Sue Daley has been fascinated with photography since she was a young girl in the UK awestruck by old black and white family photographs she found spilling out of a broken cardboard box in the bottom of an old wardrobe.
Her parents saved up and bought her a 35mm camera when she was 11 years old, then some twerp stole it at a school sports day.
In spite of this devastating event, Daley went on to study art and then photography at Bournemouth College in the UK. Her focus was on social documentary photography, which took her on a journey across America documenting the women’s peace movement.
She has taught art and photography in the UK and has worked as a photographer in both the UK and Australia, most recently enjoying working with musicians to create photographic montages that evoke the personality of the musicians and the music they make.
In parallel to this, Daley has been developing a more personal body of work, which is Between the Tides.
Daley said the exhibition combines her two “homes” – the UK where her grandmother told her family stories, and Australia, where the landscape is ancient and evocative and has been trod gently upon for at least 65,000 years.
”It felt natural to combine these two parts of my experience and my goal was that these photomontages would pay homage to stories that give presence and substance again to people long gone, only known from stories and old black and white photographs and to add my own chapter of the story as someone whose good fortune has led me to this amazing place.”
The exhibition is on a Rex Livingstone Art and Objects, 182-84 Katoomba St, Katoomba until July 10. Open seven days 10am-5pm.
Opening drinks tomorrow (Saturday, June 24) 2-4pm.
