The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop, Photography gallery and workshop space in South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia
The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop was a photography gallery and studio space in South Yarra, Melbourne, housed in a converted shop dating from 1888. The building brought together exhibition rooms, teaching spaces, and working studios all under one roof.
The gallery was founded in 1973 by four photographers and stayed open for nearly 4 decades before closing in 2010. Over those years it grew into one of Melbourne's main places for showing photography and supporting people starting out in the field.
The gallery showed work from photographers based in many different countries alongside locally produced prints. This mix made it a place where people in Melbourne could see how photography was developing well beyond their own city.
The venue closed in 2010 and no longer operates, so it is worth checking what other photography spaces are currently active in South Yarra or nearby. The neighbourhood has other arts-related spots that may be of interest to anyone visiting the area.
Ralph Gibson, a well-known American photographer, gave his first Australian workshop here in 1977, which was an early sign of the gallery's reach beyond local circles. That visit helped build a reputation for bringing in leading photographers from other countries to teach and share their work.
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