Photography Studies College - Blog

PSC's final year Advanced Diploma student Alex Rogers has an upcoming exhibition with work entirely shot using his pinhole camera. He loves the aesthetic, process and unpredictability of shooting on film with the handmade device.

He talks about his series exploring humankind's search for truth, taking photography to the next level by plucking up the courage to enrol part time., and exhibiting next week with his Art Major cohort at their graduate exhibition Fresh 19 (at the Yarra Sculpture Gallery in Abbotsford). 

ComparED is a new government website providing prospective students with relevant and transparent information about Australian higher education institutions from the perspective of current students and recent graduates. Photography Studies College achieved the highest rating in Photography nationally by the Australian Government Department of Education funded organisation. Read about how to easily navigate through this useful resource below, and the categories where PSC topped other tertiary institutions across the nation. 

Photography teacher Wendy Catling has taken time off work to complete her Master of Arts - Photography. She has worked in many areas of the arts, and traveled and worked overseas. The timing is perfect for her to fill in the gaps in her photography practice, make industry connections and a new circle of friends. Wendy talks about developing her artistic style in a new direction, using aggressive weed behaviours as a metaphor for domestic abuse in her research project, and why she cried when her school granted her study leave.

Advanced Diploma student Denise Lawry has a great passion for street photography. An orthodontist by profession, she decided to continue her academic journey part time at PSC. Her latest work looks at Melbourne's hidden laneways and arcades. It also focuses on how the city can be unfriendly, isolating and even hostile for women.

Denise will showcase her work at Fresh 19 – a graduate group show at the Yarra Sculpture Gallery this month. Read about her current series, love for photography, and why she's enjoyed studying with us.

PSC's second year Bachelor of Photography student Farley Webb recently photographed Melbourne's inline skating subculture using a large format camera. It was part of one of his assignments for a documentary photography subject. Farley shares how he approached this project from start to finish –  highlighting how our students learn to shoot like pros in a tertiary environment designed to inspire and nurture Australia's future leaders in photography. 

Katrin Koenning, artist and former PSC tutor, won the $30,000 Bowness Photography Prize this year. Her work 'Three' is part of a decade long series documenting the regrowth of a forest ravaged by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. Katrin talks about her bond with the Victorian Alpine landscape, how she created her award-winning work, and a key ingredient in making images that resonate on a deeper emotional  level. 

You are invited to PSCinema 2019, at 6pm on Monday 2nd December at Backlot Studios, 65 Haig Street, South Melbourne.

Image credit: Sarah William, Societal Constructs, archival inkjet print.

bound is an exhibition that showcases the culmination of second year studies at Photography Studies College, Melbourne.