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| February 2012 - Sean Davey will be exhibiting three pieces in the group show Multiples at The Photography Room this month. The exhibition opens on Friday 24 February and concludes on 25 March. Exhibiting artists include, Robert Agostino, Thérèse Harrison, Billy Maynard, Amy Mills, Dennis Mortimer and Daniel Wallace.  Eden September 29 2006 (two polaroid photographs mounted on watercolour paper) January 2012 - An Internal Pursuit, the introductory essay to Issue 3 of Time Machine by Sean Davey.  December 2011 - The Photography Room is a new photography gallery that will be opening soon in Queanbeyan, Regional New South Wales. The doors to the gallery will be open for a soft launch on Sunday 18 December, with a selection of Sean Davey's Dog Food & Oysters on the walls.  February 2011 - Sean Davey presents a new portfolio of photographs, Dog Food & Oysters. The photographs in this portfolio were made in the United States in 2004 and 2005. Dog Food & Oysters is available as a free pdf download. The book can be printed on your home or office computer, and/or saved to disc and printed at a local printing shop. The choice of paper and binding style is up to the individual. On the last page, there is space to fill in your name, where you printed the book and the number of the book. View portfolio Download book  Untitled (New Orleans, 2004) from Dog Food & Oysters November 2010 - Sean Davey is exhibiting a diptych, John's Place, Cooktown, Qld (2010) in HIDDEN TREASURES - The 2010 Postcard Show at Cairns Regional Gallery. The annual postcard show fundraising exhibition features over 100 artworks which are all up for auction. Artworks are by local and national artists and presented on a postcard size canvas. Artists exhibiting include Ray Crooke and Euan MacLeod. This show is a Cairns Regional Gallery Fundraising Exhibition.  John's Place, Cooktown, Qld (2010) at this year's Annual Postcard Show at the Cairns Regional Gallery 5 November until 21 November 2010 Cairns Regional Gallery Shields Street Cairns, Queensland Visit the CRG website October 2010 - Sean Davey will present Flash Fiction, an interactive workshop that aims to explore some influences between photography and fiction writing, as part of the inaugural Tropical Writers Festival in Cairns. The workshop is a free event and participants of all ages are welcome to attend. 1.15pm, Sunday October 17 Pier Atrium The Pier at the Marina Cairns, Qld Visit the Tropical Writers Festival website August 2010 - Cooktown, Queensland (2010) by Sean Davey has been shortlisted for this year's William and Winifred Bowness Prize to be exhibited at the Monash Gallery of Art in Victoria.Thirty-four entries were selected for the exhibition from almost two thousand entries. The shortlisted works are available for viewing at the Monash Gallery of Art flickr site. Visit the MGA flickr page  Cooktown, Queensland (2010) July 2010 - The Cairns Post newspaper publishes an article on Port Moresby written by Sean Davey with photographs by participants from the Gerehu Arts workshop.  - Sean Davey will be in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea until July 16, where he will be facilitating a community arts workshop with staff from the Melanesian Institute of Arts and Communication at the University of Papua New Guinea. June 2010 - The 8th annual Cross Projections show opens Thursday June 3. Subsequent shows on Friday June 4 and Saturday June 5 at Tusculum House, Kings Cross, Sydney. The publication 8 Mile: photographs from the margins of Port Moresby will be available for sale an the Saturday night show. May 2010 - The inaugural brokenbench exhibition opens on May 6 at The Cahuvel Cinema in Sydney, New South Wales. Visit brokenbench  April 2010 - Susan Allan from The World Socialist Website has reviewed 8 Mile: photographs from the margins of Port Moresby. Read article - The Weekend Post publishes Visual Target, a double page spread with photographs made in 2009 and 2010 in Far North Queensland. This presentation includes photographs that will be on exhibition in BullsEye as part of the Queensland Festival of Photography at KickArts Contemporary Arts, from April 6 until May 29. .jpg) March 2010 - 8 Mile exhibition extended at Monash Gallery of Art "8 Mile: photographs from the margins of Port Moresby" at the Monash Gallery of Art in Victoria will be extended from March 16 to April 11. - World Press Photo Masterclass nomination Sean Davey has been nominated for selection to the 2010 World Press Photo Masterclass. The Australian and New Zealand selection committee has also nominated Australian photographers Marisol Da Silva, Adam Ferguson and Mitchell Kanashkevich, as well as New Zealand shooter Tim Veling. With around 170 nominees vying for a place in the final 12 it sure is going to be stiff competition. Adam Ferguson received First Place in this years' World Press Photo competiton Spot News category. Check out these fine photographers' works here: February 2010 - 8 Mile: photographs from the margins of Port Moresby / catalogue now available With a foreward by Motsy David, texts by Emmanuel Onom Mel, Sean Davey and Stephen Zagala. $15 AUD (10 euro / $15 USD) plus postage view catalogue view photographs from the opening of the 8 Mile exhibition Signed copies of this catalogue are now available at Dashwood Books in New York, USA. visit Dashwood Books January 2010 - Pidgin book featured on The Independent Photo Book The Independent Photo Book Store announces independently published and/or produced photography books and zines, which are not available via amazon or other standard outlets. Visit the Independent Photo Book site - 8 Mile: Photographs from the margins of Port Moresby will be open this month at the Monash Gallery of Art in Victoria. Monash Gallery of Art 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill, Victoria Artists' talk, Saturday, January 30 2010, 2pm Official opening Saturday, January 30 2010, 3pm Photographs from this exhibition will be available soon - Life in 8 Mile is Hard, the photographic exhibition held at Uli Bier Haus at the University of Papua New Guinea in August 2009 by 8 Mile residents Emmanuel Onom Mel, Wanpis Kaupa and Nicky Balop has been awarded Best Entertainment Production at the 2009 Papua New Guinea Media Council Awards. December 2009 - Sean Davey has started a blog about photography from Far North Queensland. Visit XXXX Photography November 2009 - The Weekend Post publishes A Lifeline, Not a Cost. This work focuses on the people who will be affected by the immediate closure of the Aborigines & Islanders Alcohol Relief Service (AIARS), in Far North Queensland.  View The Weekend Post article September 2009 - brokenbench is partnership of photographers that supports personal and individual approaches to documentary photography. brokenbench photographers share a strong belief that diversity within the medium is vital in stimulating and encouraging personal ways of looking at the world. brokenbench aims to promote its member photographers through online galleries at brokenbench.com.au, as well as through commissions, publications and exhibitions. August 2009 - The gala event Wok Bung Wantaim (We're Working Together) is held at the University of Papua New Guinea on Saturday August 22. The evening showcased a theatre production, musical performance, paintings as well as a photographic exhibition titled "Life in 8 Mile is Hard" by 8 Mile Settlement residents Emmanuel Onom Mel and Wanpis Kaupa. Funded by The Law & Justice Sector of Papua New Guinea (through AusAID), the evening celebrated the creative riches that were found at 8 Mile Settlement during an Arts Education workshop that took place at the beginning of June. More information and photographs from the evening will soon be available here at www.8milesettlement.com Malum Nalu, a journalist at The National newspaper in Port Moresby, has posted an article on the exhibition on his blog. Check it out here.  Youths from 8 Mile Settlement hang the exhibition "Life in 8 Mile is Hard" at The University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby.  Emmanuel Onom Mel (centre with camera) and his mates from 8 Mile Settlement celebrate the exhibition "Life in 8 Mile is Hard" at The University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby. July 2009 - The Australian newspaper publishes Liberty Dock, portraits of U.S. Sailors and Marines in Cairns. View mulitmedia presentation - Kempsey, NSW (2008) from Limousines and Hearses (Part One) will be exhibited in the 2009 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture at Tweed River Art Gallery from 14 August to 27 September 2009 - A new website dedicated to the 8 Mile Settlement community of Port Moresby is now online. www.8milesettlement.com has an array of content about the community and numerous photographs made by 8 Mile resident, seventeen year old Emmanuel Onom. June 2009 - A selection of photographs from the 18th Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival, held in Far North Queensland from June 19-21, can be viewed at The Cairns Post website. View gallery - Sean Davey will be in Papua New Guinea at the beginning of June. - Big THANK YOU to the 8 Mile Settlement community in Port Moresby for your generous hospitality and engagement during the Arts & Education Workshop for Youths, June 1-5. Supported by The Law & Justice Sector of Papua New Guinea, through AusAID. The workshop's focus was on community issues and stories, facilitating youths and adults alike the opportunity to express their thoughts, ideas and feelings of settlement life, through drama, music, visual art and story telling. - For the month of June, homepage photographs on www.pidgin.com.au will be selected from images made in 8 Mile Settlement by Emmanuel Onom (17.y.o) Emmanuel was part of the story telling group during the 2009 8 Mile Youth Arts & Education Workshop, in Port Moresby. He became extremely interested in photography, and photographed extensively during the week. His story "Life in 8 Mile Is Hard" is part of "STORIES.... From 8 Mile Settlement," a book of twenty-one short stories and poems, organised at the end of the workshop. May 2009 - Sean Davey now resides in Cairns, Queensland. New email address sean at pidgin.com.au - Limousines & Hearses (Part One) is currently featured on Eleanor Magazine, edited by Matt Wright-Steel. View the magazine www.eleanormag.com View Matt's website April 2009 - The Australian newspaper online publishes a multimedia report of the mass burial of unclaimed bodies in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. View report March 2009 - The photograph Sandon River, NSW (2008) from the portfolio Limousines & Hearses, Part One has been awarded Highly Commended in the 2009 Moran Contemporary Photography Prize. The exhibition of finalists' work is currently at the State Library of NSW, Sydney. View Moran Photography Finalists' work February 2009 - Sean Davey will be in Papua New Guinea in February and March. - 'Sandon, NSW' (#23 of 30, Limousines & Hearses, Part One), is a finalist in the 2009 Moran Contemporary Photography Prize. - T.V. ELECTION is featured on Andrew Phelps' photography blog "Buffet". Read Andy's blog. - T.V. ELECTION has been extended and will be open at Airport North Gallery until Friday February 13. December 2008 - Enough is Enough is a multimedia feature documenting the final edpisode of the popular Australian interview television program Enough Rope, hosted by Andrew Denton. The feature is published in The Australian newspaper online. View multimedia feature - AIRPORT NORTH Gallery in Sydney will be exhibiting TV ELECTION in early 2009. Full portfolio of photographs coming soon. Preview works November 2008 - A big Thank you to Lawrence from KODAK who supplied digital cameras for delivery to UPNG. October 2008 WANTED: Second hand film cameras, lenses and accessories.... Do you have an old film camera(s) lying around that you haven't used in ages? If you would like your old camera, lenses, flash or accessories to be put to good use, please consider sending them my way, as I am collecting second hand camera gear (must be working) to take to Papua New Guinea in 2009 to be donated to photography students at the University of PNG in Port Moresby. Resources of all kinds are very limited in PNG, and photography students at UPNG only have access to a few ageing compact digital cameras. After speaking with the photography teacher at UPNG, it was pretty clear that the students could use some older SLR film cameras to gain more experience with manual settings, such as exposure, focus, depth of field and different lens sizes. I will be returning to PNG in January and am hoping to take with me a selection of cameras and lenses that can be donated to the university. If you have any photography gear that you are not using, and want to help out a great cause, please send me an email or send gear to: Cairns QLD 4870 AUSTRALIA September 2008 - Sean Davey will be in Papua New Guinea until mid October. - Miller Street Soiree #3 screens at The National Library of Australia. - Sean Davey and photographer Therese Harrison are interviewed by Louise Maher on ABC Radio's DRIVE program about Miller Street Soiree #3 screening at the National Library as part of the VIVID National Photography Festival. - A new gallery Onwards & Upwards has been added to pidgin.com.au Onwards & Upwards is a personal book of photographs made in 2004. It will be available in a limited edition soon. - Miller Street Soiree #3 will be shown at the National Library in Canberra as part of the Vivid National Photography Festival on Thursday September 25 at 6pm. Tickets to the event are free however bookings are essential. The event will showcase work by twenty Australian photographers. There will be a people's choice award as well as a print raffle. Light refreshments will be available. View Photographers' work - Limousines & Hearses (Part One) is featured on Buffet, an online collection of special editions, book + print sets. Produced by Austrian photographer Andrew Phelps, Buffet aims to expose various and interesting ways in which photographers package, present and sell their work. - Sean Davey has been shortlisted for the 2008 SOYA Photography Award. SOYA recieved thousands of impressive entries this year, so selection represents Sean as one of the top ten emerging creative leaders in his field. The Qantas Spirit Of Youth Awards are Australia’s leading grants program for new creative talent, helping young creative innovators to expand their horizons, build up their business base, and learn the ropes from leading industry figures and some of the greatest creative minds in the world. Now in its fifth year, SOYA recognises excellence and innovation in the arts, and gives young, talented Australians the financial and professional support they need to share their talents with the world. Fashion designers, musicians, artists, visual communicators, object designers and filmmakers aged 30 and under are invited to enter their work. August 2008 - A new gallery Portraits has been added to pidgin.com.au View Portraits gallery. - Sean Davey and CGS Gallery Director Trevor Dunbar present a talk on PIDGIN at the Canberra Grammar School Gallery, Red Hill, ACT. - Sean Davey is interviewed on ABC radio by Louise Maher from the 'Drive' program. - The National Gallery of Australia purchase Sean Davey's artist book PIDGIN. Editions are also held by The National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales. Two editions of PIDGIN are on view at Canberra Grammar School Gallery as part of the VIVID National Photography Festival. The exhibition runs until September 6. July 2008 - Vivid National Photography Festival opens in Canberra. Over fifty national and ACT-based institutions are collaborating to present exhibitions, conferences and a range of events for photographers, photographic historians and everyone with an interest in photography. - Pidgin to exhibit at Vivid  Bungwahl, NSW, 2005 (pure pigment print, 55 x 80cm, Ed. of 5 + 2AP) (gelatin silver print, 40.6 x 50.8cm, Ed. of 5 + 2AP As part of the Vivid National Photography Festival Program, The Gallery at Canberra Grammar School presents Pidgin in August and September. The exhibition opens on Wednesday August 20 at 6pm. Canberra Grammar School is located on Monaro Crescent in Red Hill. Sean Davey will present an artist talk about the making of the work. The afternoon will be hosted by Trevor Dunbar, Director of The Gallery, Head of Visual Arts at CGS, on Saturday August 23 at 2pm. View Portfolio June 2008 - Limousines & Hearses (Part One) Portfolio Exhibition, Chauvel Cinema Gallery, Paddington, NSW  Limousines & Hearses (Part One) Portfolio (30 colour photographs), Edition 5 (Ed. of 10 + 2 AP) Each edition of Limousines & Hearses (Part One) is presented in an individually coloured custom made portfolio box with an embossed image from the portfolio. Every edition has a different embossed cover image selected from the portfolio. View Portfolio - HONG KONG Portfolio by Felicity Davey (published by Sean Davey)  Felicity's portfolio of thirty photographs from Hong Kong is now available for viewing online. This 10x8" portfolio will be available in an edition of 10 plus two artist proofs, and is presented in a custom made portfolio box. View Portfolio Inquire about portfolio - "You don't realise what photography is about until you see these types of pictures." My dad, Alan, looking at William Egglestons "Los Alamos". Photos from Los Alamos by William Eggleston / see more of Eggleston's work at www.egglestontrust.com
March 2008 - ANEW POLITICAL LANDSCAPE purchased by National Library of Australia. A selection of prints from Anew Political Landscape has been purchased by The Australian National Library for the library's permanent photography collection View Portfolio February 2008 - Sorry Day  Untitled (Canberra, February 13, 2008) (Diptych, Gelatin silver photographs, 57 x 154.5cm) Unique piece + 1 AP I travelled to Canberra with artist Daniel Wallace to attend the Sorry Day ceremony at Parliament House. With numerous newspaper, magazine and agency photographers working at the event, I preferred to watch for most of the time rather than photograph. I became motivated to photograph after the official parliamentary ceremony had finished, when a large crowd moved down to the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in front of Old Parliament House. Speeches were made, people sat on the grass lawn hanging out. Everyone stood for a two minute silence in memory and respect for members of the Stolen Generations. What really got my attention though was the ceremonial fire, a symbol of what is central to the indigenous peoples of Australia. I couldn't help think of the work of photographer Larry Towell and what his work so strongly represents. From his work on the Mennonites to the Palestine/Israeli conflict and his newly published work on his family in Canada; people, their land, their relationship to it and their identity from which it is formed. This is what this is all about, and it made me want to get home, develop and print my work and re-read the work of Larry Towell.
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