The City of Stonnington is excited to play host to PHOTO 22.
From Friday 29 April, exhibitions in Prahran Square and Prahran Market will be part of the leading photography festival presented in collaboration with cultural institutions, museums, galleries and universities in Melbourne and across Victoria. Enjoy the extensive shopping and dining experiences available in the Chapel Street Precinct, while taking in the breathtaking imagery of the exhibitions.
These PHOTO 22 exhibitions are free of charge, Prahran Square is an outdoor exhibition accessible 24/7 and Prahran Market during opening hours. There are also some paid walking tours of the exhibitions, more information below.
Jess T. Dugan – Prahran Square
In Look at me like you love me, Jess T.Dugan reflects on desire, intimacy, companionship, and the ways our identities are shaped by these experiences. In this highly personal collection of work, Dugan brings together self-portraits, portraits of individuals and couples, and still lifes, interwoven with diaristic writings reflecting on relationships, solitude, family, loss, healing, and the transformations that define a life.
Dugan has long used photography to understand their own identity and to connect with others on a deeper level. Their process of working slowly and collaboratively discloses moments of heightened psychological intensity in images that transcend the specifics of a particular person or place, engaging with what it means to know oneself alongside and through others.
Look at me like you love me transforms Prahran Square into a public moment of connection, sharing intimacy and love on a community scale.
Misha Vallejo Prut – Prahran Market
Secret Sarayaku is the story of an indigenous people becoming cyber-activists in the fight to protect their jungle home.
The Kichwa people of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest believe in the spiritual interconnectedness of their ecosystem—and that protecting their home is fundamental not only to their own survival, but to that of humanity.
Responding to the threats of climate change, the Sarayaku use social media to communicate with the world about the threat to their way of life. By sharing their life in the jungle, they hope to inspire people around the globe to implement different strategies in the fight against climate change—but this method also invites an ever-greater Western presence in their everyday lives.
Misha Vallejo Prut spent six years documenting the people and communities of the Sarayaku for this project, inviting you to experience the merging of Western contemporary thought with the ancestral knowledge of this indigenous community.
Exhibition tours: $10 for adults and $5 for concession
You can also explore our exhibitions and get insights into the artworks through the perspectives of some of Melbourne’s top photography experts.
- 5 May: Join PHOTO 22 Associate Curator Brendan McCleary for a tour of Secret Sarayakuat Prahran Market on Thursday 5 May, 12 – 1pm.
- 7 May: Join artist and academic Kristan Haggblom for a tour of Secret Sarayakuat Prahran Market on Saturday 7 May, 11am – 12pm.
About PHOTO 22
Look at me like you love me and Secret Sarayaku are official exhibitions of PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography (photo.org.au), a major biennial of new photography and ideas taking place from 29 April to 22 May in Melbourne and regional Victoria. Responding to the theme ‘Being Human’, PHOTO 2022 explores the role photography plays in understanding the contemporary human condition. PHOTO 2022 is produced by Photo Australia in collaboration with cultural institutions, museums and galleries, and education, industry and government partners.
