Stephen Dupont guest on MYF Warhurst's ABC program 'Nice' 'and Snappy' - Wednesday June 27, 8pm

Next Wednesday June 27 at 8pm MYF Warhurst will be talking to Stephen Dupont on her currently airing ABC program Nice, discussing his work and exploring the concept of the family portrait and the symbolism it has in our lives.

In this episode, Nice and Snappy she will also be talking to portrait photographer Douglas Kirkland about his portraiture and interviewing other guests in regards to the concept of the portrait, in the art world and in more familiar situations

The six part series Nice focuses on arts and entertainment exploring favourite aspects of Myf's youth culture from music, food, fashion to photography, art and design.

MYF Warhurst is an Australian radio host and television personality well known for her involvement at Triple J and on the ABC program Spicks and Specks.

 

 from the series Axe Me Biggie, by Stephen Dupont

Burn Magazine Emerging Photographer Fund - 2012

The recipient and the finalists of the 2012 Burn Emerging Photographer Fund have been announced on the Burn Magazine website. 

Congratulations to American photographer Matt Lutton the winner of the fund for his work Only Unity: Serbia In The Aftermath of Yugoslavia and to the two finalists Giovanni Cocco for his work Monia and Simona Ghizzoni for her work Afterdark: Consequences of War on Women in the Gaza Strip ;both Italian photographers.

This year fund submissions were judged by Stephen Dupont, Jim Goldberg, Sarah Leen, Bill Marr, Arianna Rinaldo, Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb.


The final choice submissions and the winner's and finalist's work can be viewed here.

 Photograph by Matt Lutton from his work, Only Unity

Photoville 2012 - Stephen Dupont Container Exhibition 'Raskols: The Gangs of Papua New Guinea'

Photoville has released individual information about the seperate container exhibitions for the festival. Information on Stephen's container can be read here ;as well as information on the other exhibitions on show for the festival's duration.
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NOTE# Photoville has only four days left on Kickstarter... The festival will still obviously be going ahead even if their goal is not reached but if you want to help make Photoville a free event you can donate here.
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photo by Stephen Dupont, from 'Raskols: The Gangs of Papua New Guinea'

2012 Momento Pro Photobook of the Year Awards- Winner Stephen Dupont for "Stoned in Kabul"

The award celebrates the work of Australian photographers in conjunction with the Head On Photo Festival.
Dupont's book was selected from over 400 entries and 33 finalists in seven diverse categories. 
The project "Stoned in Kabul" documents the life of two brothers struggling against heroin addiction in the war torn capital of Afghanistan, Kabul.
The project has also been conceived as a documentary film in collaboration with Stephen's friend, journalist and writer Jacques Menasche; Stephen and Jacques designed the book together as a companion piece to the documentary and Jacques narration also accompanies the photo book that has taken first place.
Stephen was not able to attend the awards ceremony and below is a short message of thanks he posted from Vanuatu to be shown in his absence

'Stoned in Kabul' also won the commercial category and Stephen's work from 'Why Am I A Marine' won in the portrait category.
The work of the other finalists and entrants will be on exhibition at Momento Pro's showroom until June 1, 2012 and online at the Momento Pro Website.

Photoville Brooklyn, New York with Stephen Dupont's 'Raskols' - June 22 to July 1, 2012

Photoville 2012 is an exciting new concept making its debut from New York in June 2012. A celebration of photography the festival will run over two weekends with events in between from June 22 to July 1. 

Brooklyn bridge park will be transformed into a photography village where massive freight containers will be transformed into temporary exhibition spaces scattered throughout the area.

Aside from the exhibitions there will be lectures, workshops, discuissions, night time projections and a summer beer garden with food vans apart from other things that will create a summer time vibe focused on the celebration of photography.

The festival is produced by United Photo Industries and their aim to quote them is;

"to promote and showcase emerging photographers through curated exhibitions around the world. Working in partnership with local galleries and key media partners... producing site-specific exhibitions that explore new thematic directions in photography. Drawing upon an international network of curatorial partners to provide unique exhibition opportunities for emerging photographers and facilitate their entry into foreign art markets. 

Stephen Dupont's Raskols work will be shown at Photoville.

All exhibitions, projections, workshops and talks are free of charge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photoville

where: Brooklyn Bridge Park, uplands of Pier 3, New York 

when: June 22 to July 1, 2012

 

 

David Alan Harvey - Bondi, Sydney May 2012

Last Friday May 11 saw the wrap up and final presentation of the David Alan Harvey masterclass held in Bondi, Sydney, in association with Head On Photo Festival 

The final presentation concluded the hard work that both the students, and David and his team put into the five day masterclass. Before viewing the student's work on friday evening David choose to present to the audience Stephen Dupont's multimedia film of his work in Afghanistan Generation AK

For the initial days of the class Stephen helped David with portfolio reviews and student discussions before flying to Vanuatu on a job. For the following days the masterclass saw the arrival of guest speakers such as; Kerry Payne, Imants Krumins, David M. Smith, Andrew Quilty, Sam Harris, and Andrew Johnstone.

Alongside his personal work David Alan Harvey curates Burn Magazine, an online journal supporting emerging and established photographers. His Sydney trip has seen the launch of his latest book and work Based On A True Story.

Anyone wanting to catch David speak before he leaves can attend his last presentation that will be at The Art Gallery of NSW  this saturday May 19 at 2pm, tickets are $25.

 


Portfolio reviews, David Alan Harvey Bondi Masterclass, Sydney 2012, photo Stephen Dupont

Opening night for Stephen Dupont's,The Rituals of Death - at The Muse til June 3

The Rituals of Death opened May 7 at The Muse gallery at Tafe Ultimo with great success. It was a good night and a big turn out; also for the other exhibitions on show in the building, opening on the same night.

May 7 also marked the beginning of the David Alan Harvey workshop at Bondi in which Steve Dupont collaborated for the take off in the beginning days before flying to Vanuatu. The opening and general day was rich with festivity and appreciation for the art of photography.

The Rituals of Death is an exhibition shown as a part of Head On Photo Festival and will be exhibited at The Muse until June 3.

photos by, Stephen Dupont

The Rituals of Death by Stephen Dupont- Opening May 7, 2012

Yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald included a write up of The Rituals of Death, an exhibition by Stephen Dupont that will be opening this monday night at The Muse Gallery in Tafe Ultimo as a part of the Head On Photography Festival.

The Rituals of Death explores the traditions of Nepalese Hindu rituals and cycles of death at Kathmandu's holiest cremation ghat Pasupatinath. Rituals normally very protected and private despite their public domain, Dupont has managed to document this ancient process in a subtle and delicate manner.

View more about the exhibition on the Sydney Morning Herald's site here

A lightbox of the images can be viewed here

And for those who missed out on the article included in the current issue of Time Machine, follow this link

 

from The Rituals of Death by, Stephen Dupont 

When

Monday, May 7 2012 at 6pm

Until June 3 2012

Where

TAFE Sydney Institute of Photography The Muse

Harris St, Ultimo (between Thomas St and Mary Ann St)

Sydney, NSW, 2000

Phone: 02 9217 3167

Cruising by Ian Flanders at Blanco Negro, opening presented by Stephen Dupont- May 2, 2012

Stephen Dupont will be opening 'Cruising' an exhibition by Ian Flanders at Blanco Negro in Alexandria this Wednesday May 2 from 6-8pm.

In this work Flanders explores the lifestyle of thirteen girls working in Sydney's King Cross red light area; an indepth exploration of their realities from the inside out.

 

When:
Wed May 2, 2012 - Sun June 3, 2012
Where:
Blanco Negro 
Shop 4, 44-54 Botany Road
Alexandria, Sydney
NSW

 

 

Time Machine Magazine Issue 5 with Stephen Dupont

"A time machine is a camera, or a method of discovery, or a way of travelling, or a fiction, or an idea..." This is the way in which the online periodical Time Machine begins to describe its concept and it fits.

The Magazine aims to publish contemporary photographic works from within Australia and worldwide striving to highlight new work and projects; examing and contrasting new Australian imagery with works produced from differing cultures and socities internationally.

Issue 5 of the publication features new work from Stephen Dupont The Rituals of Death in this work Dupont looks inside the traditional Nepalese Hindu rituals and cycle of death at Kathmandu’s Holiest shrine for cremation, Pasupatinath.

Pasupati is the second holiest place for Hindu’s to be cremated outside of Varanasi in India.

The works will also be on display in an upcoming exhibition in accordance with the HEAD ON Photo Festival at the TAFE Sydney Institute of Photography from May 7.

The Rituals of Death can be viewed here.

Issue 5 also includes two indepth discussions with Stephen Dupont and Rebecca Norris Webb. Stephen's interview can be viewed here.

TIMEMACHINE is an online photography project edited by Lee Grant with editorial contributions from Tom Williams and Sarah Rhodes based in Australia.

 

photo by, Stephen Dupont from The Rituals of Death


TAKE Magazine Issue 2 - April 2012

TAKE Magazine's second issue is hot off the press and being issued to pre-ordered subscribers in the following days; being available in stores by the next couple of weeks. 

The guys at TAKE have produced once again an outstanding publication, this time the cover photograph (work by Cedric Arnold) graces a hardcover edition which makes you really appreciate having a printed periodical in your hands in an age of increasingly aumented online publications.

TAKE Magazine is brought to you by EMPTY Magazine and Design is Kinky; featuring the work of Cedric Arnold, Ben Evans, Brian Cassey, Dana Goldstein, Dario Cestaro, David Collier, David Maurice Smith, Monstruo, Elizabeth Hosking, Ella Mitchell, George Voulgaropoulos, Ian Flanders, Jackson Eaton, Jon Reid, Jonathan Clifford, Josh Baker, Juan Luis Garcia, Katrin Koenning, Krystle Wright, Luke Shadbolt, Prudence Stent, Rod Owen, Sarah Rhodes, Stef Mitchell, Andy Hatton and Marc Stringa.

Copies can be ordered online at the TAKE Magazine website.


cover photo, Cedric Arnold

Weapons Platoon opens at the National Museum of the Marine Corps

My 2009 series titled "Why Am I A Marine?" about a Marine platoon in Afghanistan opened at the NMMC in Qantico on April 4th. It was great to see some of the lads turning up, Hambone, Nails and John and his family, Andrew's mum and other Marine parents. Thank you for coming and making the event incredibly special. I made a presentation and talk on the night and the following day conducted a workshop with Combat Camera and other Marine media and public affairs from the base. My original journal the series comes from is in the special photography and rare books collection of the Library of Congress in Washington DC.

 

Thousand Words Exhibition at Lane Four, The Galleries with Stephen Dupont

If you're passing The Galleries in Sydney's CBD from March 20 - May 30 2012 have a look at the new public exhibition space Lane Four that has recently been hung with an exhibition curated by aMBUSH Gallery; containing the work of ten prominent Australian photographers, including work by Stephen Dupont. 

The exhibition Thousand Words was conceived as an invitation for ten photographers to submit a single evocative image together with one hundred words to describe their work and its inspirations; therefore combining in total one thousand words for ten diverse images. 

Exhibiting photographers are;

Montalbetti + Campbell, Andrew Quilty, Tim Georgeson, Stephen Dupont, Amanda Prior, Sean Izzard, Toby Burrows, Chris Barlow, Michael Corridore and Tristan Stefan- Edouard

at Lane Four, The Galleries 500 George Street, Sydney 2000

Ingression Free and Open 24 Hours. 

 Photos, Anna Maria Antoinette D'Addario

New York Times Article on Raskols by Stephen Dupont- 1 March 2012

Stephen Dupont's Raskols have been featured in a NY Times article 'Tender Hooligans' published yesterday. Seven photos from the collection have been displayed with a descritption by Stephen Heyman.
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The article is timed nicely with the release of the Raskols collection in a new book pubished by Powerhouse Books that will be released on May 8 2012. Pre- ordered copies can be purchased online.
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The complete article in theNew
York Times can be viewed here.

'Photography as Activism' - 'Images For Social Change' by Michelle Bogre

Michelle Bogres, doucmentary photographer, writer and copyright lawer's book 'Photography as Activism"  published in 2011 urges emerging photographers and long time users of the medium to use their work to expose issues and motivate change. 

She stresses that photographic images are some of the most influential tools of our time to evoke and create social and evironmental awareness and change.

An appropriate example would be of one of the technical fathers of photography Ansel Adams, whose photos of the American west were inspired by his desire to protect and gain protection for these areas.

The book provides its interested readers with a relative theory and history of the mediums role in social activism and provides discussions with some of the worlds most important contemporary photographers.

It calls to inspire individuals using this medium to use their art to create a better world at the same time creating awareness of where exactly we are in relation to it.

More information about the author and where to obtain the book can be found at her website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Photography as Activism (Images for Social Change)'

Michelle Bogres

Editor: Focal Press

Published: October 2011

Stephen Dupont at The National Museum of the Marine Corps- April 4 2012 to April 3 2013

Stephen Dupont at the NMMC
"Weapons Platoon: A Marine's Life in Afghanistan," by Stephen Dupont opens at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on April 4, 2012. This series of thirty- five photographs is a portrait of a Marine Platoon that Dupont was embedded with in the Spring of 2009.
I Chose to take a simple and intimate path in this project and simply asked all the Marines in the platoon to write their answers to the question 'Why are you a Marine?' in a small journal I kept while I was embedded with them. While in the field I took the Polaroids of each Marine and gave them the positive as a reciprocal gesture for their participation and honesty and later back in Sydney printed from the negative."
The Exhibition will be on display for one year. Dupont will be giving a presentation at the museum on April 4, 2012, by RSVP only. Contact Felice Tebbe at Booklyn for more information.
Booklyn

37 Greenpoint Avenue
4th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11222
(718) 383-9621

From the series 'Weapons Platoon: A Marine's Life in Afghanistan' by Stephen Dupont