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Step back in time, and into the present, as photographer Brett Leigh Dicks shares the fascinating story behind his exhibition 'Time and Time Again: Rephotographing the Goldfields.'Brett will take you behind the scenes of his remarkable project, where he rephotographed over 100 historic images from the WA Museum’s Dwyer & MacKay collection.
Discover the processes, challenges and stories that brought these Goldfields landscapes back to life—100 years after the originals were taken.
📅 Date: Saturday 11 January
🕒 Time: 11am-12pm
📍 Location: Museum of the Goldfields
🎟️ Free - Just drop in!
Learn more: https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/goldfields/artist-talk-photographing-past-brett-leigh-dicks
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About the Artist:
Brett Leigh Dicks is a Fremantle-based photographer and in 2023 was Artist in Residence at the Museum of the Goldfields, through ART ON THE MOVE’S Activating Collections program.
Brett approaches the medium of photography through an archaeological lens, exploring the relationship between human society and the environment. He recreates photographs taken between the 1890s and the 1920s by two photographers, John Joseph Dwyer and Thomas Faulkner Mackay, who had a studio on Kalgoorlie's main street.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Museum of the Goldfields, 17 Hannan Street,Kalgoorlie,WA,Australia
