FotoFreo 2010 e-Newsletter

Issue 3: 18 September 2009

Festival Update

In main festival news this month – IT’S ALL ABOUT THE FRINGE!

...and, we welcome home Festival Director Bob Hewitt who has been away in Europe spreading the good word on FotoFreo and feasting on photography.

FotoFreo 2010 Fringe Festival

Image - Julian Tennant
Cerveza Tropical: Caught in a
Cuban Timewarp by Julian Tennant

Submissions for the FotoFreo 2010 Fringe Festival closed on 31st August. We have been delightfully overwhelmed by applications with a significant increase in submissions on 2008, especially from interstate and overseas. Thank you to all the photographers who have submitted such a high level of work – we are looking forward to a HUGE fringe event next year!

Successful applicants will be notified by the 23rd October 2009 or at the time a suitable venue has been found. Confirmed Fringe Exhibitions with venues will be announced at the festival Programme Launch in October.

Image - Lyle Branson
Lyle Branson at Mojo's Bar

We have a record number of new venues coming on board for 2010 and would like to welcome:

The Orangery, United Galleries Northbridge, Mrs Brown Bar, Mojo's Bar, YMCA HQ Gallery, Hubbles Yard Cafe, Free Range Gallery, Sail and Anchor, Tiger Tiger Coffee Bar, Last Chance Studio, Brave New World, North Fremantle Bowling Club, Sardine Fish Cafe, Gypsy Tapas House, Clancy's Fish Pub, Mad Monk Brewery, Luna SX, 1907 Restaurant, Mountain Design, Not Quite Right Gallery, The Blue Room Theatre, Perth Town Hall, The Fringe Gallery and the Edmund Rice Institute for Social Justice as new Fringe venues.

Image - Richard Wainewright
Mongolia - Surviving the Winter
by Richard Wainwright at the
YMCA HQ Gallery in Leederville

We appreciate the generosity and cooperation of our venue owners and managers, without them there would be no festival. Thank you all for working with us to create what is going to be the biggest and most exciting, Fringe Festival yet.

We are still seeking venues to host our record number of proposed exhibitions. If you have wall space and would like to join the Fringe Festival please contact Seng or Elizabeth at fringe@fotofreo.com.

Special thanks to Seng Mah, Fringe Co Ordinator and Elizabeth McCaig for tirelessly managing the submissions process and helping put photographers and venues together.

End Note

Back From Ballarat International Foto Biennale

Burtynsky exhibition at the WAM
Utopia by Samantha Everton at BIFB 09

Set against a picturesque backdrop of buildings from the gold rush era, the Ballarat Foto Biennale launched its latest festival on September 4th. Despite the winter chill the welcome was warm starting with the Portfolio Reviews where photographers had a chance to present their work to curators and photography critics, amongst them FotoFreo Manager Laura Beilby. All the core venues are set within a five minute walk from each other, making it easy to check out the shows. Some highlights included the late evening happening staged by Australian photographer Alex Syndikas and American photographer Lauren E. Simonutti's haunting work "8 rooms, 7 mirrors, 6 clocks, 2 minds & 199 panes of glass". FotoFreo wishes the Biennale all the best in their new home of Ballarat and we hope there will be many more festivals to discover!

Shows run until October 4 - the full programme is available at BIFB 09.

Photography Icon Willy Ronis Dies Age 99

French photographer Willy Ronis died on September 12th 2009 in Paris. A contemporary of Robert Doisneau and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ronis emerged as one of the leading image-makers of the golden age of photography. He was most well known for his black and white humanist images of post-war Paris. Despite being confined to a wheel chair Ronis charmed crowds as a guest of honour at this year’s Rencontres d’Arles festival of photography in France.

New Perth Gallery and Project Space

A new gallery and project space will be launched soon within Alda's Bar in Perth. They are seeking proposals from artists from all disciplines for solo or curated shows. Contact Elizabeth Delfs for more information.

Exhibition Central TAFE Art Gallery

A Body of Knowledge is an exhibition of photographic images and words by Michael Coyne and Graham Pitts aimed at decreasing the stigma women living with HIV experience every day. Wednesday 23rd to Saturday 26th September, Showcase Space, Central TAFE Art Gallery.

Photography Position Open - Art Gallery of Western Australia

The Art Gallery of Western Australia is looking for a photographer to maintain and build the Gallery’s visual archive. Applications close on the 18th of September - see the JobsWA website for more information.

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