Zorica Purlija: 'So, This is Goodbye'

Stanley Street Gallery presents Zorica Purlija's 'So, This is Goodbye' as a part of Head On Photo Festival Open Program.

"The project is a series of photographs made using my antique Argus 75 Medium format film camera during a field trip to the Central coast beaches, Maitland Bay and MacMasters Beach.

"The idea of this series is to photograph things and people in a happenstance way during my stroll of these beaches. I welcome the chance meetings and accidents which mark the film due to its age and condition.

"I prefer to use intuition as a guide to when I take photographs. I also like to experiment with using different colour film from the unusual stock found in camera shops, the film for these photographs is from a Russian film lab online.

"All these combinations come together and reveal a story of some sort when I have the film developed and can look through the prints.

"This story seems to be edging towards a goodbye of humankind and a return to nature."

– Zorica Purlija

Opening celebration: Saturday 30 November, 3-5pm

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Image: Zorica Purlija, Ocean Pool, 2024, Digital print from film on Baryta photo paper, 36 x 36 cm, Image COTA