“Jedda” from the series This Too Shall Pass (courtesy Tamara Dean)

The annual Inge Morath Award is given to a woman photographer under thirty years of age, to assist in the completion of a long term documentary project. The winner and finalists are selected by the photographer members of Magnum Photos, and a representative of the Morath Foundation, at the Magnum annual meeting. It is the only award that carries the imprimatur of Magnum Photos, bringing great prestige to those selected as winners and finalists.

We look forward to seeing new work by Claire in the future.

We have a new postcard at Light Journeys – a little reminder for people to ‘get stuck on seeing’ great photographs made by Australian women.   For anyone who can’t make out the detail – the LJ love heart and all the colourful blobs around it are pieces of gum stuck to the ‘Wall of Gum‘ in Seattle, USA.

Come to the opening at the ACP in Sydney on Thursday June 10th and/or buy the book!

After one year of  focusing only on Australian women, we have decided to open our submissions up to ALL women residing in Australia, regardless of their country of origin. Light Journeys will continue to accept submissions from Australian women living abroad. As Peter Allen said,  if you call Australia home, you are welcome to submit.

Summer Poems (working title)

The equinox has passed, the axis has tilted and the sun is above us once again.

The summer cycle, with its atmosphere and festivities and its warmth and glare, is etched into the Australian psyche as well as our photographic histories. Whether in Max Dupain’s sunbather or the bodysurfer on the cover of a ‘Day in the Life of Australia’, summer is an icon that is deeply revered. But what else can this particular time and space evoke that moves beyond images of surf, sand and blokes with their beer? How can we as artists re-imagine the nuances of this season? And what about the photographic experience – deep shadows and the vividness of our stone hard light – how does the searing quality of our sun influence our vision?

All women working in photography in Australia, including prior featured artists, are invited to submit 2-3 images exploring the theme. Images should be resized as follows:

72dpi, 1000 pixels wide, sRGB profiled. Please re-title your images to surname_firstname_number.jpg and send to submit@lightjourneys.net.au

Now pick up your cameras and start shooting. Another long hot Summer is here….

from the series Where the Heart Is

]]> http://lightjourneys.net.au/2009/12/21/the-long-hot-summer/feed/ 0 http://lightjourneys.net.au/2009/08/26/robyn-stacey-at-stills-gallery/ http://lightjourneys.net.au/2009/08/26/robyn-stacey-at-stills-gallery/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:55:49 +0000 lee http://lightjourneys.net.au/?p=421 Robyn Stacey, our featured artist for September, is showing new work from her series Empire Line at Stills Gallery. The show opens on Saturday 26th September and runs through till 24th October.  There will be an artist talk on Saturday 10th October at 2pm.