image by David Dare Parker

FotoFreo 2010: The City of Fremantle Festival of Photography

°SOUTH is a collective of Australia’s most creative documentary photographers – Sean Flynn, Tim Page, Stephen Dupont, Jack Picone, Ben Bohane, Michael Coyne, Ashley Gilbertson and WA’s David Dare Parker - who have covered conflicts from Vietnam to present day Afghanistan. With the courage of a soldier and the eye of a witness these photographers have created images of power and compassion that continue to influence public opinion. Off The Wall

Part of FotoFreo Fringe, 15 March – 1 April

Showcasing photographic explorations on the theme of the wall and featuring small works by a group of driven young photographers all of whom have been or currently are students at Central .

Curating this group show is Natalie Blom and Krysia Cant, joint recipients of the Central Monart Scholarship. Natalie’s images focus on the gritty textures of urban surfaces while Krysia uses creative lighting techniques for her images with dazzling results.

Showcase Gallery, Cnr of Aberdeen and Beaufort St, Northbridge

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Japanese Photography from the 1970s to the Present

21 – 30 January

Presented in association with the Japan Foundation, this exhibition of photographs ponders the transformations of Japanese society, with the growth of cities at the expense of traditional communities.

Every year another flock of talented graduates is released from Creative Industries training at Central TAFE.

To celebrate their achievements, a season of graduate exhibitions runs through November and December, both on-site and off-site. This includes film screenings and fashion parades as well as displays of art, photography and a number of design areas.

10 – 16 September

Perth based photographer Julian Masters has created Howard’s Mind as a document of his wanderings in the world. What started out being a love for the camera has ended as a social documentary and a love for the subjects encountered in urban spaces. The images explore both the human condition and the structure of urban towns.

Created over the last 25 years through a range of film and digital mediums, the collection is candid, displaying insight into and empathy with the lives and environs of the often anonymous subjects.

7-29 August

Central TAFE Creative Industries recent graduates show

See 21 of our shiniest stars of Fine Art, Jewellery, Photography, Fashion, Graphic Design,

Design for Industry, Interior Design and Interior Decoration (plus showreels from Screen

and Animation).

Open Mon-Fri 10am-4.45pm

Sat 2-4.45pm

This International Red Cross exhibition provides an insight into how wars and their aftermath continue to

affect women. Photographs from countries    including Timor-Leste, Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina and

Sudan, reveal women’s experience of wars through displacement, sexual violence, lack of access to food

and vital medical care, loss of contact with loved ones, and as detainees and fighters.

6pm Mon 4 August

Showcase Space Gallery
Fundraiser for our upcoming Photo graduates

Central TAFE is proud to be a partner of the City of Perth Winter Arts Festival.

The St Vincent de Paul Society will attempt to put a human face on homelessness today at the launch of the 2008 Winter Appeal by showcasing an exhibition of photographs taken by those who witness poverty every day in Western Australia.

Every night over 100,000 Australian’s sleep homeless and a quarter of those are children under the age of 18, providing more reason to highlight their desperate plight as winter begins. Disposable cameras were sent out to people in need and to those who provide assistance and were asked to capture a snapshot of their lives and what they witness. The result is a gallery full of eye-opening photographs on display over the next two days at the Central Design Centre in Northbridge.

The St Vincent de Paul Society’s State President Genevieve De Souza hopes that by showcasing these photographs people will stop seeing the homeless as a ‘faceless population’ but as someone’s brother, sister, mother, or loved one. “In today’s society, homelessness doesn’t carry the same connotations as it used to, now the homeless is the family down the road whose rent has just gone up again and whose pay no longer covers the bills, food and education expenses” she said. “One in four Australian households is just three pay packets away from homelessness; and currently the Society’s Call Centre in Belmont is receiving over 500 calls for assistance a week predominantly asking for food, proving that feeding the family is becoming impossible for many.”

The Society’s busiest time is winter and this years appeal aims to raise $600,000 to ensure no one should have to go hungry or sleep in the cold this winter. “The Society doesn’t just want to help people in the short term, we work to provide those in need of assistance with long term solutions through

Exhibition runs until Friday 6 June from 10am – 3pm at Central TAFE Showcase Space Gallery, 12 Aberdeen St, Perth

Conceptual/Documentary/Portraiture – showcases the work of six emerging photographers currently at Central TAFE, with each presenting a series of new works showing a cross section of responses to the theme.

Venue: The Showcase Space, Central TAFE, Cnr Aberdeen and Beaufort St, Northbridge,