It’s a Wrap!
The Projections 2010 national tour wrapped up with an intimate screening at Red Brick Studios in Brisbane on November 23. The screenings in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra were also a major success with an amazing mix of creative’s and supporters attending and a good time had by all.
For those of you who missed out, the Projections 2010 screening and photographs from the events will be posted on our website very soon.
A big congratulations to all the finalists and especially to Commercial category winner - Katie Kolenberg, Editorial category winner – Hannah Robinson and Art category winner and overall winner Jeremy Blincoe. Also congratulations to Bridget Mac who has received the $10 000 Pool grant.
We would like to thank all our sponsors and the Projections committee for helping us make Projections 2010 the best so far and for all their hard work and passionate support of the awesome initiative that is Projections.
All finalists are invited to attend the Saatchi & Saatchi Master Class in February next year where they will learn more about how an advertising agency works, how to market themselves and get feedback on their portfolios.
But wait, there’s more – the people’s choice winner will be announced shortly. If you voted keep an eye out for the announcement as you could win a limited edition Projections 2010 hard cover book from Momento Pro.
We would love your feedback on any aspect of Projections 2010 as we are already getting ready for Projections 2011 with call for entries to be announced early next year.
If you have a comment, please email projections@acmp.com.au
Deni Ute Muster – Cara Bowerman
Deni Ute Muster
Since 1999, the rural town of Deniliquin, affectionately known as ‘Deni’, in New South Wales has claimed the Guinness Book of Records title for the largest parade of utes in the world. The Deni Ute Muster is a two-day festival celebrating the good, the bad – and the dusty – of Aussie ute culture. 2007 was no exception, with Deni welcoming 6235 utes and more than 18,00 people to admire this icon of the outback.
Cara Bowerman
Cara Bowerman is a freelance photographer specialising in documentary photography and photojournalism.
In 2007, she graduated with Distinction from the BA Photography (Arts) program in 2007, receiving the University’s Kallman Feital Award for High Achievement in a Professional Sphere. Late in 2007 she also received a Silver Award in the Australian Professional Photography Awards.
Cara specialises in photojournalism – in particular, documentary photography – and her work aims to look deeply into the identity of people, and of the places they inhabit. She is currently undertaking a comprehensive documentary study of Chewton, a small town in the Victorian Goldfields.
Email : cara@carabowerman.com
Website: www.carabowerman.com
This Side Up – Michael Kai
This Side Up
The series “This Side Up” features optical illusions, designed alternatives and manipulated room perceptions. The spatial arrangement of the images can be interpreted in contradictory ways – a phenomenon that is based on the way in which we can perceive two-dimensional images as being three-dimensional. In images that use a three-dimensional “parallel” perspective, objects can tip over or invert themselves. A concave room, for instance, may thus seem convex, because a person or object that is also shown in the picture can only exist in a convex room. Apart from being entertaining, the intention of the series is to encourage viewers to wonder: Is the world really the way I see it? Is it the way I believe that I see it? Or is it only a mental construction of how I perceive the environment?
Michael Kai
Born 1980 in Frankfurt, Germany, Michael explored and developed an enthusiasm for photography at a young age. On completion of high school he took the opportunity to work as a journalist and documentary photographer in former Yugoslavia immediately after the war. He then studied photography, completing his master in Photo Design at the University of Applied Science Dortmund, Germany in 2007 and intermediately studied at RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
Michael is a keen traveller. Prior to moving to Melbourne he lived and worked in Vienna, Austria where he gained further experience in the photography industry, specifically in managing digital workflow and professional retouching. Email: michael@miphotodesign.com
Website: www.miphotodesign.com
Cityshrinker – Ben Thomas
Cityshrinker
You see amazing things every day. It could be out the window of the train on your way to work, it could be in your back yard, even better it could be somewhere completely foreign, something you didn’t know existed. My aim is to give that feeling of newness with each shot I take. My method is to take what was once large and shrink it down to model size. To take the familiar and get you thinking even if for a second “wait a minute, is that…”
Ben Thomas
Born 1981 in Adelaide Australia, Ben Thomas developed his creative itch playing jazz trumpet then moving onto filming the local bands he grew up admiring. Ben later graduated from the International Design Effects and Animation School (Adelaide) before picking up a still camera and a new city, Melbourne.
Since then he has been working on various projects and became a Featured Artist at the Adobe Design Center and was published in the Sustainability Victoria 06/07 Annual Report just to name a few.
In 2007 he becomes the winner of Redbubble Unleashed photography competition and lands several publications and covershots and feature articles in magazines. Ben is constantly evolving the techniques he employs to bring about a style that is not only creative but fun.Email: ben@cityshrinker.com
Website: www.cityshrinker.com
Children of Auburn – George Voulgaroupoulos
Children of Auburn
“Children of Auburn” is my photographic portrayal of a side of Sydney that most people will never see. This series provides a glimpse into the life of the next generation of Australians living in Auburn, peering behind the curtain of this little-known side of society. Auburn is a small suburb in Sydney’s west, a landing point for many migrants and refugees when they first arrive in Australia.
Recent events have spurred an increase in displaced Afghan, Iraqi and Sudanese refugees seeking a new place to call home, a haven from a troubled past, which is an important and overlooked aspect of Australian culture. Will this next generation of Australians hold onto their cultural heritage, or will they be overwhelmed by the pressure to assimilate? The body of work parallels my journey as a photographer, as an observer of a culture, mirroring my own experiences as a 2nd generation Australian.
George Voulgaropoulos
George is a Photojournalist. He works as Staff Photographer for suburban newspapers like Canterbury/Bankstown Torch, Auburn Review, and Cooks River Valley Times. He is in the process of receiving his Diploma of Photography at Sydney Institute of Technology TAFE and also spends his weekends working as a Wedding Photographer.
His images have been published in BBC World News, Australian Traveller, Advocate Insider and Real Time Arts Magazine and have also been awarded several local art prizes such as the 1st prize in the 2008 Auburn Mayoral Photographic Awards.
Inventions – Kristian Taylor-Wood
Inventions
Commissioned by McCann Erickson for their Stare gallery, “Invention” is a look into Kristian Taylor-Wood’s wonderfully diseased mind. Influenced by a love for 70’s and 80’s horror films such as “The Shining” and “American Werewolf in London” and recalling his fond memories of a childhood spent breaking into abandoned buildings, Kristian has conjured up a quirky new post apocalyptic world of Lonely people and their Inventions.
Kristian Taylor-Wood
Born in Croydon, south east of London, Kristian Taylor-Wood began his photography career at the cult UK based magazine Dazed & Confused. And so began a life long love affair with the world of photography.
“It’s the way photos can change someone’s perception of the world we live in. Photographs are the materialization of my imagination.”
It is this imagination that has captured the attention of clients and galleries nationally and internationally. Through his photography Kristian brings humour and beauty to even the most unsettling subject matters.
McCann WorldGroup’s Stare Gallery invited Kristian to be one of the first artists to exhibit in their space.
“I don’t want people to just pass my pictures by. I want them to stop and think about what’s going on and then make up their own story.”
