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An announcement from MSM President Rhys Allen

Rhys Allen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:49:28 +0000

Dear Silver Mine members and friends,

It is with some sadness that I write to inform you I am resigning my position as President of the Melbourne Silver Mine. Since the arrival of our daughter 9 months ago, my time and energy has been directed purely in her direction, and with a very busy 2010 planned for myself and the family, I felt it would be too much of a stretch to continue on with the MSM. As you will probably know, at the last AGM we expanded the committee dramatically, and this leaves me confident that the management of the Mine’s activities is in good hands.

I’d like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to all who have been a part of the Melbourne Silver Mine journey thus far. Committee members and flickr group moderators both past and present, and of course the general membership all have my thanks; it has been a pleasure working with you all.

My involvement with the mine is of course not over, I will continue to be a member and a part of whatever fun photographic times the MSM throws our way. I’m certainly looking forward to seeing you folks out and about at photo-walks and in philosophical photography discussions over a beer or two.

A formal election to fill the position will be held with membership later this year, however in the meantime, Andrew Cosgriff, current Vice President, will be filling my role. I’m sure you will give Andrew the same support you have given me over the years.

Thanks again, and hope to see you at the Australia Day meet.

Regards,

Rhys Allen

welcome to spring

Jaye Loring — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:00:52 +0000

Yes folks, today is the first day of spring. The warmer weather is coming and inevitable BBQ season will soon be upon us all.

So…crack open some saturated colour film and capture your self something bright and evoking in glorious spring colours!

Exhibition: Ravnish Gandhi – Quiet Engagement

Chris Zissiadis — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:16:31 +0000

Melbourne Silver Mine member Ravnish Gandhi’s first solo photographic exhibition has come together over several years of annual journeys to Paris. During these trips to the city that has become his muse Ravnish has learnt to capture Paris in a way which maintains the photographer’s role as observer.

A friend commented that Ravnish’s approach to photography, combined with the equipment he uses enabled his “quiet engagement” with his subject. A good summary of his patience, eye, and use of near silent photographic equipment.

The work being exhibited has been shot with; Rolleiflex 2.8F, Bessa r3a (using 21mm zeiss 2.8, leica 35mm summilux asph, voigtlander 40mm nokton and 50mm summicron), Leica m8, Ricoh grd, Konica autoreflex with 40mm hexanon f1.7. Shots are taken on Kodachrome 200 , Kodak tri-x 320 , & Kodak portra 400 vc

Ravnish finds creativity thrives in Paris, and is pleased to be a part of a city where the queues outside musems are longer than those outside sports stadiums. But he points out that the city does pose a challenge to the street photographer, “It has taken a few years to figure out how to take pictures in France as the French truly hate it.” A challenge he seems to have embraced eagerly.

Ravnish plans to return to Paris in September this year, a change from his usual December visits, giving him the chance to experience a different light and shoot more work for a planned book.

The Melbourne Silver Mine wishes Ravnish every success, we hope to see all our members at the exhibition opening for what will undoubtedly be a great show.

Exhibition Details:

Quiet Engagement
Photographs by Ravnish S Gandhi
Collingwood Gallery
292 Smith Street, Collingwood
Melbourne, Australia

http://www.ravnishgandhi.com/

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announcement: Unsensored09 CFE

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:44:01 +0000

It’s time for UNSENSORED09

Following on from our last two successful exhibitions, it’s time to get together for the third – UNSENSORED09 – which will be happening at the Collingwood Gallery from August 7-19 2009.

So we’re now asking for people to register their interest in the exhibition.

One thing we are doing differently this year is allowing people more freedom with their allocated space. Previously we have only allowed single framed prints – this year, we’re inviting people to propose their creative framing/hanging concepts, including the option of several smaller prints in the one space. You will need approval for your display concept before the show.

For more information or to register, please go to http://www.unsensored.net

The deadline for applications and payments is May 21st .

If you’re not already a member of the Melbourne Silver Mine and wish to take part, you can join at the same time as registering. Payment details are available after filling in the registration form.

We look forward to seeing your work on the gallery walls

regards

The unsensored09 organising committee
Andrew Cosgriff, Ross Holmberg, Piers Morgan, Ahmad Sabra and Michael Verhoef

http://www.unsensored.net

Welcome

admin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:12:44 +0000

Thanks for visiting the Melbourne Silver Mine.

If you have made it here after visiting the UNSENSORED08 exhibition then thanks for stopping by and checking out the show. If you’d like to purchase a copy of the unsensored08 catalogue, well, we would just be chuffed!

To get involved and be a part of the Melbourne Silver Mine, either as a photographer or fan then you can check out this page for ways to do that, or click on through and become a member.

You can read a bit more about what we stand for here.

We’ve got big plans, more exhibitions, meetings, publications, and we would love to have you on board, shooting film and maybe give us some new ideas and projects to work on.