John Donegan - Unguarded Moments
Unguarded Moments follows Donegan's 2013 exhibition Witness To The Mundane, looking for beauty in the pedestrian nature of people's lives. In this exhibition of recent work, Donegan has wielded his documentary photography techniques to render the beauty he sees in the mundane aspects of daily life in Australia.
Venue: Stanley Street Gallery
Address: 1/52-54 Stanley Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
Date: May 18 - June 19
Time: Wednesday - Friday 11am- 6pm. Saturday 11am -5pm
Ticket: free
Web: www.stanleystreetgallery.com.au
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EMail: mail@stanleystreetgallery.com.au
Call: 02 9368 1142
Address: 1/52-54 Stanley Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW
Date: May 18 - June 19
Time: Wednesday - Friday 11am- 6pm. Saturday 11am -5pm
Ticket: free
Web: www.stanleystreetgallery.com.au
: www.facebook.com/StanleyStreetGallery
: https://au.pinterest.com/stanleysgallery/
: www.instagram.com/stanley_street_gallery/
: https://twitter.com/stanleysgallery
EMail: mail@stanleystreetgallery.com.au
Call: 02 9368 1142
John Donegan became very well known to web and radio listeners as the multi media journalist reporting for 702 ABC Sydney. His now iconic picture of "The Cricketers" captured the firefighters playing as they rested after fighting the bushfires had ravaged Faulconbridge in the lower Blue Mountains near Sydney in October 2013.
Unguarded Moments - Donegan's third exhbition at Stanley Street Gallery follows on from his 2013 exhibition Witness To The Mundane, looking for beauty in the the pedestrian nature of people's lives. In this exhibition of recent work, Donegan has wielded his documentary photography techniques to render the beauty he sees in the mundane aspects of daily life in Australia. This photography attempts to portray people lost in their own private thoughts in public spaces.
He was inspired as a child to observe the minutiae of suburban life after discovering paintings like John Brack's Collins St 5PM, Jeffrey Smart's Cahill Expressway, and The Cricketers by Russell Drysdale.
This desire to find beauty in the drudgery of daily life was strengthened reading Australian authors including David Malouf, George Johnston and Tim Winton whose ability to turn a tram journey, a bike ride or a swim into something magical was an inspiration.
John grew up in suburban Melbourne where he has returned recently to live for the fourth time.. John is now intrigued by the art of portrait photography and enjoys using photography to celebrate the individual, although he is discovering that the perfect portrait is as elusive as the subject is unique.
Unguarded Moments - Donegan's third exhbition at Stanley Street Gallery follows on from his 2013 exhibition Witness To The Mundane, looking for beauty in the the pedestrian nature of people's lives. In this exhibition of recent work, Donegan has wielded his documentary photography techniques to render the beauty he sees in the mundane aspects of daily life in Australia. This photography attempts to portray people lost in their own private thoughts in public spaces.
Artist Biography
Donegan has been a photojournalist since selling his first photograph to a newspaper aged 14, pinching himself as he wakes everyday that he is still paid to make photographs more than 30 years since that first sale.He was inspired as a child to observe the minutiae of suburban life after discovering paintings like John Brack's Collins St 5PM, Jeffrey Smart's Cahill Expressway, and The Cricketers by Russell Drysdale.
This desire to find beauty in the drudgery of daily life was strengthened reading Australian authors including David Malouf, George Johnston and Tim Winton whose ability to turn a tram journey, a bike ride or a swim into something magical was an inspiration.
John grew up in suburban Melbourne where he has returned recently to live for the fourth time.. John is now intrigued by the art of portrait photography and enjoys using photography to celebrate the individual, although he is discovering that the perfect portrait is as elusive as the subject is unique.