Steven Siewert’s photographs of pigeon racing are published in the the story “Coming home to roost” in the current Australian Geographic issue 99. The spread of photographs from years of documenting this unique sport include recent never before seen images from Victoria.

Meet the photojournalists Dean Sewell, Tamara Voninski, Andrew Quilty and Jeremy Piper from multi award winning Oculi Photographic Agency. They will be presenting a slide show and discussing their work in Oculi,.10th June, 6pm. Kinokinya Bookstore, Level 2, The Galeries Victoria, 500 George Street, Sydney Oculi examines the geo-political and social landscape of Australia and our regional neighbours throughout [...]

Jesse Marlow was recently interviewed about the Oculi book by Melbourne writer Michael Green for The Big Issue Today, like every other day, Jesse Marlow has his camera slung over his shoulder. It’s a Leica M6: a nuggety, silver-topped camera with a worn strap. While we speak, it sits, waiting, on the wooden table in [...]

Dean Sewell – ‘Dystopia’ Sewell’s colour survey draws on ten years of considered observation of our fire prone suburban/rural interface, and acute inner-urban studies. There are four distinct series from which this work was drawn- the ‘Black Christmas’ bushfires of 2000/2001, ‘Aftermath’ Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires 2009, early colour studies 2000-2005 and his highly refined tri-colour series ‘Hillsdale’. Charles Hewitt [...]

Jesse Marlow, will be exhibiting photos from his Wounded and Don’t Just Tell Them, Show Them as part of the in-public.com collective’s 10 year anniversary exhibition and book launch at Photofusion gallery in London. 28th May – 9th July. The exhibition and book will showcase the work of all 20 photographers from the group. Stay [...]

Steven is a finalist in the Head On Portrait prize with his entry “William”  which is exhibited at the Australian Centre of Photography, Paddington. Head On is the nation’s major innovative showcase for Australian portrait photography, reflecting a vibrant, diverse cross-section of new and traditional photographic practices. Friday 30 April – Saturday 5 June 2010 Gallery: Australian [...]

Tamara Dean’s works ‘Purification’, Ritualism series and ‘Alex and Maeve’, Motherhood series feature in- ’Double Exposure – 10 Contemporary Photoartists’ Curated by Sandy Edwards 18 May to 30 June Opening by invitation only 18 May 6–9pm Performance by William Yang and Noeline Briggs-Smith Viscopy Contemporary Artspace 1 Blackfriars St Chippendale 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday www.viscopy.org.au

Dean Sewell and Steven Siewert were interviewed on Sydney’s radio station FBI 94.5′s Arts program, May 9, discussing OCULI’s latest book. Click here to download the interview.

The Sydney Morning Herald - Linda Morris – Wednesday May 19, 2010 Linda Morris ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● [...]

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