BALLARAT INTERNATIONAL FOTO BIENNALE

WORLD PREMIERE

26 AUG - 22 OCT 2023

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.