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We are excited to announce that a selection of our Nocturne photographs of Queensland are featured in the new State Library of Queensland exhibition TWENTY: Two decades of Queensland Photography

ABOUT the TWENTY exhibition

FROM THE SLQ Website:

The State Library of Queensland has grown a vast photographic archive reflecting the lives of generations of Queenslanders. TWENTY focuses on images in State Library’s contemporary collections. They reveal a story of a changing Queensland—one that still has echoes of its past but is also embracing a more diverse and tolerant future.

TWENTY is an opportunity to reflect on the last 20 years in Queensland’s history. Documentary photography plays a vital role in capturing the events and experiences that shape our lives. It offers us a powerful insight into a particular moment in time.

Looking back, the year 2000 seems a simpler time. Over the last two decades, society has undergone seismic shifts. Yet, some things transcend time: the shock and devastation caused by natural disasters; the beauty of our state’s wide-open spaces; and the ongoing connection of people to place. Immerse yourself in this rich and complex history.

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VIEW THE ONLINE EXHIBITION HERE: https://twenty.slq.qld.gov.au/

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Some of our Nocturne Queensland photographs featured in the TWENTY exhibition

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The Fassifern Christian Church Kalbar

George Street Kalbar

Firestation Miles

Masonic Lodge Childers

All you can eat – Nocturne Bundaberg

Bank building Dalby

Queenslander house Kalbar

Old Library builing Dalby

Cunningham Highway Aratula

Lutheran Church Kalbar

The Paragon Theatre Childers

XXXX Brewery Milton

Aratula Servo

Balcony Childers

Overpass Brisbane

Farm produce store: Nocturne Miles

ABOUT COOPER+SPOWART: Nocturne Imaging Projects

Victoria Cooper+Doug Spowart making Nocturne images

Photography is integral to the way we capture, interpret and share our experiences and deeply considered views of our world.

For around ten years we have been photographing the visual transformation of small towns and suburban places in those last moments of daylight and into night. Our intent is to capture this transient magical atmosphere of twilight where the afterglow of sunset combines with the illumination of streetlights and the room lights from inside houses that say someone is home. Additionally as some photographs created at this time require long camera exposures, the image captured shows the ghostly, blurred movement of people and car headlight trails.

The experience of nocturnal light is seductive yet uncanny. It connects us to the sustained beautiful melancholy felt when listening to Debussy’s Clair de lune while simultaneously evoking the unsettling, dark moments of a film noir movie.

Over the last seven years we have significantly documented as artists in residencies and personal projects communities including Muswellbrook, Grafton, Armidale, Bundaberg, Toowoomba, Miles, Cygnet, Wooli, Castlemaine, Murwillumbah, Bribie Island and numerous central NSW and Victorian regional towns.

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SEE MORE OF OUR NOCTURNE IMAGES FROM EAST COAT AUSTRALIA

@ www.nocturnelink.com

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TWENTY: THE CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

FROM THE SLQ Website: The 56 photographers featured in TWENTY represent the incredible diversity of Queensland’s documentary photography community. Some are well-known, some are emerging, some have been practising their craft for years relatively unknown. Some studied photography, some are self-taught. They are all dedicated to documenting Queensland and their work has allowed State Library to develop an astonishing visual archive of our state in the contemporary era.

TWENTY-Architecture-Web snapshot

The Fassifern Christian Church Kalbar

George Street Kalbar

Firestation Miles

Masonic Lodge Childers

All you can eat – Nocturne Bundaberg

Bank building Dalby

Queenslander house Kalbar

Old Library builing Dalby

Cunningham Highway Aratula

Lutheran Church Kalbar

The Paragon Theatre Childers

XXXX Brewery Milton

Aratula Servo

Balcony Childers

Overpass Brisbane

Farm produce store: Nocturne Miles