Sport
16 January, 2025
Images about Aussie lives
WITH four exhibitions launched on the one night, Mulgrave and Court House Galleries will be the place to be on Friday, January 17, for an exciting dose of photojournalism and multimedia messaging.
Multi-award-winning Cairns-based photographer Brian Cassey is the thread through three of the exhibitions, featuring his own showing of ‘Brian Cassey - A Photographer’s Life Part Three: The Portraits’, assisting in the selection of ‘Paper Tigers - An Anthology of Australian Photojournalism by Head On Foundation’ and mentoring contributors to ‘Word on the Street – Photojournalism by the Youth of Our City’.
A fourth exhibit, ‘Oh, Justice’ by multimedia artist Selina Kudo, is an installation of Lady Justice in a state of fury, a symbol of the harsh realities faced by women who continue to fight for equality, safety, and recognition in legal and societal systems.
Cassey’s The Portraits is the third in a trilogy of A Photographer’s Life exhibitions with Part One at the Tanks Arts Centre (2017) and Part Two at Court House Gallery (2021).
His images highlight the work he has carried out for media organisations over decades, both nationally and internationally.
However, Part Three is not a retrospective but focuses on the ordinary people (and the extraordinary people) he encountered in recent years from a bus stop on Lake Street to a wedding party in India.
Paper Tigers features 60 images from 60 of the best Australian photojournalists whose work has captured critical moments in Australia’s history.
Paper Tigers began as a simple print swap between friends and grew into a major exhibition and a book to celebrate Australian photojournalism, both produced by Head On Foundation.
Paper Tigers premiered at Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, in 2020.
The images were selected by the founder of Head On, Moshe Rosenzveig OAM, and Cassey.
Word on the Street – Photojournalism by the Youth of Our City, reflects the social and cultural happenings that are important to the youth of our region.
Young photo-enthusiasts set their own journalistic assignments, under guidance by Mr Cassey and with Cairns Local News cadet journalist Isaac Colman, and were taken over recent months.
The launch will be held from 6pm-8pm, with no registrations necessary.
