A free photographic exhibition celebrating the joy of sunrise swimming and living on the Bellarine is now open.
Aquaphilia opened at Hat Rock Contemporary Gallery on Thursday April 3.
Photographer Anne Spudvilas said she always had a camera with her and that photographs featured the region’s sea life, birds, swimmers, sunrises and the weather.
“This is the first time I’ve had a solo show of my photos. My background is mostly in children’s book illustrations, printmaking and portrait painting,” she said.
“With the official opening, I just want it to be a lovely, big, noisy night with friends and family while meeting people I haven’t met before. I hope everyone will like the work.
“All that gorgeous experience that we have in the morning watching the sun come up over the water… We have pelicans that come down and swim past us or fly right over us.
“You have that awe and wonder experience of seeing the sun come up over the sea. It’s gorgeous and different every day. You never know what you’re going to see, it’s always unexpected.”
Ms Spudvilas said she moved to Indented Head from the Murray/Darling junction more than two and a half years ago and that the region’s qualities inspired her.
“The sky, water, twisted shapes of dark trees along the shoreline and the swimmers themselves are all great subject matter,” she said.
“I’ve been photographing them every morning for the past two years… and these photos share the experience of living by the bay.”
Jena Carr
