators. For full course details and hire information please see the ACP website. term 3 schedule and one-off workshops The education schedule for Term 3 is now online and open for enrolments. The term starts Monday 11 July. We are offering all the regular term courses, as well as a selection of advanced courses, including Lighting II, Colour II, and Photoshop II. Due to the overwhelming response to the recent season of one-off workshops, we will be making them a permanent part of the education program. Details will be posted on the website as they are developed. capture magazine business workshops The ACP Workshop is very pleased to host two business workshops developed and run by Philippe Ruttens, commercial photographer and editor of leading industry magazine, Capture. The workshops will be held over two weekends in June and July. Bookings and enrolments can be made through ACP, but hurry, places are strictly limited. 1. Setting up as profit-making photographer Saturday 11 June or 23 July, 2-6pm, $125 full/$110 conc. 2. Expand your client base (market yourself) Sunday 12 June or Sunday 24 July, 2-6pm, $125 full/$110 conc. For more details about any of the courses check the website or call the Workshop, 12-6pm, 7 days. Private tuition can also be arranged to suit individual needs. acp staff changes After more than three years in the Workshop, Mark has resigned, leaving to pursue contract work as a retoucher. Everyone at the ACP wishes him all the best. Diego will now be working full time and Jessica is continuing in her role as Workshop Coordinator. The new Workshop staff member is yet to be confirmed. See 'job opportunities' below for more details. acp member/student news Students of ACP and Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) were recently invited to submit work for an exclusive competition run by Issey Miyake. Entrants were required to shoot the brand's signature perfume bottle for a chance to win a trip to Paris. Out of the 15 finalists, 13 are ACP students! Big clap for: Aggie Michalska, Bartek Boryczko, Charmaine Wright (x2 images), David Morris Oliveros, Donna Kuek (x2 images), Fiona Ziff (x2 images), Lance Gold, Suze Chalmers, Tammy Wong and Matthew Hoggett. Well done guys, I feel like a proud mother-hen! The short-listed entries will be exhibited in July at the Myer city store, with the winner announced at a special champagne breakfast. This year's prestigious Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW includes some of our own members. Congratulations to Max Doyle, Petrina Hicks, Garth Knight (ACP staff) and Angela Tarlinton. The exhibition runs until 3 July. ACP member and current student Barry Salzman is showing a selection of landscape images from a recent trip to Namibia at the Art Lounge Café in Coogee. The exhibition is on until Sunday 3 July. workshop exhibition window This month the exhibition window is featuring the winner and finalists of the inaugural Photo Review Portrait Prize. Out of more than 200 entries, Wayne Harlech-Jones was selected as the winner with an image entitled 'Sand in my Face'. Special mention to ACP member Cate Gray who was a finalist with 'Oda', an image she took during a Lighting I class. job opportunities The ACP Workshop is looking for a new part time assistant. The position is for four days each week, from Friday to Monday. A sound knowledge of photography is required, as well as excellent customer service and administrative skills. Applicants must also be reliable, honest, hardworking and friendly. A genuine enthusiasm for photography and the arts is absolutely essential. For more information please call me directly on 9332 1455 ext.208. Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or fax to 9331 6887. Platinum Imaging (54 Oxford St, Paddington) has re-opened with new owners. If you are interested in being a part of their team, they have one full time or two part time positions available. Must have retail experience and a sound knowledge of Illustrator, Quark Express and Photoshop. Also must be enthusiastic and willing to help. Call Alan on 8356 9841. The Just Shoot Lomography shop is needing someone to help out on Friday and Saturdays, with an optional third day now and then. You need to be into lomography (and even better have some of their cameras), have retail experience, people skills, be into creative merchandising and window displays, be reliable, funky, and keen to make the job a learning experience. The position will be available from week commencing July 6, so first day would be Friday the 10th. Interested people can email Karen Boudakian at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call the store Tuesday - Thursday on 9380 4995. Even better, pop by with a CV. The store is open from 11-6. DANCEtrain magazine are looking for photographers to shoot (using digital equipment) at the McDonald's Performing Arts Challenge. All applicants will be considered regardless of experience. Contact Sean Parkinson on 9969 4755. exhibitions & events The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) are hoping to include a photography gallery in their planned renovations. If you can get to Canberra, show them some support and get along to their day of celebration of photography on Saturday 18 June when past and present curators of photography will present short talks about works in the NGA collection. The day will end with champers and cake with Lewis Morley to celebrate his 80th birthday. For the full program and booking details see www.nga.gov.au This year's Sydney Film Festival (10-25 June) has partnered up with the Art Gallery of NSW to present ShutterBug: Film-makers on Photography. International film-makers document the life and times of renowned photographers, including Nobuyoshi Araki, Frank Hurley, Marti Friedlander and Carol Jerrems. The Gallery program will also see leading Australian cinematographers Dion Beebe, Don McAlpine, Andrew Lesnie, Tristan Milani and Allan Collins present films that have inspired them. For the full program go to www.sydneyfilmfestival.org The guys from Monster Children, have decided that just publishing a magazine isn't enough, so they've opened a gallery as well. To see what they're up to, head on down to 20 Burton St, Darlinghurst. The good people at the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) present Copyright in the Digital Age, a free seminar for anyone wanting to develop an understanding of the issues for protecting and marketing creative work in the digital environment. It will help you make an informed choice on the right method of digital publishing for you. What's more, there's a complimentary 'light lunch' - I'm there! Workshops will take place at the State Library on Tuesday 5 July. For more info and to book, log on to www.copyright.com.au The State Library has a number of photography related events coming up. Their biggest and most ambitious photography exhibition to date, Eye 4 Photography, has been extended to 12 June due to popular demand. Then from 24 June to 17 July World Press Photo 2005 will be on display. As part of the exhibition there will be talks by an award-winning Australian photographer held on Thursday 30 June, 7 July and 14 July. Also on Thursday 7 July, as part of its anniversary program, the Walkley Foundation will host '50 years of Walkley photography' - a night of Walkley Award-winning press photography, tracing the news, events and moments that have shaped Australian history over the past half century. And that's not all! As part of the free Friday movie program they are also showing documentaries on André Kertész and Andreas Feininger - 12.10pm, 15 July. For a full event and exhibition listing, go to www.sl.nsw.gov.au submissions & competitions For those of you in the 18-26 year bracket, pay attention, because this one's worth checking out… Are you interested in travelling to the UK for a short professional 'money can't buy' visit? Are you a talented Australian working in the creative industries? Then check out www.realiseyourdream.org.au The British Council Australia want you to 'realise your dream' and they're prepared to pay for it! Applications close 8 July. Art & About is back again this year and now calling for submissions for the Sydney Life photography exhibition and prize. There's $5,000 on offer for the winner and all finalists get exhibited in Hyde Park for the duration of the city-wide arts festival. For entry forms and guidelines visit www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au or call Victoria Johnstone on 9265 9062. The Hutchins School in Hobart is now calling for entries for the 2005 Hutchins Works on Paper Art Prize. The award is open to all artists working in Australia and the Pacific rim. The winning work will be acquired by the Hutchins Foundation for $8,000, with two runner-up prizes of $1,000. Entries close Friday 24 June, with the exhibition of finalists at the Long Gallery in Hobart during October. For further information see www.hutchins.tas.edu.au or contact John Ancher on 03 6221 4215 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text1689 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //-->\n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Michelle Arcane Workshop Manager                                |
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About Australian Centre for Photography (ACP)
Established in 1973, the ACP opened the doors of its first gallery in Paddington
Street, in 1974. In 1981 the Centre moved to Oxford Street where it remains today.
It is now Australia's longest running contemporary art space.
It is the ACP's mission to promote and enrich the understanding of photo-based art
in Australia and this is achieved through a dynamic mix of exhibition, education and
publication. In its blend of activities and range of photographic media, the Centre
is unique in Australia.
ACP opened a Workshop in 1976. Originally in a separate building, this is now housed
within the Centre in Oxford Street and includes black and white and colour darkroom
facilities, a digital suite, lighting studio and library. In 1983 ACP launched the
journal Photofile. It is now the leading photo-based art magazine in Australia,
available through newsagents and specialist bookshops nationally.
Currently located in the heart of Paddington, Sydney's gallery district, ACP houses
two exhibition spaces; a foyer display area and a Project Wall for emerging artists;
an extensive workshop with comprehensive curriculum and public access facilities; a
specialist bookshop and library.
The ACP is a not-for-profit organisation supported by the NSW Government through the
NSW Ministry for the Arts, the Australia Council, the Australian Government's arts
funding and advisory body, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of
the Australian, State and Territory Governments. The ACP raises over half of its
revenue from non-government sources.
