SALON October 2015

COVER: Richard Mosse (Irish 1980–), Higher ground 2012, type C photograph, 227.0 x 185.0 cm (image and sheet). National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased NGV Foundation, 2014 © Richard Mosse. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New … Read More

Bowness Photography Prize 2015

Established in 2006 to promote excellence in photography, the annual non-acquisitive William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize is now in its 10th year, and has become Australia’s most coveted photography prize. It is also one of the country’s most open … Read More

Rosemary Laing: effort + rush

All images Rosemary Laing: effort + rush, courtesy Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne © the artist.  

In order of appearance: a dozen useless actions for grieving blondes #7 2009, type C photograph, 77 x 133 cm, … Read More

STRALIAN STORIES: Snow Business – the thrills and kills of Squizzy Taylor

Neil Boyack

My dad said to me once that his dad (a person I never met), was a gangster. He would have been alive and kicking around the time of Squizzy Taylor, and if he was a gangster he … Read More

SURFACE by Søren Solkær

SURFACE is a brilliant photographic anthology of some of the greatest living street artists in the world today. Renowned Danish rock and counter culture photographer Søren Solkær has spent three years connecting and documenting an impressive collection of the most … Read More

SALON December 2014 / January 2015

BIG Trouble Salon Special The 2014 Bowness Photography Prize Monash Gallery of Art

Established in 2006 to promote excellence in photography, the annual non-acquisitive William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize is an initiative of … Read More

We Are Dookie

Klare Lanson

I’m driving through Central Victoria and whilst traveling between Violet Town and Shepparton I land in a town called Dookie. The surrounds there are a saturation of yellow painted in fields of canola crops, wildflowers, gumtrees, … Read More

Suburban Splendour – an interview with Graham Miller

When I alighted the train at Fremantle station, I was greeted by a typical West Australian sunny day. I had spent only a few days in Perth, but had already decided that if I was to choose a neighbourhood … Read More

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INTRODUCTION

Unaccustomed as I am to making introductions, we thought it proper on this very special occasion to make an exception to that general rule. As many may already know, April 2014 marks the 10th Anniversary of Trouble … Read More