Archive for September, 2011
Semi-Permanent 2011, a creative conference held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 23 and 24 September was attended by PSC students, gradutes and staff. Jessica Meyerink PSC final year art specialisation student said “Semi Permanent was great because I got to hear well renowned people from the industry talk about their career and how [...]
In second semester of their first year, PSC students are exposed to working in a studio environment. One of their tasks in Working with Light & Photographic Techniques is to create two High Key images considering the theme “Something Blue”, using the colour blue or the ‘State of Mind’ or both Below are images of [...]
PSC final year Art Specialisation student Courtney Millett has found the Mentor program at PSC a great opportunity to connect with professionals in her chosen industry. This unit is incorporated into the PSC program as is covers the importance of professional development including: working with a coach/mentor and maximizing coaching/mentoring outcomes including industry engagement and [...]
Yuan Wang a second year PSC student was one of the finialists in the Art Category in this years ACMP Projections. Yuan decided to enter to the 2011 Projections while he was on his break during class, and he saw the details on the competitions board in the PSC Student Lounge. When asked how he decided which images to [...]
Sydney photographer Jacky Redgate has won Australia’s most prestigious photography prize the $25,000 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize. Redgate’s winning photograph Light throw (mirrors) #4 2011 from the series Light throw (mirrors) is a beautiful, ambiguous picture. Redgate has described the photograph, a large still life arrangement created by throwing light from silver, bronze [...]
First year full time students have just received their surprise Photo5 boxes from Canon and are busy being creative! Now is its fifth year, Canon EOS Photo5 is gaining recognition as being the most exciting photographic competition of the year. Inside the official EOS Photo5 box are items which represent 5 separate photographic briefs. The [...]
Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) 404 George Street Fitzroy Vic. 3065 Exhibition Dates: Friday 16 September 2011 to Sunday 23 October 2011 Wednesday–Friday, 11am–6pm, Saturday–Sunday, 12–5pm Curated by Naomi Cass this exhibition examines the abandonment of the contract between photographer and subject. From de-classified ASIO images of the 1960s to Kohei Yoshiyuki’s now infamous [...]
Once again we congratulate Kirsten Dickie, PSC 2010 Commercial Graduate, for being selected as a finalist for the Sony Projections. The Melbourne Screening is on tonight and we are looking forward to seeing the work from these outstanding emerging photographers. PSC wishes Kirsten good luck for this evening!
On Thursday 8th September PSC hosted the first ‘Normally…’ seminars for the AIPP. It was well attended the participants were able to get important information specific to the business of photography.