In this episode, Steph caught up with photographic artist Tony Kearney at his home in Port Adelaide. Tune in to hear about his journey to photography, his highly-acclaimed portrait work, competing with pigeons for exhibition space in Hart’s Mill, and that time he took 180 rolls of film through multiple airport x-ray machines en route to Syria.
Reticulation, bas reliefBakeliteMug ShotsFixer, developer, stop bath – photographic chemicalsAtkins LabKodachromeMarden Senior CollegeTarnanthi FestivalNational Railway MuseumOlive Cotton Award / 2021 Exhibition CatalogueBowness Prize / finalist images 2021Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait PrizeNational Portrait Gallery LondonDavid Prichard’s portraits of Australian First Nations stock women win the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2021 [article]Tony Kearney, Jacob, 2020‘Dignified, strong, beautiful’: the year’s best portrait photography – in pictures (The Guardian) [article]High Ground (2020) imdbThe 2021 Bowness photography prize selected finalists – in pictures (The Guardian) [article]tonykearneyportraiture.com3 of Tony’s portraits in NPG collectionVitalstatistixLaneway FestivalTony’s photograph of @BillieEilishTony’s photograph of @AuroraMusicTony Kearney, Linda Syddick Tjunggkiya Napaltjarri, 2017, inkjet print on paper, image: 66.2cm x 66.2cm, purchased by NPG (Australia) in 2017
Tony Kearney, Wentja Morgan Napaltjarri, 2017, inkjet print on paper, image: 66.2cm x 66.1cm, purchased by NPG (Australia) in 2017
Tangentyere Art CentreRust, ‘The corrosion of culture and the culture of corrosion’‘Chandie’ by Deb Jones & Christine CholewaSyria LostHart’s Mill