Sean Fennessy | Photographer
The Monthly + music stuff
I’ve posted before about Go Betweens co-founder turned music critic Robert Forster so it’s was a pleasant surprise to get a call from The Monthly asking for some of my pics to go with an article Forster penned on the Tassie music scene (specifically the “Community” compilation recently released by Rough Skies Records)
Sadly the article is not available online yet, but see the tearsheets here: page 1, page 2
They published two photos:
In related news, it was also cool to see my pic of Paint Your Golden Face used to promote their new album.
This pic is also the cover of the album. Woot
shooting a chef
Recently I was commissioned by Clemenger to take some shots for a campaign for Point Restaurant.
The brief was to take a series of dark, atmospheric portraits of the Chef de Cuisine.
Behind the scenes: Heaps of light coming in from the right, plus two snooted strobes at the back for separation on the chef and a for a small highlight on the table in the background. I also had my big reflector clamped to a stand at the left to stop any light bouncing back onto the dark side of his face.
How it appeared in press ads
for reasons of our own!
For Reasons of Our Own! is a 30-artist exhibition organised by certified madman Josh Pringle (check out his awesome blog).
It’s the second time he’s held a show at the Scumfighter Social Club (aka his mum’s garage) and I reckon it’s a great idea.
All work will be on sale for $20 and money raised will go to a community arts project based on the outskirts of Hobart.
I’ve scraped together these two shots for the show.
Opening: Friday 27th November, 6pm - 9pm
Showing: 28th/29th November, 11am - 5pm
Scum Fighter Gallery: 134 Cascade Rd, South Hobart. (just before the Brewery!)
2 mins with Robert Forster
The Go Betweens are one of my favourite bands, so I was pretty excited to hear that Robert Forster was coming to town to launch his new book and sing a few acoustic songs.
Luckily I got a couple of minutes with him for a quick portrait shoot.
I snapped a few variations of this but I think it’s my favourite for now.
His visit coincided with the launch party for the cool new book club xyz.
power hip hop
Another couple of shots from the Power Hip Hop series.
These guys love having their photos taken. There’s quite a large African community in Hobart - I’d love to develop this series further.
More about Power Hip Hop on myspace