Photofields returns to Powerhouse Sydney with a day of images talks

Powerhouse’s annual images competition, Photofields, returns this Saturday 15 November, that includes a full day of talks by a few of Australia’s main photographers.

This 12 months’s program focuses on documentary observe and the function of photographs in shaping cultural reminiscence.

With tickets priced at $10 per session, Photofields offers a possibility for images fans and professionals to fulfill, be taught, and focus on how images captures and influences the world.

Highlights of the competition embody:

• Six-time Walkley Award-winning photojournalist Andrew Quilty discussing authorship and the tasks photographers need to their topics with photographer, filmmaker, and neighborhood growth employee Bahram Mia.

• Photographer and storyteller William Yang sharing his perspective on Australian images, reflecting on his Chinese-Australian heritage and LGBTQ+ experiences.

• Photographer Barbara McGrady discussing the digicam’s function in resistance and reclamation via her work photographing First Nations athletes, in dialog with Nathan Mudyi Sentance, Head of Collections, First Nations at Powerhouse.

Photofields affords a centered day of displays and dialogue for anybody desirous about images and its function in society.

You can discover out extra concerning the schedule of occasions here.