My photography is now in the Indigenous Australian permanent gallery of the Australian Museum (Sydney). Work is from Ampilatwatja and Manuwanku (aka Muckaty) in Central Australia. Two sections in which my work would appear are Social Justice and Culture (this section will be open to public in January '13) . It brought me peaceful joy.
Nalaka sent me the link to his column yesterday. It is truly inspiring and amazing to anyone who loves photographs and appreciates human relationships.............................Following text and images in this blogpost are fromhttp://collidecolumn.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/when-worlds-collide-14-freezing-moments-and-defying-times-tyranny/and copyrighted to Nalaka GunawardeneWhen Worlds Collide #14: Freezing Moments and Defying Time’s Tyranny by Nalaka GunawardeneGrowing up in a very different Sri Lanka du
It has been the rallying cry of the Occupy movement for the past two months - but is the US really split 99% v 1%? As poverty and inequality reach record levels, how much richer have the rich got? This animation explains what the key data says about the state of America today.Read more at guardian.co.ukSource guardian.co.uk
Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud is featured in the Head On Photo Festival . Head On is Australia's largest photo festival and world's second largest. The exhibition is curated by Sandy Edwards and hosted by Customs House. (Level2, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay, NSW 2000)Manuwangku, Under the Nuclear Cloud project won the Amnesty International Human Rights Innovation Grant Award in ...
VideoWriter and Oscar-winning documentary maker Errol Morris talks about the nature of truth, art and propaganda in photography. Drawing examples from the photographs of Abu Ghraib and the Crimean war, cited in his book Believing is Seeing, he argues we've often underplayed the link between photgraphs and the physical worldhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2011/dec/26/errol-morris-photography-video ...
Pfizer pays out to Nigerian families of meningitis drug trial victimsPfizer pays compensation to families of four children after 15-year legal battle over controversial drug trial in state of KanoThe parents of four Nigerian children who died of meningitis have become the first winners of a 15-year legal battle against Pfizer over a fiercely controversial drug trial.The world's biggest research-based ...
Thirty seven images by some of Australia’s best photographers are in the running for the $25 000 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize. The finalist’s works were selected from approximately 2 000 photographs submitted by 432 entrants. One of these finalists will win the $25 000 first prize. Three finalists will be awarded an Adobe Honourable Mention prize.FINALISTSWarwick BakerKate BernauerMagdalena ...
At The Vanishing Point - Contemporary Art Inc presentsStars Sky Trees Breeze(Jagath’s journey 2010)JAGATH DHEERASEKARACurated by Djon Mundine30 June – 17 July 2011Opening launch, WEDNESDA
Economic recession has failed to curb rising emissions, undermining hope of keeping global warming to safe levels Photograph: Dave Reede/All Canada Photos/CorbisGreenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, putting hopes of holding global warming to safe levels all but out of reach, according
OUR GENERATIONA DOCUMENTARY FILM BY SINEM SABAN & DAMIEN CURTIS (73 MIN)From the ongoing controversy of the Northern Territory Intervention,to being forced off their traditional lands into larger townships crippled by social dysfunction,to their languages being removed from school education,to mining deals sidelining traditional owners,the Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory are fighting for freedom.Our Generation is their untold story; ...
Hi Jagath,It was good to chat to you at Yabun. Here is a bit of background detail on the sculpture. Find attached an image of it and an article about it from the National Indigenous Times and another from the Australian Newspaper.The photo of the sculpture attached, was taken at dawn Sunday 27 June, 2010 at Solander Point, the headland ...
After being blacklisted in the communist scare of the 1950s, Rogovin dedicated his life to photography. His pictures documented the lives of the poor, the dispossessed, the working class - in particular those living in a six-square-block neighborhood in Buffalo near his optometry practice. Born in New York City in 1909, Rogovin moved to Buffalo in 1938 to practice as ...
http://www.amnesty.org.au/about/comments/21837"Manuwangku: Our Country is Our Spirit - a mobile photo exhibition produced by Jagath Dheerasekara, documentary photographer to engage the Australian public in support of the Aboriginal community of Muckaty (Manuwangkyu) to defend their country from radioactive waste dumping. The photo exhibition will give th
