Head on Portrait Prize

We had a lovely day visiting Bronte Beach to see the big surf caused by the imminent storm then having lunch at Mickey's on Oxford Street, Paddington. My bro', sister in law and the 2 kids left me there and I visited the Australian Centre for Photography which happens to be more or less opposite.

This was the exhibition of the Portrait Prize of the Head on Festival. Free entry and beautiful clear open space, pictures were mounted on clips which attached to long stainless steel wires stretching the length of the gallery similar to yatching wires. I've got some pictures of the set up for future reference, but can't upload at the moment because I've already had smoke coming out of the back of the laptop. Ammended with picture upload 22.6.10
Head On Portrait Prize

The winners of the 2010 Head On Portrait Prize are: Gil Meydan, Fiona Wolf and Karl Schwerdtfeger
One particularly moving picture was of a tiny, premature, still born child in the arms of his father. The strain, tension and deep sadness of the dad, with the tiny baby. I just stopped and stared. I couldn't tell you now if it was black and white or colour, I didn't analyse the lighting or any details of the background or composition. It just stood alone.
Whilst there was a book available with the submitted images in it, many of them were just so moving, personal and uncomfortable I didn't buy it.