Nationality Australian Education Newington College | Occupation Photographer Name Andrew Stark | |
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Born 23 January 1964 Sydney Australia | ||
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Andrew Stark (born 23 January 1964) is a Sydney-based Australian candid and urban street photographer active since the early 1980s. His work was inspired initially by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank and William Klein, and his work shows "ambiguity, vulnerability and a slight melancholy hue". Similar to Cartier-Bresson, he shoots in black and white on his Konica TC with 28 or 40mm lens only for his candid photography.
Contents
- Exposed andrew stark interview from total exposure 2
- Art180 assignment 4
- Birth and education
- Career and publications
- References
Art180 assignment 4
Birth and education
Stark was born in Sydney and was educated at Newington College (1976-1981).
Career and publications
In 2003, his first book entitled "Snaps from Sydney" was published. A second photo book Candidly Inclined was released 2005. In late 2006 an exhibition of his work, "Starkers", was held at the Museum of Sydney. Throughout 2007, Stark documented the Sutherland Shire district, known for the 2005 Cronulla race riots, and the resulting exhibit "Down South" was commissioned and shown at the Hazelhurst Gallery, Sydney during late 2008. In 2010, the author published a third book titled 'Escaping Into Life - a Psycho Study of the Contemporary Street Photographer.' This work delves into the realm of contemporary street photography, offering an in-depth exploration of its practices and practitioners. A review in Black+White magazine stated, "Andrew Stark's idiomatic and wryly observed urban photographs of Sydney, Australia, represent a vital continuation of documentary street photography, reflecting similar social concerns and the same aesthetic irony as Robert Frank, William Klein and Garry Winogrand."