Sultana Point Lodge where we stay in Edithburgh has a long history from the early 1900s as a holiday boarding house to more recently being a beautifully renovated and cosy retreat for divers and non divers who just like get away for a while. While relaxing one evening with cameras at hand my friend Gavin […]
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Peeking Through Celluloid
An opportunity, a cheeky grin, a peek through thousands of negative images on long strips of celluloid. The irony is that this image will never experience the physical reality of silver rendered in film. Instead these photons were transformed into minute pockets of electric charge then carried away on structures of aluminium, gold and poly-silicon […]
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Tonight we experienced the work of Trent Parke and his ‘Black Rose’ exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Trent’s exhibition is extraordinary. Not an exhibition of extraordinary images but an an extraordinary collection of images. To be frank there were many images I would not look twice at but as a collection there […]
Read MorePreparing for Battle
The tables were set, the kitchen readied as they huddled over their plans ensuring all was in place for the onslaught to come. So who won the battle? We all did at Press* on Waymouth Street, Adelaide CBD. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Preparing for Battle’ 1/100s f/2.8 ISO1600 145mm
Read MoreGoofing Off
Oh how people change when they are in front of a lens! Some people turn the other way Some people ham up the glam. Some people run and hide. Some people enfuse with pride. And some people just become total ejits! Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Goofing Off’ 1/60 f/2.8 ISO160 200mm
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