Divas

May 3, 2013 By 2 Comments
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In the midst of all the posters on Götgatan (the main street of Södermalm) promoting concerts, festivals, comedy nights, and dance clubs, there was one I saw the other week which really stood out. In contrast to the all the other posters which were very "busy", this poster portrayed a single image of twenty-something woman (a woman living with a disability) dressed beautifully and holding flowers. As I was heading off to Turkey in a day or two, I didn't have the time or attention to find … [Read more...]

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Fotografiska Museet

March 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Fotografiska Museet Cafe

"I think I've found the spot for my fiftieth birthday", I told Sue as we sat and enjoyed some late afternoon refreshments at the top floor cafe of Stockholm's Fotografiska Museet (Photographic museum). Even though I've been to the museum on a few occasions before this, I'd never actually made it to the top floor cafe before. I've enjoyed a summertime drink at the downstairs outdoors bar, but until today I never knew they had a top floor cafe also. A top floor cafe with great service, great food, … [Read more...]

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Art and About Tuesday

March 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Tova Mozard photograph at the grave of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir

The “day” started a little later for me, as I enjoyed a reasonably good “sleep in” this morning, after last night going out for a drink at Torget. After a moment or two of sitting by myself, I was befriended by a young bloke who told me he was originally from the far north of Sweden, near the border with Finland. He told me he was planning to return there after he and his partner get married in about six months time. “How long have you known each other?”, I asked. He blushed when … [Read more...]

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Cockatoo Island – #thewalkdownunder

March 31, 2012 By 2 Comments
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When the alarm clock went off at half-past-five I thought briefly of turning over and going back to bed. I’m not really one for getting out of bed early on a Saturday. Eight-thirty, nine-o’clock is generally okay, but five-thirty is not within my frame of reference. But when I checked the weather and it was fine, and when I realised I had enough time for breakfast, I figured I would go ahead with it and take part in #thewalkdownunder, a photographic walk that took place across Australia … [Read more...]

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Michael K. Chin

November 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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One of the really terrific parts of my job is that I get to meet some really interesting people who I would otherwise not meet in my normal day to day life. Such is the case of Michael K. Chin. He’s a composer and DJ from Sydney who appeared at Parramasala on the weekend. He is doing some really interesting collaborative work with photographers. I like his music very much, and I like the way in which the music and the still images from the photographers he works with combine so … [Read more...]

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Blake Prize and Sydney Life

September 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Psychedelic Reconstruction by Jacqueline Drinkall

I spent the day visiting two of my favourite annual art exhibitions in Sydney "Sydney Life" and "The Blake Prize". "Sydney Life" is a photographic competition and exhibition held each year in Hyde Park. "The Blake Prize" is a spiritual/religious themed art competition and exhibition held each year at the National Art School. They're exhibitions I enjoy because they both challenge and entertain. The Blake Prize, in particular, is a favourite. It began as an art prize for "religious art" in a … [Read more...]

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