Sean Fennessy | Photographer

Amplified

The Amplified festival is on at the moment celebrating all things Tasmanian and musical.

There’s a bunch of cool events over the next few days.

I did a shoot with Futago a little while ago for the program, posters etc:

The mid-air fellow is up-and-coming photographer/model Jason Morey.

Hobart

Over the past few months I’ve been working closely with the Hobart City Council developing some fresh content for their image library.

Hobart’s been my home for about 10 years now. It has its moments but generally it’s a great place to live. Viewing the city with fresh eyes has been an interesting challenge - I really wanted to create some new perspectives and avoid cliches.

It’s an ongoing project, but here’s a taste of what we’ve shot so far.

tomorrow night

Portraits of Invisible People opens tomorrow night. We’ve spent the last two days hanging and the room is looking good.

The exhibition features lots of artists and includes video work, sculpture and a bunch of installations. The aim is to raise awareness of the issues and challenges associated with Acquired Brain Injury.

This is probably my favourite image from the show: “Andrew”

Opening drinks are tomorrow night at 6pm at the Long Gallery, Salamanca. Hopefully see you there.

portraits of invisible people

This week sees the culmination of a long term project that I have been working on with Kickstart Arts.

Portraits of Invisible People is a multi art form exhibition that tells the stories of a group of people with Acquired Brain Injury.

Most Acquired Brain Injuries are caused by stroke, accident or trauma and result in a range of cognitive and physical disabilities including memory loss and communication difficulties.

It’s been a fantastic experience meeting and photographing everyone involved in this project. Here’s a few examples of the hundreds of images that I’ve shot over the past few months.

Nick

Andrew

Carolyn

There will be many more on display at the Long Gallery, Salamanca starting on Friday. The opening is at 6pm - come along if you’re in Hobart.

Big trucks and explosions

Recently I spent a few days shooting for Hazell Bros, a big construction company here in Tassie.

The main challenge was illustrating the various aspects of their business, which resulted in one very cold pre-dawn shoot and a lot of driving around their quarry, workshops and construction sites. 

Shooting this blast was a bit of fun. I had three cameras set up at various vantage points around the quarry. We were supposed to get a 10 second countdown, but for some reason that didn’t happen, luckilly I had my shutter finger ready to fire and snapped off a nice sequence.