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DARKROOM RELAUNCH

We are excited to share the news that our new darkroom and film processing space is complete, making it the largest and best-equipped publicly available darkroom complex in Australia.

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A Visit to the Art Gallery of South Australia’s Photographic Collection

Last Wednesday a group of the Diploma-level students and some lecturers visited selected works from the photographic collection at the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA). It’s usually an annual excursion and it is always a great time to see aspects of the collection up close and personal. If you haven’t engaged with AGSA in this way, I’d highly recommend this very special experience.

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The CCP Move updates

The Centre for Creative Photography is moving!! We will be to moving to our new home at SunJive studios located at 3 Butler Dr, Henden. Learn all you need to know about the new location & moving details with maps and photos of our new home.

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2022 TERM 3 STUDENT GALLERY

A gallery of the amazing student work submitted for Term 3 “We heart this image”. We are so proud of our talented students.

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Thank-you ADFAS

ADFAS is a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers, providing superbly illustrated, informative and entertaining lecture presentations on many diverse topics relating to the arts. ADFAS has around 6500 members in 38 Societies across regional and metropolitan Australia.

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The 2022 Royal Show Photography Competition

The CCP was recently honoured to sponsor and take part in the judging panel of this years Royal Show Photography competition. The CCP awarded two major awards. Best print depicting a Landscape/Seascape and Champion people print in show. Congratulations to the winners, Kurt McShane - Govetts leap on Film and Amber Mysiszczew - Birthday for one

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Regard - by Anna Grevenitis

In this series of double self-portraits, mother and daughter pose with an aim to keeping the viewer in the perspective of an outsider looking in.

Because I believe in the connective power offered by depictions of domesticity, I hope that Regard helps the audience rethink some of their assumptions about people living with disabilities and with this, I hope my series finds a humble spot within the movement that helps people with disabilities gain visibility.

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Inspiration - Polina Washington

Polina Washington on Why You Should Try Soaking 35mm Film in Ramen Soup

Looking for a new photography idea? Try out three recipes for "soups" that create an abstract, distorted effect on 35mm film.

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The Women Photographers Who Claimed a Room of Their Own

An exhibition at MoMA reconsiders the work of Claude Cahun, Justine Kurland, Carrie Mae Weems, and other artists who have shaped the medium for decades. “In Our Selves, women and gender-nonconforming photographers make their way through seeing, unseeing, and seeing anew,” McKeon writes. “One woman’s life’s work—a collection of the labor of many, given to another in friendship—is a gift of sight.”

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Why Daido Moriyama’s Radical Vision Is Misunderstood

A major exhibition in São Paulo celebrates the process behind the Japanese photographer’s trailblazing work. Daigo Oliva writes: “Although it is seductive to view Moriyama’s dark and grainy pictures as a mirror of the American occupation of his country, his true interest lies in dissecting images down to their essence.”

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