Leading photo retailer Jessops was among scores of retailers ransacked by rioting looters in the UK earlier this month, as reported by UK website, Amateur Photographer, while press photographers absorbed some punishment of their own while covering the unrest.
Photo Exhibitions at the Art Gallery of NSW
Two free exhibitions of photography are on display at the Art Gallery of NSW this month.
Photo Exhibitions at Sydney’s Customs House
Two interesting displays of photographs are on show at Sydney’s Customs House at Circular Quay.
Photo Exhibition: Life on top of Hyde Park
Life on top of Hyde Park is the debut solo exhibition of photographer, Pete Longworth, which opens in Sydney on 26 March.
Photo Exhibition: Sardinia’s Centenarians
“The Island of the Ancients”, an exhibition of photographs of Sardinia’s centenarians by Mayu Kanamori, opens at Customs House in Sydney on 14 August.
Photocrati Launches Grants for Photographers
Photocrati has launched the Photocrati Fund Grant Competition, which will provide a US$5000 grant to a selected non-professional photographer who plans to undertake a an important humanitarian, environmental, or social photography project.

Photo & Digital Imaging Expo
View the very latest photographic and digital imaging equipment at a free Photographic & Digital Imaging Expo that will be held at the Cardinia Cultural Centre, Lakeside Boulevard, Pakenham, Victoria on Wednesday, 29 November.

Peter Solness Illuminated Landscape
“Illuminated Landscape” is an exhibition of night landscape photography by Peter Solness at the Storm Gallery in Surry Hills, Sydney May 4-30, 2009.
Phase One Open Day
L&P Digital Photographic will host a special presentation by Alan Hansen from Phase One in Denmark on Tuesday, 14 November.
Pentax Launches Photo Gallery
Pentax Imaging USA has launched an online photo gallery dedicated to providing passionate Pentax photographers from around the world the opportunity to display their work and share and gain resources within an artistic community.

