Images from
Near and Wide [our take on our place]
An exhibition of photography by SANDRA ELMS and TONY KEARNEY
as part of Shimmer Photography Festival
15 August — 5 September 2010
Wirra Wirra Vineyard, McMurtrie Road, McLaren Vale
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as part of Shimmer Photography Festival
15 August — 5 September 2010
Wirra Wirra Vineyard, McMurtrie Road, McLaren Vale
Click on image for larger view
From kitchen table to waterfront, from smudgy abstracts to wide open landscapes, Near and Wide is our take on our place. Most of the images in the exhibition Near and Wide, taken by both Tony and I, are gleaned in the day’s first and last low light, and from in and around where we live. We have each embraced a return to photography not just as a means for making images but as a way of connecting with place.
With a move to Port Adelaide came the need to document some of the Port's character before much of it was removed to make way for redevelopment. I've always had a love for photography, exploring my neighbourhood through the lens of a camera led to new ways of seeing my surroundings and stirred excitement again for photography and its undiscovered possibilities.
My images in Near and Wide [shown above] are taken in the low light hours of evening, the ordinary has a chance to become extraordinary, and the unpredictability that comes with longer exposures is something to embrace. Endless possibilities suggest themselves, the lines are blurred, literally, and it’s this world of the indistinct and undefined that I want to continue exploring.
With a move to Port Adelaide came the need to document some of the Port's character before much of it was removed to make way for redevelopment. I've always had a love for photography, exploring my neighbourhood through the lens of a camera led to new ways of seeing my surroundings and stirred excitement again for photography and its undiscovered possibilities.
My images in Near and Wide [shown above] are taken in the low light hours of evening, the ordinary has a chance to become extraordinary, and the unpredictability that comes with longer exposures is something to embrace. Endless possibilities suggest themselves, the lines are blurred, literally, and it’s this world of the indistinct and undefined that I want to continue exploring.