Shot in the Heart of Melbourne (group exhibition)

Topiary. © Stephen Bowater.
Topiary. © Stephen Bowater.

Now a regular feature on Melbourne’s photography exhibition calendar, Shot in the Heart of Melbourne (SITHOM) returns to the Victorian Artists Society in May 2019 for its 8th consecutive year.

By Design. © Adrian Whear.
By Design. © Adrian Whear.

SITHOM is a street photography exhibition by the members of the Australian Association of Street Photographers, exploring the decisive and often indecisive moments that occur in the gritty, yet beautiful city of Melbourne.

© Joe Chow.
© Joe Chow.

The exhibition showcases the engaging imagery from the diverse and enthusiastic members of the Australian Association of Street Photographers who are inspired by their eclectic hub. SITHOM is a celebration of Melbourne in pictures.

Chinatown. © Mark Lourensz.
Chinatown. © Mark Lourensz.

"These photos are not just street style; they capture ephemeral moments – raw, unrehearsed and completely unique. Shot in the heart of Melbourne is an artistic candid homage to the people that bring this city to life each day." – Concrete Playground

© Louise Chen.
© Louise Chen.
© Peter Waters.
© Peter Waters.
Indecision. © Mario Mirabile.
Indecision. © Mario Mirabile.

 

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November

Sydney: The exhibition delves into the State Library of NSW's vast collection of two million images, showcasing 400 photos – many displayed for the first time.

February

Melbourne: Jill Orr’s The Promised Land Refigured is an exhibition that reworks the original project created in 2012 with new insights that have emerged in the past eleven years.

March

Melbourne: Environmental Futures features five artists whose work addresses how the natural world is affected by climate change and encompasses photography, sculpture and installation both within the gallery spaces and around the museum grounds.

Ballarat: Nan Goldin is an American artist whose work explores subcultures, moments of intimacy, the impacts of the HIV/AIDS and opioid epidemics on her communities, and photography as a tool for social activism.

Sydney: The Ocean Photographer of the Year Award, run by London based Oceanographic Magazine is in its 4th year and has quickly achieved recognition amongst photographers around the world.

Albury: The National Photography Prize offers a $30,000 acquisitive prize, the $5000 John and Margaret Baker Fellowship for an emerging practitioner, and further supports a number of artists through focused acquisitions.

April

Sydney: Photographers Harold David, Lyndal Irons, Ladstreet, Selina Ou, David Porter, Greg Semu, and Craig Walsh exhibit a diverse and varied snapshot of Penrith and western Sydney as it has changed and grown over the last sixty years.

The City Surveyor’s ‘Condemnation and Demolition Books’ is a key photographic collection held in the City Archives comprising almost 5000 photographs and associated glass plate negatives.

Sydney: The images in Bill Henson’s cinematic new body of work, The Liquid Night, derive from work the highly acclaimed artist shot on 35mm colour negative film in New York City in 1989.

May

Ballarat: Art Gallery of Ballarat presents Lost in Palm Springs, a multidisciplinary exhibition that brings together fourteen creative minds who respond to, capture, or re-imagine the magical qualities of the landscape and the celebrated mid-century modern architecture of Palm Springs, California and across Australia.