Kitsch & Cliche Exhibition at NG Gallery Sydney - 7 to 25 February 2012

The first blog of the new year introduces the NG Gallery in Sydney, located in Chippendale. The gallery boasts a showcase of the very best in Australian contemporary art.

Stephen's work 'Why Am I A Marine' is currently being exhibited in a group show Kitsch and Cliche, curatored by Sandra Edwards, which opened February 7 (with the included 'Feast for the Senses', a fusion of food, wine and art at Mission Restaurant and Bar, on February 14) and will remain open until Febrauary 25 2012. 

More details regarding the gallery and exhibition can be found here.

from the series, 'Why am I a Marine' by Stephen Dupont

Bali Documentary Photo Workshops Wrap Up.

Last week Jack Picone and Stephen Dupont wrapped up another successful photography workshop in the serene town of Ubud, Bali. Students completed projects based around the theme 'Transience', displaying both orginality and fine visions. The students who attended were Teagan Glenane who covered traditional cock fighting, Yani Clarke showed us a fishing community in Cenggu, Brigitte Najjar spent time with an animal welfare organisation and made an essay around stray dogs in Ubud, Nadia Janis photographed mental health issues in remte Balinese villages, Michael Carter presented a poetic impression of people on the streets of Ubud and Kevin Cooper produced a very strong essay around a tarditional lakeside community village on Lake Batur. See Kevin's project on vimeo below

Trunyan Village, Bali, indonesia from Kevin cooper on Vimeo.

Dupont talks about his work on Afghanistan

Stephen Dupont talks about his photographs and journeys through Afghanistan between 1993 and 2009.

2011 W. Eugene Smith Grant Recipients Named- 19 October '11

New york based photographer Krisanne Johnson has been awarded the prestigious W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic photography announced on the 19 October at a function at the Asia Society, New York.

The following video documents the evening and awards ceremony in which a special screening of Stephen Dupont's Generation AK: The Afghanistan Wars and The Perils of Freedom was shown; marking the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan and a tribute from Stephen to the memory and spirit of W. Eugene Smith.

Stephen was awarded the W. Eugene Smith Grant in 2007.

More of Krisanne Johnson's work can be seen here.

Grand opening of the International Photography Museum in Huai'an, China- Showing the 2011 International Photography Exhibition with Stephen Dupont

Stephen is currently in Huai'an China attending the opening of the Huai'an Photography Museum and the International Photography Exhibition where his work is on show. He writes about the Museum as follows;

"I attended the grand opening of the the International Photography Museum in Huai'an as part of the 2011 International Photography Exhibition in Huai'an.

A large selection of my works from "Afghanistan:The Perils of Freedom 1993-2009 was showcased alongside other international and Chinese photographers including Thomas Hoepker, Jason Florio and Wujialin.

The museum is without doubt the most ambitious of its kind in the world and we hope that it will provide a platform for not only outstanding Chinese photography, but also an unprecedented venue for international photography to be shown in China.

The museum will hold onto the exhibitions to become a part of its International Collections. In the words of my friend Thomas Hoepker, "this museum has the potential to become the Lourve of photography".

The 2011 International Photography Exhibition was curated by Zhimin Shi.

Photography by, Stephen Dupont.