Degree South: War

FEATURING WORKS BY SEAN FLYNN, TIM PAGE, STEPHEN DUPONT, DAVID DARE PARKER, JACK PICONE, BEN BOHANE, MICHAEL COYNE AND ASHLEY GILBERTSON 

This exhibition attempts to reveal the impact that war has on its victims, both civilians and military, whose lives are shattered by the conflicts they did not start and over which they have little control. 

°South is a collective of dedicated and award-winning Australian documentary photographers who have covered conflicts from Vietnam in ’65 to present day Afghanistan. Often working at great risk to themselves, they have created images that have gone on to influence public opinion, make history and inspire us to find other ways to solve our differences.

War is a haunting journey through the scars inflicted by battle, where the only hope often rests in the power of a photograph to deliver a critical humanistic message.

At present there are 43 conflicts taking place on our planet. Once, the battlefield was the place of devastation, now it is streets, alleyways, schools and places of worship. People and places are no longer protected or sacred and in much of the world it is now safer to be a soldier than an unarmed civilian.

Warning: This exhibition contains images that may offend. Recommended for people aged 15 years and older.