Elizabeth January 29th, 2008

Shortly after our fun morning cruising down the Yarra, Tim and I said goodbye to Sally and headed for home. We had planned to catch a tram from Flinders Street Station, but the new All Of Us exhibition at Federation Square caught my eye and I decided to wander over there for a look.

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Photographer Michel Lawrence is the photographer behind the All Of Us project, and sought to photograph at least one person from each country that now calls Australia home. Each of the candidates were born overseas, and chose to start a new life in Australia.

His installation at Federation Square consists of 220 photographs 1.2m x 1.2m high (some appear to be double height), and will be on display for the next 2 months. A large format book is also available.

The Age has an interesting article about the photographer and one of his subjects.

Aside from the fact that this exhibition is a brilliant way to graphically represent our multicultural population, I don’t think Federation Square has looked more attractive in the time I’ve lived here. If you’re in Melbourne, it really is worth seeing.

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