Using the optical principle of the camera obscura, Stacey masks windows to leave just a ray of light, so that the view outside is projected back inside, as if by magic, but upside down and in reverse.
‘It’s like being in your own private movie,’ says Stacey – who photographs this inside-outside union in the fleeting minutes when light and composition are just right.
Sydney images include Wendy and Brett Whiteley’s library (once Brett Whiteley’s studio) in their home at Lavender Bay; Martin Sharp’s home, Wirian, in Bellevue Hill; Geoff Kleem’s current working studio on Parramatta Road; and the National Art School in Darlinghurst.
Over two weekends of the exhibition there will be FREE interactive camera obscura events in Darlinghurst at the Courthouse Hotel. There will also be a dedicated space at the gallery in Paddington throughout the exhibition.
