Just had the best afternoon talking to Michael Jalaru Torres about Blak Lens…
Just had the best afternoon talking to Michael Jalaru Torres about Blak Lens, indigenous photographers and photography in general. I had seen Michael's work before, even thought about reaching out, but Covid put an end to that. After seeing The Guardian article on the weekend, I did reach out. I was delighted, understatement, when Michael agreed to talk to my students. I run a class called The Working Photographer, it engages with industry on all levels clients, agents, other photographers, designers and agencies - when I heard about Blak Lens I was excited by the possibilities. Blak Lens aims to provide support for talented photographers across Australia, building a professional and cultural network to amplify each other's work and to change perceptions.
Blak Lens is first for Australia, and a first for this class with # # #photographer , but I hope we can build on it develop some projects together with photographers from Blak Lens & RMIT