By NOEL MURPHY
RODEO riders, Oriental temples, light houses, musicians, ornate churches, Indian holy men – all manner of powerful photographic images have gone on show at Geelong Gallery.
Dragonflies, microscopic toadstools, nudes, coastlines and chameleons are all part of this year’s VIGEX photographic competition, drawing on works from around the world.
Visitors will find portraits, smelters, landscapes, birds, zebras, monks, oxen, barbers and more, all in glorious colour, stunning monochrome, silhouettes and other photographic affectations.
VIGEX, an abbreviation of Victoria Geelong Exhibition, is a biennial competition that receives thousands of entries from around the world.
The exhibition is one of only two international photographic competitions in Australia with accreditation from Federation Internationale de l’Art Photographique and the Australian Photographic Society.
This year more than 2000 prints were judged in the categories monochrome, colour, nature, photojournalism, people and creative.
The gallery will host the VIGEX exhibition until May.
