Jeudi 19 Novembre 2015 12:35:52 par Alix Chambaud dans Expositions

We are almost two weeks into John William's telling retrospective here at the gallery. John's exhibition spans over half a century of street photography from both Australia and abroad, with the earliest photograph in the exhibition taken in 1952.
Thank you to Lucy Tatman for her lovely words at John's opening event and to those who attended John's artist talk a few weeks back. John was also interviewed by Jeff Sparrow on Triple R Radio last Wednesday, hopefully some of you were tuned in!

© John Williams, Sydney Underground, 1978

William’s earliest work was captured in square format on a Rolleicord TLR. “When my now battered twin-lens Rollei finally gave up the ghost, I took the hint and shifted to 35mm. Over the next 30 years, I pursued my indecisive moments with Pentaxes, Olympuses and Leicas.” Inspired by his wife, Ingeborg Tyssen’s, choice of camera after her death another visual shift took place as William’s picked up a panoramic camera.
This is the first exhibition of William’s work in Melbourne since his retrospective at the NGV in 1991.