Sydney Community College

Photography Talks

Join us for a talk given by two professional photographers. Hear their thoughts about Portrait Photography from an insider’s perspective and examine their styles and approach to their work.

The talks will be conducted by the following photographers:

• Jon Lewis’s achievements are many and varied, with more than 20 years’ teaching experience, and has been photographing and exhibiting photographs for 35 years. His style is documentary in nature with an emphasis on portrait photography including portfolios of images of The Bush, Outback, Bondi, Timor and Being Muslim. Jon Lewis first exhibited in 1974. He was a member of Sydney’s “Yellow House“ in the early 70’s, went on to make experimental video with “Bush Video”. In 1977 Jon was a founding member of Greenpeace Australia, which led a successful campaign to end the slaughter of whales. His interests are reflected in his photography, and when not on the hop, photographing or teaching, lives in the Southern Highlands of NSW, where he schemes for sponsorship, reads, writes and hunts wild pigs. In 2007, Jon was the curator of the Greenpeace 30th Anniversary Photo Exhibition, Wombeyan International Photo Festival, and Sorry Day with Jodie Wiggins. More recently Jon has just returned from Kirabati where he photographed the people struggling to deal with the effects of global warming on their islands. This series was exhibited as part of the Head On Portrait Festival – “Portraits from the Edge” Kiribati – Putting a Face to Climate Change.

Image by Jon Lewis ©

• Warwick Clarke’s enthusiasm for photography began in his teens and after completing an engineering degree, traveled abroad and began working in commercial photography in London, Paris and Milan. First as assistant and later as studio manager to photographers specialising in fashion and portraiture. A move to New York resulted in establishing a commercial practice. Subsequently his work appeared in Vogue Italia, Linea Italiana, British Vogue, Harpers and Queen, Ritz, The Observer and Andy Warhol’s Interview. In Australia he has contributed to Australian Vogue, Follow Me, and the Sydney Morning Herald.

Warwick has a Master of Art by Coursework and a Master of Fine Arts by Research. Since 2002 he has been teaching in the School of Photomedia at CoFA and at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney. He is currently engaged in a contemporary fine arts practice in photomedia having exhibited over a period of ten years in documentary style photography at galleries including the National Portrait Gallery and the Australian Centre for Photography.

Image by Warwick Clarke ©

Bookings are essential.

If you want to learn about Landscape Photography in Sydney, then this course is for you.

Agenda

During this course the intention is that the following topics will be covered, but not necessarily in the order given. Due to the variable nature of Adult Education classes, parts of the curriculum may be adapted to suit the needs of the class.

• The first talk begins at 6.30pm with Murray van der Veer until 7.30pm
• There will be a 15 min break for tea and coffee
• The second talk begins at 7.45pm with René Vogelzang until 8.45pm

Objectives

The intended Learning Outcomes for this course are as follows.

By the end of the course, the students will:

• Have a wider knowledge of Landscape Photography from a professional’s perspective

Other Information

Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt St. The course will be held in the Mitchell Theatre.

PLS NOTE: All classes need a minimum number of students to go ahead. If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled and you will be informed.***Please be aware that you may be informed of a cancellation &/or change via SMS or E-mail.