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Behind the scenes at the Affordable Art Fair – Carriageworks, Sydney

I was commissioned to photograph at Carriageworks in Eveleigh ahead of the annual Affordable Art Fair, Sydney. My brief was to focus on one of the participating galleries while staff brought artworks into the space to install in preparation for the weekend’s opening.

The image was made to accompany an article published in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) promoting the upcoming event — providing a great opportunity to give readers a glimpse behind the scenes at one of Sydney’s most popular art fairs.

Carriageworks is an inspiring venue to photograph, with its industrial textures and dramatic light, which help to create a striking backdrop for contemporary art. It was great to be able to document the period of set-up and quiet anticipation before the doors opened to the public, and the fair came to life.

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Three sculptors – studio installation images

Patrizia Biondi
Patrizia Biondi

Independently I was approached by three different contemporary sculptors to document their recent work. Since this happened almost simultaneously, I thought this synergy shown by Patrizia Biondi, Nuha Saad and Charlotte Van Ewyk merited a special blog post.

Nuha Saad
Nuha Saad

Shooting sculpture is very different to shooting two-dimensional artworks. In regards to photographing paintings, once the lighting is set up, it remains the same for consecutive works. However, for sculpture, each piece requires slightly different and adjusted lighting and shadowing. The other important feature when photographing sculptures is that you often need to document the sense of shifting perspective. Each angle and point of view is different. Therefore I take numerous images of the same piece, to make sure I have covered most of the various viewpoints. I then edit down the shots to create the narrative I wish to capture.

Charlotte Van Ewyk
Charlotte Van Ewyk

I have represented a few shots of each of the three sculptors’ work here: featuring Nuha Saad, Patrizia Biondi and Charlotte Van Ewyk.

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Charles Cooper – Outdoor installations

A snap of Charles looking on, in the reflection of the window, as I set up for the shotA photo of Charles looking on, as seen in the reflection of the window, as I set up for the shot of his latest work

Charles Cooper, artist extraordinaire, has brought his talents out from his studio to create contemporary works of art in public spaces.

Based in Sydney, Charles is a well-known, mid-career artist with a long and impressive exhibition history. Click on this link to his website address. Another link is to the page of Charles Cooper at Annandale Galleries, where his works have been seen in different exhibitions for the past two decades. Charles is also a resident lecturer at the National Art School in Darlinghurst.

Charles’ drawing at Nurse’s Walk, the Rocks

It has been my pleasure to photograph the development of Charles’ paintings, drawings and installations over many years. This time it was a little different … recording his artworks on public display, as part of two outdoor installations. This situation brought its own technical hurdles in terms of light and reflections, particularly as his drawing at The Rocks was displayed behind a deep-set glass window, which was also unevenly lit (a challenge for any photographer)

Installation at 42 Botany Road, Alexandria

However we managed to get good results and Charles’ large-scale works have now been properly documented. If you are near either Botany Road in Alexandria or Nurse’s Walk at The Rocks, look out for his two installations.