Stephen Dupont will be holding an artist talk at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery in Western Australia this Wednesday March 27 at 6pm. In his discussion he will talk about his work in Papua New Guinea for his Harvard Peabody Fellowship.
The talk is free however those wishing to attend must rsvp lwag@uwa.edu.au
A few months after returning from Cuba I have had time to be able to digest and reflect on the work of the students from the 2012 Havana, Cuba workshop. I’d have to say that this particular workshop was one of my favourites and I think one of the best we have had to date. All the students involved really pushed their own limits to get the work that they had hoped from this dynamic and complex city. The result… some amazing stories were produced and I am happy to highlight some of my favourite images from the students here.
The workshop was held at the Fototeca in Cuba, a government run cultural space that is a great support system for Cuban photographers. We’d like to extend our thanks to Nelson Ramirez de Arellano and all his staff who were extremely hospitable and open in helping us conduct the course.
We’d also like to extend a big thank you and a warm welcome to Raul Canibano Ercilla and his partner Listette, Leysis Quesada Vera and Arien Chang Castan. Arien and Leysis are two of Cuba’s most promising young documentary photographers whilst Raul Canibano Ercilla is considered one of Cuba’s master photographers. All three of them helped the workshop run its course and provided a source of inspiration for all. They will also all be exhibiting at the upcoming Reportage Festival in 2013 and will be attending the event holding talks and seminars.
A big thank you to the continued support of FujiFIlm Australia and a warm thank you to friend Manuela Furci who accompanied the course with her laughter and audacious character making it an unforgettable event…
Thanks to my workshop partner and friend Jack Picone who was unable to make this course due to work commitments and missed such a great time and thanks to my wonderful assistant Anna D’Addario whose passion and love of photography made the workshop an unique and wonderful experience… for all her help…
Lastly to all the students who really excelled themselves this year, Havana life pulls you in and throws you in every direction and all the students managed to focus and produce solid work.
Congratulations everyone and thanks for a great workshop look forward to seeing you all at..
Stephen has been interviewed by The Sydney Morning Herald in regards to the 2013 Reportage Festival.
In the interview Stephen talks about his own experiences as a photographer and the plans for the upcoming event.
Reportage Festival will take place in Sydney this May 25 to June 13, 2013 as a featured event of of Vivid Sydney.
To read the whole article and watch the video interview click here.
In light of the recently opened Degree South exhibition Peace at Monash Gallery of Art, Stephen will be holding a talk at the Gallery in Victoria on May 9 from 11am to 1pm.
Stephen will be discussing his recent work in Papua New Guinea for his Gardner Photography Fellowship and his upcoming book due for release at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University.
For those interested in attending, bookings are essential
contact MGA on 03 8544 0500
As was announced some months ago, Stephen's Raskols work was a featured exhibition at the 2012 Athens Photo Festival. The Athens Photo Festival is organised by the Hellenic Centre for Photography and celebrates photography and related media annually in Greece being one of Athen's most important cultural events.
The 2012 edition celebrated 25 years of the festival and boasted a prestigious program. Participating photographers included, Anders Peterson, Stefano de Luigi, Giacomo Brunelli, Stephen Dupont, Bruce Gilden (who ran a photography masterclass workshop), Shen Wei, Eran Gilat, Eleni Mouzakiti, Namsa Leuba, Colin Delfosse, Nigel Bennett, Monika Merva, Nicola Lo Calzo, Christian Vium and more.
The Raskol's exhibition went well, curated by United Photo Industries Creative Director Sam Barzilay, below we have posted some photos from the show.
Photographs taken by Konstantinos Tsergis and Tsiadis Ioannis , Athens Greece 2012
A project well worth supporting, Ben has seven days left to raise funds and has already raised $6320 of his $15,000 goal.
For more information on the project, follow the direct link here.
Stephen has been selected as one of fifty three finalists in the 2013 National Portrait Prize held by the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra with his work from Papua New Guinea.
The potrait featured below is from the body of work Stephen has developed in conjunction with his Harvard Peabody Fellowship.
From the White Sheet Series, by Stephen Dupont
Stephen has been interviewed for Yen Magazine and the feature can be viewed in the latest issue. The article discusses his Raskol's work from Papua New Guinea in lieu of the recently released book Raskols published by Powerhouse.
Stephen Dupont's Raskols have been featured on Time LightBox. The article speaks about Stephen's experience photographing the gang and the new book that has recently been released by Powerhouse.
The whole article can be viewed here.
The winner of the Bowness Photography prize in which Stephen Dupont's Blue Boy is a finalist will be announced on Thursday October 4, 2012.
The online catalogue with all the finalist's work and artist statements can be viewed here.
The Blue Boy from the series Piksa Nuigini Finalist in the 2012 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize
Stephen DUPONT
Artist Statement:
The series Piksa Nuigini or Picture New Guinea aims to capture the human spirit of the people of Papua New Guinea (PNG). In a sense the series is a window inside humanity in one of the world's last truly wild and unique frontiers. It's about tribal identity in 2011, and the annual Highland's Sing-Sing festivals might be the last cultural showcase of tradition and custom left.
My photograph aims to showcase not just the visual anthropology of a race and land, but to highlight the effects of rapid changes taking place on traditional values and cultural identity. In recent times PNG has gone through some of the most significant cultural shifts and change since the early days of colonisation. The work aims to document what I see as 'detribalisation', where PNG society is losing its culture due to the impact of globilisation.
Stephen Dupont will be exhibiting his Papua New Guinea work 'Raskols' at the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery opening September 20, 2012 in a collective show titled 'Postcards from the Rim'.
'Postcards from the Rim brings together the works of six award-winning contemporary and cutting edge Australian photographers in a rare insiders’ view into our nearest neighbours. Showing alongside a stunning private collection of Papua New Guinean masks never been seen before.'
The exhibition will be on show for one month until October 20, 2012.
Dumbo Arts Festival is here again and this year Stephen Dupont will be participating with the Raskols exhibition. Bought to you by United Photo Industries this year's event looks great, the exhibition line-up can be viewed here.
United Photo Industries are the same bunch that produced Photoville this year. Dumbo Arts Festival is a celebration of Art, Music and Performance and aims to highlight Brooklyn's prescence in the Arts.
The event will take place from September 28 to September 30, 2012
From the series Raskols by Stephen Dupont
The National Library in Canberra has been the first to acquire Stephen Dupont's recently completed Afghanistan 1993 - 2012 Box Set of handmade artists books from his Afghanistan series.
The set includes Why Am I A Marine?, Axe Me Biggie, Generation AK, Stoned in Kabul and The Afghanistan Diaries.
The books are fully archival and printed with Epson pigment inks on Innova 225 gsm 100% cotton-rag paper, then coated with Hahnemuhle spray coating. Hand stitched section sewn binding with debossed greyboard front and back covers and black cloth spine. The slip case cloth is Desert pattern MARPAT (short for MARine PATtern), a digital camouflage pattern designed for the United States Marine Corps.
New video book previews of the hand made books can be viewed via the book section on Stephen Dupont's website .
We will be posting shortly multimedia pieces on the blog that demonstrate the creative process involved in making Stephen's books.
Stephen has been featured in a seven page spread in the august edition of Brazilian periodical 'Revista Photo Magazine' interviewed by writer Roberta Tavares, Dupont talks about his work, photography in general, his artist's books and the important factors of authorship in the field of documentary photography.
To have a look at the article view the PDF here.
The photo displayed above from Revista Photo Magazine's August edition is by Stephen Dupont from the Piksa Nuigini series
We'd like to present another work from Stephen's archive...
Digging into the vault the collection of photographs we are highlighting are from the 'Dogs of Bucharest ' series, work that Stephen shot in Romania in 2001.
The project focuses on the stray dog situation in the city of Bucharest and the decision made by the mayor of Bucharest calling for the extermination of the city's hounds.
Furious animal rights groups, spearheaded by former French actress Brigitte Bardot in turn, declared war on the mayor. Bardot flew to Bucharest, where the two in a public rapprochement signed an agreement to temporarily hold off on the killing....
