Malmsbury Photographs | Len Johnston

Print Acquisition, Photo Usage and Correspondence

leonardjohnston@bigpond.com

PHOTOGRAPHY

Biographic Notes:

1950 - Born Brunswick, Melbourne
1964 - My first photos with the family Kodak Box Brownie
1967 - Begin apprenticeship as a Photo-lithographer in central Melbourne
1969 - Father’s rangefinder camera encourages photographic expression
1973 - First overseas travel
1975 - Decide to explore photography as a creative medium
1981 - First published photos
1982 - Establish “S.E.One Photographics” and “Artpics”
1983 - Begin exhibiting
1996 - Switch from traditional Photo-lithography to Digital Publishing

Publications:

1981 - First photographs published Nikon Magazine. U.K.-3 page feature
1982 - Amateur Photographer. U.K. 4 page feature
1983 - Camera Craft. Australia 5 page feature
1984 - British Journal of Photography Yearbook. U.K.
1985 - Camera Craft. Australia 6 page feature “Oxford Photographs”
zzzzzz- British Journal of Photography Yearbook. U.K.

Solo Exhibitions:

1983 - Visibility Gallery, Carlton. “Objectives”
1984 - Roar Studios, Fitzroy. “Oxford Photographs”
1984 - with Tatjana Rosner’s needlepoint and Craig Haire’s 1984 sculpture
1986 - City of Mildura Arts Centre. “On the Face of It”
aaaa- City of Hamilton Art Gallery. “On the Face of it ”
aaaa- City of Horsham Art Gallery. “Familiarity”
aaaa- Rhumbarella’s Gallery, Fitzroy. “Familiarity”
1990 - Ertia Gallery, Port Melbourne. “Len Johnston”
2006 - Merchants of Malmsbury. “Malmsbury”
2008 - Elsie Gallery, Malmsbury. “A Few Spots in India”
2009 - Elsie Gallery, Malmsbury. “Sikkim - Portait of a Himalayan Jewel”

Group Exhibitions:

1984 - Roar Studios “Salon des Refuses”
1987 - Eltham College, Annual Show
1988 - City of Box Hill, Annual Show
1991 - Sojourner’s Gallery, Preston. “Ego and Image”
1992 - City of Box Hill Community Arts Centre - Then and Now" from the Collection
1999 - North Melbourne Art House. “48 Hours”
2009 - Hullabaloo Gallery. "Malmsbury Fringe"

Collections:

My Photographs have been bought by 100 - 200 private collections and public institutions, predominately in Australia and the U.K. I'm grateful for the support. At crucial times it's been the catalyst that has sparked me off again...

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Inspirational Photographers, Angels, Influences...

Andre Kertesz
Josef Koudelka
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Max Dupain
Robert Doisneau
Brassai
Edward Weston
Jacques Heni Lartigue
Josef Sudek
Eugene Atget
Bill Brandt
Man Ray
Jan Saudek
Walker Evans
Paul Strand
Sylvia Plachy
Robert Besanko
Christian Vogt
Boubat
Robert Frank
Gabriele Basilico
Mauel Alvarez Bravo
Edward Steichen
Alfred Stieglitz
Alexander Rodtchenko
Cecil Beaton
Peter Dombrovskis
Willt Ronis
Sebastiao Salgado

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FAMILY HISTORY

Water-colours by William Henry Pearson Baker

My father Bill Johnston 1940

Mother May and sister Ilona 1948

with Ilona 1952

1985 ( Photo Paul Robinson )

1980s

2010

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Links... (incomplete)

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