BALLARAT INTERNATIONAL FOTO BIENNALE
FUCKED UP FOTOS: STEPHEN DUPONT (AUS) BALLARAT INTERNATIONAL FOTO BIENNALE
26 AUG - 22 OCT 2023
WORLD PREMIERE
Stephen Dupont's photographic mishaps celebrate chance and imperfection in Fucked Up Fotos. The series spans thirty years, five continents and more than a dozen countries, including Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, China, and Romania. It is a catalogue of everything that can go wrong in photography, featuring double-exposures, light leaks, x-ray clouding, and corrupted computer files.
Despite unintended damage to his images, Dupont finds spectacular beauty within the frame. This exhibition is a celebration of the accidental, the unpredictable, and the imperfect, returning to the primal magic of photography and its ability to capture something beyond intent. ‘Fucked Up Fotos’ is a showcase of the unexpected and the remarkable in the most unlikely places - a meditation on chance and the power of photography to capture the unforeseen.
Included with your Festival Pass
10am–5pm daily
Ground level, wheelchair access
Presented by the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. Proudly supported by Federation University.
Image: Stephen Dupont Tim Page, Sydney, 2013 digital photographic print Courtesy the artist