I was supposed to have an exhibition in Sydney Australia this June, full of my music photography....guess what...I STILL AM! It opened this week. We worked remotely, through mad time zones, 1am meetings and sheer "show must go on mentality"....COVID COULDN'T STOP US!!....

....we had been planning this exhibition since last year. The @acphub had invited me to collaborate with an Australian Music Photographer, Maclay Heriott (he's on insta http://instagram.com/maclayheriot  ). Myself, Maclay and Allison Holland (curator extraordinaire) developed an idea...

...then Covid hit. Our dialogue changed, but never paused. I found myself chatting to Maclay about things that no one else in my life understood. He, being a music photographer, was the only person in my life who was effected in the same was as I was. We consoled each other and..

..with the support of the ACP, decided to put the show on anyways. We changed the theme of it. Personally, I no longer wanted the musicians to be the stars. I wanted the crowd and the atmosphere they create to be sensed by the viewer as they wander through the gallery...

... I want to give people hope and a taste of what they can look forward to as soon as we're all back to work in the music industry again. Our field has been one of the worst hit, the first out and the last back. But we'll adapt and persevere, this exhibition is proof. ...

Obviously I can't be there, which is killing me. Maclay and Allison did an amazing job installing my vision. I hope one day that I can actually meet my new friends in person. In the mean time, if you're in Darlinghurst, Sydney please head to the show and let me know how it looks!

or tag your Sydney friends, or Sydney journos in this thread too! I'd love some feedback. Be my eyes!! xx Thank you Alli and Maclay for being the only project in 2020 that didn't cancel on me. You were the one thing that kept my spirits up in the darkest days. xx Grá....

here's me chatting about it all and a link to where you can read the dialogue between Maclay and I when all of this happened. xx

https://sensethemusic.acp.org.au/