The Language of Light
THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT is a series of half-hour documentaries featuring seven different Australian photographers, each with a significant body of work and each with a different photographic style.
They are Emmanuel Santos, Ponch Hawkes, John Street, Jacqueline Mitelman, Ricky Maynard, Meredith O'Shea & Ashley Gilbertson.
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THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT: PONCH HAWKES
00:23:35|Australia|Directed byFiona Cochrane
A Melburnian, Ponch’s work has explored themes to do with women, sport (including circus), female bodies, relationships and identity. Starting out in the Pram Factory and early Circus Oz period, Ponch photographed circus performers, then extended out ...
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THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT: RICKY MAYNARD
00:22:30|Australia|Directed byFiona Cochrane
An Indigenous Tasmanian photographer, Ricky started as a darkroom technician at the age of 16. In viewing the racist treatment of Indigenous people in the past via colonial photos, Ricky started questioning the photographer’s role, the influence of th...
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THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT: JACQUELINE MITELMAN
00:24:38|Australia|Directed by Fiona Cochrane
Seven different Australian photographers, each with a significant body of work and each with a different photographic style: JACQUELINE MITELMAN is a portrait photographer who has lived and worked in Melbourne apart from a period living in France. ...
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THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT: ASHLEY GILBERTSON
00:25:29| Australia|Directed by Fiona Cochrane
Seven different Australian photographers, each with a significant body of work and each with a different photographic style: Ashley Gilbertson is a photojournalist.
Born In Australia, Ashley now lives and works in New York. In his teens Ashley sta...
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THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT: JOHN STREET
00:24:30|Australia|Directed by Fiona Cochrane
Born in the UK John spent the first 15 years of his life in and out of different orphanages. He remembers light being an important thing to him as he lay in fields as a child, looking up at the sky. John subsequently became a merchant seaman, then re...
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THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT: MEREDITH O’SHEA
00:23:00|Australia|Directed by Fiona Cochrane
Born into a working class family in Melbourne, Meredith’s father chose to move them to very outer suburban greenery and freedom. She preferred horse-riding to school, but became interested in film and photography. She was scooped up by THE AGE as soo...
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THE LANGUAGE OF LIGHT: EMMANUEL SANTOS
00:26:57| Australia|Directed by Fiona Cochrane
Seven different Australian photographers, each with a significant body of work and each with a different photographic style: Emmanuel Santos is an art and documentary photographer.
Born on an island in the Philippines, Emmanuel was a photographer...
