The very public photo exhibition

I enjoyed getting into digital photography, starting with an Olympus camera that we bought in Las Vegas in 2000. It took photos at 1280×960 pixels and I got both an 8MB and a 16MB SD card for it.

Cameras came and went. There were was a superslim Casio Exilim EX-Z4, a Ricoh Caplio R4 with the big zoom, my beloved Canon 300D + 50mm prime, a Sony RX100, a Canon 650D that always disappointed. I took snaphots and sometimes I tried to take art, but there was always the issue of what to do with the photos once they’re taken. Sure I had a Flickr account but there had to be more.

So I came up with the idea of doing a public photo exhibition. But it wouldn’t just be open to the public in a room somewhere, rather I’d bring the exhibition to the people! I was already used to postering both officially and unofficially for music (Darkangel & Eros, Noir) gigs and political causes ([redacted]) so it was an obvious choice. My photos would be displayed on Wellington’s walls for all to see.

I chose the photos, organised sponsorship from a printing company towards the costs, and arranged for Sticky Fingers to post them up all over town. Here’s what they looked like in place:

Two posters stuck on a wall with other posters. Both are of the same format with "Street Exhibition 2004, a strip for CopyNZ as the printing sponsor, my cartoon logo and a photo". The first photo is a dandelion against a green background, the second is looking up at the Brooklyn windmill".

And here’s all six of the posters:

Poster Street Exhibition 2004 for BeagleBeagle.net with the Beagle logo. Photo is of a bluebottle jellyfish on some sea-eroded wood.
Poster Street Exhibition 2004 for BeagleBeagle.net with the Beagle logo. Photo is of blurry lights at night, a shot taken of Wellington harbour at night in a strong wind.
Poster Street Exhibition 2004 for BeagleBeagle.net with the Beagle logo. Photo is of two ducks sitting on a poem written in concrete against a backdrop of lumuinous green water.
Poster Street Exhibition 2004 for BeagleBeagle.net with the Beagle logo. Image is looking up at the Brookly Windmill.
Poster Street Exhibition 2004 for BeagleBeagle.net with the Beagle logo. Photo is mainly an over-exposed white with a weta in one corner.
Poster Street Exhibition 2004 for BeagleBeagle.net with the Beagle logo. Photo is of a dandelion against a green background.