National photography festival to be held in Canberra in 2008
Canberra’s rich photographic collections will be on display from 11 July to 6 October 2008 when the national collecting institutions and other ACT galleries and organizations collaborate to present a national photography festival.
Eight institutions have already confirmed their participation. The Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia, National Film and Sound Archive, National Gallery of Australia, National Library of Australia, National Museum of Australia and National Portrait Gallery will hold simultaneous photographic exhibitions. The Australian National University will host an international photographic conference.
The festival also includes a diverse program of events for photographers, photographic historians and everyone with an interest in photography.
The event builds on the success of the recent Summer of Silver program which brought crowds of visitors to Canberra to see photographic exhibitions at the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, National Archives and National Library. Promotion of this event was supported by Australian Capital Tourism Corporation.
ACT galleries and other organizations interested in participating in this exciting event are encouraged to contact the festival organizers.
Contacts:
Gael Newton, National Gallery of Australia gael.newton@nga.gov.au Martyn Jolly, Australian National University martyn.jolly@anu.edu.au Linda Groom, National Library of Australia lgroom@nla.gov.au
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