counter-sites: Isabella Capezio, Aaron Claringbold, Rebecca McCauley, Matt Dunne, Nicholas Mahady, Christine McFetridge, Jahkarli Felicitas Romanis

Aaron Claringbold & Rebecca McCauley, Here’s what we know (Installation View), 2023
Aaron Claringbold & Rebecca McCauley, Here’s what we know (Installation View), 2023

Counter-sites is an exhibition program bringing together the work of seven artists whose lens-based practices dismantle, dissect and destabilise the complex relationship between photography and place.

Looking inward to the properties of the medium itself, and outward to the politics of vision in the post-colonial, post-digital moment, counter-sites uproots dominant notions of situation, settlement and landscape through the critical, archival and expanded approaches to photography.

Curated by Karl Halliday & Madeleine Sherburn

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July

Sydney: Until 31 Dec 2025. PIX, Australia’s first pictorial news weekly, is brought to life in this exhibition, showcasing its archived images and stories for the very first time.

September

Melbourne: until 9 November. Man Ray and Max Dupain is the first major Australian exhibition to consider these two influential 20th century photographers side by side.

Melbourne: 13 September – 9 November 2025. Featuring selected finalists for the 2025 William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize.

October

Brisbane: 25 Oct – 4 Nov 2025. Jakob uses his late Grandfather's film camera alongside his own modern DSLR to create layered photographic works that blend analogue and digital, past and present, memory and re-imagination.

Melbourne: Oct 31 – Nov 6. Chimera is a photographic investigation into the shifting landscape of beauty in the age of artificial intelligence and social media.

November

Sydney: 17 Nov – 23 Nov 2025. This collection of photographs offers a glimpse into the lives of the community of Varanasi, capturing the spirit of its people and the beauty often found in ordinary moments.