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sweet jelly roll retrospective
To help celebrate the opening of new creative space Captains of Industry, Leah has teamed with Supple Fox to present a retrospective of work shot over the course of the iconic Sweet Jelly Roll club nights.
Sweet Jelly Roll was a monthly Melbourne event that combined glamourous live performances and juke joint jumpin’ musical acts to [...]
walls
In the 1950s, to satisfy tourist expectations, this eastern stretch (among others) of Waikiki beach was artificially widened - and its natural reef environment damaged - by around 80,000 cubic metres of sand shipped in from surrounding coastlines. Kapahulu Groin, a covered storm water drain, was built as part of this Waikiki Beach Improvement Project. [...]
before the fall
A series shot on the corner of Albion St and Sydney Rd, Brunswick, in June 2009 - a few months prior to the clinic in the background dramatically collapsing in November
sydney, victoria
A continuance of the Sydney Rd, Brunswick series posted online here. Shot on the corner of Sydney Rd and Victoria St.
obscura exhibition
Leah will be exhibiting selected works from her Sweet Jelly Roll series - alongside some equally moody concert portraits of Nick Cave - at Obscura Gallery from the 9th of August until the 1st of September.
The group show, titled ‘Light at the end of the camera’, also features artists Ilona Nelson, Ben Ali Ong and [...]
ccp documentary award
Leah’s series ‘Framed’ (or, ‘Centre Place’ on this website - full series) has been selected as one of twelve final entries in the seventh CCP Documentary Photography Award. The $5,000 biennial award ‘presents a survey of the best contemporary Australian documentary photography in series format’, and was judged this year by Stephen Dupont, photographer; Naomi [...]
jelena
The second in a series of three shoots completed for the 2009 Northside Ladies Bicycle Calendar. Shot in December 2008, this time featuring the exquisite Jelena.
sydney rd
Part of an ongoing street series shot on Sydney Rd, Brunswick. All images here are facing East on the corner of Victoria St and Sydney Rd.
indian protest
A few pictures taken during last week’s protest against the recent spate of violent crime against Indian students in Melbourne.