Workshop: Photographing the past with Brett Leigh Dicks
Dates
Sunday 2 February | 9am - 12pm
$30 per participant | Limited places, bookings essential
Ages
Suitable for those aged 15+
Site access information
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Step into the past while capturing the present at this hands-on photography workshop led by photographer Brett Leigh Dicks.
Photographers, including student photographers, can not only explore Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s historic legacy for themselves but also learn the visual technique of rephotography – the process of creating a contemporary photograph based on an historic image.
When photographer Brett Leigh Dicks set out on his recent project rephotographing Western Australian Museum’s historic Dwyer & MacKay collection, he was astounded by how many of the Goldfields buildings depicted in the original photographs were still standing. This led Brett to create the photographic exhibition Time and Time Again: Rephotographing the Goldfields.
Participants will need to bring their own camera along with a passion for history and creativity.
About the Presenter
Brett Leigh Dicks is a Fremantle-based photographer and in 2023 was Artist in Residence at the Museum of the Goldfields, through ART ON THE MOVE’S Activating Collections program.
Brett approaches the medium of photography through an archaeological lens, exploring the relationship between human society and the environment. He recreates photographs taken between the 1890s and the 1920s by two photographers, John Joseph Dwyer and Thomas Faulkner Mackay, who had a studio on Kalgoorlie's main street.
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