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3 November 2023
Tony Maniaty says his latest photography exhibition at the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre aims to broaden our thinking about what life on Earth is like now and what it can be in the future. By bringing together imagination and intelligence, Maniaty’s works reflect the human experience in new and thought-provoking ways.
The exhibition, titled ‘The Planet of Possibilities’, will be on display from 19 November until 9 December. Held in conjunction with the Head On Photo Festival, it features 21 large-scale images taken in Greece, Turkey, France, Britain and Australia over the past two years.
Maniaty says: “Photographs lead us to new ways of seeing, of understanding, and to fresh appreciations of beauty. I see this as photography’s gift to humanity. Every day we become increasingly aware of how fragile this planet we live on, this Earth, really is. The more we see of beauty, the more we’re inclined to appreciate it, to revere it rather than damage it. We need to open our eyes to the beauty of the planet in order to save it.”
Maniaty is a creative artist whose work incorporates photography, fiction and non fiction writing, screenwriting and documentary making. He has been a senior journalist and foreign correspondent with the ABC, SBS and BBC, and was Associate Professor of Creative Practice at University of Technology Sydney. He is currently Features Editor of the Head On Interactional photography magazine.
Event details
Gallery opening times
• Sunday 19 November, 12pm to 5pm
• Saturday 25 November, 12pm to 5pm
• Saturday 2 December, 12pm to 5pm
• Saturday 9 December, 12pm to 5pm
‘The Planet of Possibilities’: photography exhibition by Tony Maniaty
Sunday 19 November until Saturday 9 December 2023
Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre Gallery
16-18 Fitzroy Street, Kirribilli, Sydney
