Exhibition Opening: UK Frederick and Judith MacDougall

Thu Aug 14 2025 at 08:00 am to 10:00 am UTC+10:00

30 Manuka Circle, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2603 | Canberra

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Exhibition Opening: UK Frederick and Judith MacDougall
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Join us for the opening of The Camera Unrepair Shop by UK Frederick and The Texans 1972-73 by Judith MacDougall
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6pm Thursday, 14 August at photo access
Gallery 1
The Camera Unrepair Shop by UK Frederick
The Camera Unrepair Shop combines installation, cyanotype process and performance to reflect on the nature of photography, its evolution, and the unseen labour behind film-based imagery. Frederick dismantles cameras, creating blueprints of their anatomy, subverting the usual production-to-waste narrative. This experimental work provokes contemplation about the current state of photography amid emerging technologies
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Gallery 2 & 3
The Texans 1972-73 by Judith MacDougall
Unseen for over fifty years, these photographs capture 1970s Texas, revealing the tenor of American life in its most quirky and telling moments. Shot on a 35mm Leica, they offer an early glimpse into the practice of a filmmaker who would go on to become a pioneer of observational documentary.
The images sometimes resemble movie stills, marked by a constant interplay between stillness and movement, between formal composition and an inquisitive, roving eye. MacDougall brought a fresh perspective to the lives of horse-fanciers, promoters, cowhands, diner workers, bodybuilders, conventioneers, and car enthusiasts across the state.
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Opening remarks will be delivered by Anne O'Hehir (Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Australia ) at 6:30pm.
Exhibitions will run until Saturday 13 September.
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