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Magnet

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 8589 0371

Address: SC G19 Wharf st, The District, Docklands 3008 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://magnet.org.au

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25.01.2022 Due to the projected weather on the 24th being VERY hot we have move the date of the Magnet Photowalk at the Botanic Gardens to 31st January.

25.01.2022 A few photos from Magnet's first photo walk. Thanks very much to our wonderful volunteer Adrian for organising thi photowalk - and many more to come. The walk ...will be monthly . Every 3 walks Magnet will build a virtual exhibition of a selection of the photographs taken which will be online for one month. Any questions email [email protected] See more

23.01.2022 Magnet hosted it's first monthly Photowalk at The District Docklands today. Fun for all.......

23.01.2022 MOSS Deck Art Show - Turning Art Into Water. Link to 360 degree exhibition tour https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=czZxtRRaUQr... A new direction for Magnet and our good friend Chris Magee https://www.chrismagee.com.au/ who is producing these magical 360 degree tours. You can see every skate deck and bid via this tour.

22.01.2022 Visit http://magnet.org.au/ to see a 360degree tour of the MOSS Deck Art Show - Turning Art Into Water. You can make bids by clicking the tag on any of the 140 ...decks. Magnet now builds Virtual3d Exhibitions and 360degree tours. Talk to us if you are interested. From our experience they work! [email protected]

21.01.2022 MOSS Deck Art Show Charity Auction ART EXHIBITION Magnet is hosting an exhibition and charity art auction for MOSS Foundation who build life-changing permanent ...clean water schemes in eSwatini (formerly Swaziland). Up for auction are artist-designed skateboard 'decks', with 100% of all funds raised going to MOSS Foundation activities. Auction runs Friday 4 December, 5-8.30pm. https://whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au//moss-deck-art-show-c

21.01.2022 The desolation of a lifeless city - Melbourne's CBD from Southbank during the lockdown, captured in all its melancholy by photographer James Hoadley. From 5KM RADIUS - A Documentary of the 2020 Melbourne Lockdown. See the exhibition in our virtual gallery via the Magnet website : www.magnet.org.au Moody Sky - James Hoadley Uneditioned print 60 x 40cm Sihl masterclass baryta paper $200

21.01.2022 IAS Fine Art Logistics pickup artifacts from Magnet which is one small part of a major historical photographic exhibition curated by Michael Silver It will be shown at the Mildura Arts Centre from Friday 19th February to Sunday 25th April . The exhibition is all about the life and work of Les Chandler and also his daughter Mary Chandler. Les was gassed and wounded in WW1 but he was remarkably resilient chap who worked incredibly hard on his soldier settler block in R...ed Cliffs. Les and Mary shared a vast range of remarkable skills including writing and photography, Les was an avid ornithologist, environmentalist , carver, writer, horticulturist, etc. etc. Mary was definitely equally talented and determined. She wrote beautifully and was a great organizer and planner. She was the glue that kept many community organizations together. Both of them never stopped.. Les was still climbing trees to photograph birds in his late 80's! Unfortunately I never met Les abut Mary was a very close friend until she died late last year. She was very proud of her dad and it is a shame she won't see the exhibition she so wanted to happen. Come and see the exhibition and "meet" the Chandlers......... The exhibition will also be shown at Magnet in Melbourne in June 2021.

21.01.2022 A visitor to Magnet today, my old friend Bruce Postle. A great photographer and a great person.

21.01.2022 CHARITY AUCTION EVENT AT Magnet! Opening this weekend at MAGNET - MORE THAN 150 ARTIST-PAINTED SKATEBOARD DECKS ARE UP FOR AUCTION through the Moss Foundation C...ome into MAGNET and see the AMAZING exhibition and bid while you're in the gallery, or click on the link below to place a bid online. DON'T FORGET to check how your deck is doing and update your bid during the week. CLOSING NIGHT EVENT - FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER 6.30-9.30pm - EVERYBODY WELCOME! BIDDING OPEN NOW!! Go to https://app.galabid.com/moss to place a bid on your favourite decks. 100% of the money raised goes to clean water projects in Africa.

20.01.2022 Under a bright blue sky His Holiness the Dalai Lama trains his binoculars on the snow-capped peaks behind his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India on December 19, 2020. (Photo by Tenzin Jamphel)

20.01.2022 His Holiness the Dalai Lama congratulates Archbishop Desmond Tutu on receiving the Human Rights Global Treasure Award presented by Article3.org on December 10, 2020.

20.01.2022 Australia really doesn't care about photography!

19.01.2022 Press photographers and friends get together and remembrance/wake for our mates who passed on during COVID lockdowns. Ray Blackbourn, Geoff Ampt, Bryan Charlton, Drew Fitzgibbon, Stuart Hannagan, Tony Terry and others I expect. Sunday 11 July 2021, 2 6pm at The Elgin Inn Hotel, 75 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn. Some finger food supplied, pay for your drinks. Please RSVP to either John French 0417 392 780 or Peter Cox 0407 142 692

19.01.2022 MEDITATION Before Shipping out to the Great War Les spent every spare moment at the Seymour camp exploring the countryside and the wildlife. In this self-portrait Les is overlooking Seymour camp and he appears to be reflecting on the country and the life he will soon be leaving behind. (Photo: Les Chandler) 'Soldier Settler' an exhibition of the works of Les Chandler is on now at @magnetgalleries ... #printing #print #photography #magnetgalleriesmelbourne #melbourne #photonetfineartprinting #photo #gallery #exhibition #archival #cottonrag #art #paper #canon #ipfpro4000 #thedistrictdocklands #thedocklands #docklands #australia #victoria #historic #historicphotography #leschandler #seymour #ww1 #thegreatwar #worldwar1 #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #soldier #soldiers #sepia #sepiaphotography #uniform

19.01.2022 Bamour Gaon to Ambikeshwar Gwalior Light Railway 2011 Angus McDonald Magnet is back! We continue the exhibition ‘India’s Disappearing Railways’ by Angus McDonald Open until 16 January. This photographic exhibition shows an era now lost on the narrow gauge railways.

19.01.2022 This Saturday marks the 5th anniversary of the #ParisAgreement during which leaders are gathering for the Climate Ambition Summit to make new commitments to tac...kle the climate crisis. We have a small window of time to turn things around - but there is hope if we take #climateaction : https://www.climateambitionsummit2020.org/

18.01.2022 Focusing on the small details during the weeks of Lockdown we learned to appreciate the simple things around us that we finally had time to see. From our current exhibition in our Virtual Gallery (GALLERY FIVE@MAGNET) - 5KM RADIUS - A Documentary of the 2020 Melbourne Lockdown Visit via our website : www.magnet.org.au "Aura" - Barbara Oehring... Uneditioned print 50 x 60cm Sihl masterclass baryta paper $280

18.01.2022 Masters Of Australian Photojournalism, opening yesterday at https://www.facebook.com/focalpointgeelong/ - 46 Douro St, Nth Geelong. 3 to 31 January. 150 photos from some of Australia's top press photographers. Hard news, sport, politics, human interest and much more.

18.01.2022 Surprise visitors for the MOSS 2020 DECK ART SHOW CHARITY AUCTION at Magnet . Lovely to see David and Sarah

18.01.2022 Magnet getting ready for the MOSS 2020 DECK ART SHOW CHARITY AUCTION

17.01.2022 Our next Photo walk! #printing #print #photography #magnetgalleriesmelbourne #melbourne #photonetfineartprinting #photo #gallery #art #thedistrictdocklands #thedocklands #docklands #australia #victoria #photowalk #sunset

17.01.2022 Magnet is open! It's been a long time........... do drop in and say hello. We've missed you. We're open Tuesday to Saturday until the end of November when we will also open on Sundays.

16.01.2022 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159000632371974&id=663091973

16.01.2022 Searching through a box of old stuff found this RM Williams calendar from 2008. It was wonderful to be at historic Yanga Station, Balranald NSW to record the last shearing...

16.01.2022 Lovely to see John and Philippa Street at Magnet . Lovely to see the Christmas hamper they brought us... Philippa is a truly great cook.....

15.01.2022 Hear my old The Sun News-Pictorial, Melbourne Friends colleague John Casamento speak about his fundraising book.

15.01.2022 My father John has just launched his first ever website to coincide with his new book 'Never work with animals or children'. The book is a fundraiser in aid of ...children "born with half a heart". All proceeds go to the Fontan Registry based at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. More info on the website: https://www.johncasamento.com/ Feel free to like the page: https://www.facebook.com/neverworkwithanimalsorchildren Never work with animals or children

15.01.2022 Give us a hand identifying some of these "mature" photographers.The one that intrigues me is the guy to the right in the back row , with frizzy hair and beard - wearing a white jacket. I worked with him in Geelong in the the late 70's. So frustration I can't remember his name

14.01.2022 Friday evening - capture the city at sunset........

13.01.2022 A wonderful evening at Magnet, the SOLDIER SETTLER Exhibition Opening Some marvelous words from David Chandler, Tim Lee of ABC TV Landline ( keep a watch out for the episode filmed last night - should be shown in 2 weeks ), Major General Mike Obrien and Michael Silver The exhibition is open until the 27th June

12.01.2022 The Creative cowboy films family spans the globe and no matter where we are, every one of us has our own Coronavirus story. Here is one more story, from our Cre...ative cowboy family in the Rift Valley in Kenya. It is also a story of brave hearts and resilience from the frontline of this terrible pandemic. www.creativecowboyfilms.com//the-rift-valley-the-maasai-an See more

12.01.2022 Banner up and the exhibition is open at Magnet India's Disappearing Railways Photography by Angus McDonald of the vanishing small gauge hill trains on India. Magnet is open Tuesday to Friday 10am - 4pm and Saturday and Sunday 11am -4pm

12.01.2022 All our perspectives and directions got turned around by the Melbourne Lockdown as evidenced by this poignant self-portrait and statement by Australia's pre-eminent architectural photographer John Gollings OAM from our current virtual gallery exhibition 5KM RADIUS - visit the MAGNET website www.magnet.org.au to see this remarkable record of four months in Melbourne in 2020. Self-portrait - John Gollings NOT FOR SALE

11.01.2022 *FOR SALE!* You can help Alma by buying a Wooden Dinghy! Our auction is currently open here: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/293889700309?ul_noapp=true ... The entire boat has recently been lovingly re-sanded and re-painted and is now ready to be enjoyed! Perfect for rowing around a lake or attach an outboard on it to putter around anywhere in style. 12ft Clinker hull Never been used Hand-built in marine ply with quality timbers throughout including Huon pine in transom, breasthook and quarter knees Features slip-in slatted hardwood bottom-boards Marine varnished finish on timbers inside, gunwale and top strake Off-white sides and COP-R-BOTE coated hull Some water stains inside due to spending extended time stored in a leaky warehouse before being fully finished Includes: 2 x hand-made paddles that store under the seats, 2 x 12mm shaft Rowlocks, Stainless Steel U-bolt in bow and nickel-plated rings on transom for mooring. Brass rubbing strip at bow and on rear of keel. Delivery within 50km of Melbourne is included Otherwise transport is the buyer’s responsibility. All proceeds from the sale will go to the Alma Doepel restoration. Whether or not you buy the boat you may make a Tax Deductible donation at: www.almadoepel.com.au/floatalmain2020/

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10.01.2022 Bringing Christmas to Magnet

10.01.2022 Presented by Share Some Journey, THE SOUND OF MELBOURNE includes work by international students living in Melbourne. SJ is a not-for-profit group that supports and helps to develop pathways for international students during their time in Australia. MAGNET is happy to be supporting their work by facilitating this exhibition. Tickets to the OPENING : https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-sound-of-melbourne-tick

09.01.2022 A great night for the MOSS 2020 DECK ART SHOW CHARITY AUCTION at Magnet

09.01.2022 JANUARY BOOK OF THE MONTH at MAGNET "The Window Seat" by Peter Hendrie - a fascinating collection of photographs taken - as suggested - from the window seats of commercial aircraft on scehduled flights in many parts of the world. With an eye for detail, pattern, colour, Hendrie tells a riveting story of life on Planet Earth. Mountain ranges, islands in the ocean, patterns of agricultural land-use contrast with the frenzied vistas of packed dwellings in cities as far flung a...s London, Shanghai, Dubai and Los Angeles Available NOW at MAGNET - $30 Purchase in the gallery or online at www.magnet.org.au

09.01.2022 Albert Brown, inaugural curator of photography at NGV, member of Group M. Visiting Magnet

07.01.2022 His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s New Year Greeting for 2021 from his residence in Dharamsala, HP, India.

06.01.2022 From our 5KM RADIUS virtual exhibition (on our website www.magnet.org.au) - this haunting image by photographer Charles Joines speaks of the melancholy surrounding our four-month Lockdown when we felt so cut off from the world.....or that it had abandoned us...... "Losing Gaia" - Charles Jones Uneditioned print A4, A3+ Museo Max matt paper A4 : $250 A3+ : $350 ... Larger size POA See more

06.01.2022 The latest exhibition at Magnet is open. Photography by Andrew Chapman We've shown this exhibition before but the message to get on the transplant donor list... needs to be repeated. It's really very simple - you can save lives by signing up to the donor list https://donatelife.gov.au/register-donor-today. Have a look at the new web site by Andrew Chapman and Adam Duke https://givinglife.net/ . It tells the story well By the way the beautiful prints were made at Photonet Fine Art Printing ( at Magnet )

06.01.2022 We are proud to present the next Images of Encounter MEET THE ARTIST TALK SHOW with eminent Photo-artist and Theorist DAVID BATE . . David Bate will take us thr...ough the topic MAKING PICTURES. In particular, David Bate's Talk Show will address the following questions: 1. What is a critical practice in photography today? 2. What has electronic media done to photography? 3. What can we do with new networks? . Language: English Date: 20th November 2020 Time: 7.00 pm IST Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81104754123... Zoom ID: 811 0475 4123 Passcode: 200303 . This Talk Show is organised as part of Images of Encounter Online Photography Exhibition. You can look at David Bate's MACHINIC UNCONSCIOUS works at https://www.imagesofencounter.com/davidbate . David Bate is a photo-artist and theorist. Recent publications include the photobooks Photography as Critical Practice: Notes on Otherness (London: Intellect, 2020), Photography: Key Concepts (Routledge, 2019), Art Photography (London: Tate Publications, 2015) Zone (London: Artwords, 2012), and Photography and Surrealism (IB Tauris, 2004). He is currently Professor of Photography at the University of Westminster, London, UK. . . Images of Encounter Photography Exhibition is organised with the support of Jugaad Foto Bazaar, Online portal for buying and selling photography and PhotoMail, online magazine. . . JOIN US . . #ekalokamtrustforphotography #etpindia #ImagesofEncounter #onlinephotoexhibition #onlinephotography #photomail #jugaadfotobazaar #indianphotography #ImagesofEncounter #talksonphotography #talkshow #ramuaravindan #LetsTalkPhotography . . @incredibleindia @indianphotography @indianpeople @indianphotography @ekalokamtrustforphotography @photographytalk @ jugaadfotobazaar @photomail @davidbate See more

05.01.2022 Magnet is back on the 5th January, have a great end of year!

04.01.2022 Presenting the next Images of Encounter MEET THE ARTIST TALK SHOW with eminent Photographer and Curator SUNIL GUPTA, in conversation with Archivist and Photo Cu...rator Ms. Radhika Singh Language: English Date: 7th November 2020 Time: 7.00 pm IST Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84042599868... ID: 840 4259 9868 Password: 527930 . Sunil Gupta's Mr. Malhotra's Party is exhibited as part of Images of Encounter Online Photography show - see https://www.imagesofencounter.com/sunilgupta Sunil Gupta is a Canadian citizen, (b. New Delhi 1953) MA (Royal College of Art) PhD (University of Westminster), who has been involved in independent photography as a critical practice for many years focusing on race, migration and queer issues. Gupta’s published works include the monographs: Queer: Sunil Gupta (Prestel/Vadehra Art Gallery, 2011); Wish You Were Here: Memories of a Gay Life (Yoda Press, New Delhi, 2008); and Pictures From Here (Chris Boot Ltd., New York, 2003). His works have been exhibited at reputed museums and galleries around the world. . Radhika Singh graduated in Sociology from Delhi University. She started Delhi's first photo agency, Fotomedia in 1987, representing over 100 photographers and professionalizing the sale of images in the Indian market. After 2000, she has continued her work as an archivist and photo curator, presenting over 20 photography exhibitions to a global audience. Radhika has published two books on Indian textiles. These are ‘The Fabric of our Lives’, The Story of Fabindia’ (Penguin 2010), and ‘Suraya Hasan Bose. Weaving a Legend’. (Tara Press 2019). She is currently working on the history of ‘Sud Chemie’ a family owned company that manufactures catalysts. . Images of Encounter photography show is curated and hosted by Ekalokam Trust for Photography (www.etpindia.org), with the support of Jugaad Foto Bazaar (www.jugaadfotobazaar.com), online portal for buying/selling photography and PhotoMail (www.photomail.org), online magazine for photography. You can check works of other photographers here www.imagesofencounter.com . . #ekalokamtrustforphotography #etpindia #ImagesofEncounter #onlinephotoexhibition #onlinephotography #photomail #jugaadfotobazaar #indianphotography #ImagesofEncounter #talksonphotography #talkshow #sunilgupta #radhikasingh #LetsTalkPhotography . . @incredibleindia @indianphotography @indianpeople @indianphotography @ekalokamtrustforphotography @photographytalk @jugaadfotobazaar @photomail @sunilgupta @radhikasingh See more

04.01.2022 For Sale Two Fuji X-T2 bodies $800.00 each, both work perfectly well. Comes with Fuji battery, charger, manual, flash etc. Missing the little plastic covers f...or the flash mount. I have replaced these cameras with a couple of X-T3s. Also for sale a Fuji Handgrip MHG-XT2 $90.00 Fujinon XF27mm in truly excellent condition (bought it on a whim and then never realy used it) $250.00 If you are one of those people who expect used gear to be unblemished, then these cameras aren't for you as they look as though they have actually been used, as does the hand grip. These cameras were used to take all the recent images on my website https://www.noelb.com/ I will ship (at your expense) but would prefer you to inspect personally in outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Cash or transfer funds to my account at or prior to purchase. No time wasters please.

03.01.2022 Here's the link to bid for a hand painted deck.. https://app.galabid.com/moss

03.01.2022 Sad to hear of the death of Judith Henke who was the communications manager for the Melbourne Zoo I took photographs with Judith for around 10 years to help promote the Zoo. You can see one on citilink of the beautiful tiger Poetry after she gave birth to 2 cubs.

02.01.2022 Covid cases and deaths are going up like a moonshot in America and will continue to until Joe Biden can get his hand on the tiller. There are still 30-odd days ...until the Electoral College votes and 70+ until the new President is inaugurated. Does this seem like criminal madness to anyone else or just me?? In the 21st century it no longer takes weeks to get the votes to Washington DC by horse and cart. It's surely time to shorten the period between the voting, the EC and the Inauguration. Lives are at stake here, people, this actually MATTERS! See more

02.01.2022 New crane at The District Docklands for the on going construction of the almost completed 5star Marriott Hotels . Magnet Gallery is immediately behind the hotel on Wharf Street

02.01.2022 Come and join us for a fun and interesting photo walk at the Botanical Gardens. This will be very special as we have two guides from the gardens who will not only talk about the Gardens and answer questions but are both keen photographers.....

02.01.2022 'Sonada Bazaar' Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, 2007 by Angus McDonald from our current exhibition 'India's disappearing railways'. A photographic journey on the narrow gauge railways that have mostly been removed and upgraded by now. Magnet will be closed from 24th December and re open on the 5th January.

01.01.2022 What a great event at Magnet last night. The final bidding for the MOSS 2020 DECK ART SHOW CHARITY AUCTION . Enough money was raised to provide permanent clean water supply for 1000 people from Eswatini/Swaziland

01.01.2022 I’m super excited to finally announce that my new book Second City is now open for pre-order. Available as both a Special Edition and Standard Edition. The Spec...ial Edition book is limited to 100 copies and comes with a slipcase and choice of one of three signed A4 Archival Giclee prints. Link to books here: http://www.jessemarlow.com/books Second City is a collection of 44 black and white candid street photographs from Jesse Marlow’s hometown Melbourne. Photographed between the years 1998-2004 the book depicts the city as it was before the boom of the mid 2000s. The book features a foreword by award winning Melbourne author Tony Birch @tony_birch_ and has been beautifully designed by Melbourne artist and designer Yanni Florence @yanniflorence When I was at photography school, every few weeks our photojournalism teacher would send the class off into the city on Citywalks. With an otherwise open brief, our only task was to keep an eye out for interesting scenes or moments. The aim was for students to open their minds visually by exploring our home town. I was instantly hooked by the freedom and unpredictability of shooting in this style. After studying, I spent the next five years exploring the Melbourne CBD thoroughfares and surrounding suburbs, slowly compiling the body of work Second City. I would often start and finish my day by sitting on the steps of Flinders Street Station, observing people as they moved in and around the iconic entrance and out onto the streets. The station steps were a wonderful backdrop for a street photographer. The scope and simplicity of being in and around the city with only a camera and a pocket full of film, is essentially something I continue to enjoy 20 years later. All orders will be shipped in mid January All registered postage costs are included in the sale price. Please select either ‘Australia’ or ‘Rest of the World’ when ordering

01.01.2022 Christmas drinks for Susanne and Michael with the board of the Melbourne Maritime Heritage Network. ( https://www.mmhn.org.au/ ) .The event was held at the The Mission to Seafarers Victoria.

01.01.2022 hello, I'm an A-Level student from doing some research for my geography coursework. I'm investigating into regeneration schemes at the Royal Victoria Docks, I w...ould really appreciate if you would take your time to fill out my short survey and answer some questions. Pls feel free to share to friends and family too it would really help out! See more

01.01.2022 IN STOCK NOW at MAGNET!! Wear your heart on your face with these LIMITED EDITION face-masks by Pam Kleemann-Passi. EXCLUSIVE TO MAGNET - you won't buy these anywhere else, we guarantee!... Order by email or phone OR come into the Gallery Tuesday to Saturday 10am-4pm. We're OPEN and we love visitors once more!

01.01.2022 Students - this one's for you! Enter the competition now and be at MAGNET on 28 JUNE for a triumphant finale and exhibition! We're pleased to be hosting this event with BFRIEND Share the news around to your Facebook Friends and make it a great exhibition!