Paddington’s Stills Gallery will present celebrated Australian photographer Stephen Dupont’sThe White Sheet Series.
The White Sheet Series presents a great diversity of people, from the Saddhus spiritual men in India and tribe members in remote Papua New Guinea, to school kids in Cuba, all in front of a simple white sheet. Dupont’s use of a white sheet makes critical reference to the history of blank backdrops made common in early portraiture and ethnographic photography.
This photographic impulse has long sought to isolate subjects from their broader context.Instead, Dupont allows us to see beyond the sheet edges: to people holding up its corners and environments that make up the subjects identity.
Stephen Dupont’s work has earned him some of photography’s most prestigious prizes including; the 2016 Olivier Rebbot Award for his book Generation AK (Steidl, 2015); a Robert Capa Gold Medal citation from the Overseas Press Club of America; a Bayeux War Correspondent’s Prize; and First Places in the World Press Photo,
The exhibition takes place in Paddington’s Still Gallery from November 9 to December 10. Check out the website for more information.
