https://onthisdateinphotography.com/2026/08/31/august-31-national/On This Date in Photography: by James Mcardleen2026-08-31T11:27:43+00:00August 31: Nationalphotography, France, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, painting, Australia, Sydney, exhibition, chemistry, USA, audience, curator, New York, interior, redundancy, Switzerland, Canberra, display, water, craft, archive, moment, film, single lens reflex, space, Australian Centre for Photography, temperature, museum, commissions, cinema, debate, Rencontres d'Arles, 1853, graffiti, blog, printmaking, developing, sculpture, teenagers, construction, building, site, 1871, 1979, 1970, atmosphere, project, public, surprise, unexposed, process, portfolio, showcase, photographers, Still Photography?, Rochester, Justine Varga, exposed, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Morocco, South Australia, Northern Territory, 1886, 2018, Winterthur, progress, Underground, experiments, alternative, shop, question, onthisdateinphotography.com, catalogue, effect, venue, access, expanding, Provence, printed, event, corner, influential, south of France, work, concept, residence, Fotomuseum Winterthur, controversial, photographic imagery, ACP, Fred Kruger, intact, decade, NSW, inconvenient, ethos, national, name, Tasmania, organisation, balance, 2021, First Nations, George Eastman Museum, demolition, voice, Ballarat, Victorian Artists' Society, casual, Arizona, designs, celebrate, post, banner, Art Gallery of Ballarat, permit, Mirrors, challenges, MAPh, Reflex, new, purchased, clear, discussion, practices, projects, 2024, CEO, Queensland Centre for Photography, co-curators, Sturt Street, Contemporary Art Society, spaces, open, submerged, care, devoted, enjoy, enter, structure, attraction, local, encourage, Summarise, ten years, Australian institution, Vanessa Gerrans, guest, Ballarat Arts Alive, Arts Chat session, speaker, National Centre for Photography, meeting, Craig’s Hotel, provincial city, calm, steady, remit, BIFF, international exhibitors, major feature, recruitment, northern hemisphere, summer holiday, Australian creatives, hosted, provincial, National Science and Media Museum in Bradford UK, The Center for Creative Photography (CCP), Tucson, Musée National de la Photographie, Rabat/Salé, Château d’Eau, Toulouse, government departments, own space, national bodies, state institutions, creative programs, medium-specific, multi- or screen-media, intentionally exclude photographic arts, Screen Australia, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), The Sculptors Society (TSS), NGA Sculpture Garden, the Australian Ceramics Association, Aboriginal Art Association of Australia (AAAA), Art Society of Tasmania, Australian Print Workshop (APW), Print Council of Australia Inc. (PCA), subsumed, Powerhouse Parramatta, stewardship of Australian photography, distrust, state-owned institution, ability, preserve, independent legacy, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, $1.6 million fund, October 2022, Powerhouse Photography, rescue mission, skepticism, arts community, massive, highly politicised, state apparatus, replicate, grassroots, artist-centric, once provided by the ACP, Sydney-centric, Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh), need for, not a repository for a collection, state organisations, Centre for Contemporary Photography clings, Perth Centre for Photography (PCP), Fremantle, funding cuts, treasure, bank building, philanthropic donations, state government grant, $6.7 million, pro bono, envisage, knocking down, rear building, two three-story buildings, moved to Ballarat, mid-2022, Warrnambool Art Gallery director, pivotal, finish construction, conservation management plan, demolish, heritage-listed, ground floor, two upper levels, open in time for the Festival, next year, doubles, twins, chemical mixes, expanding possibilities, Open Program, first major exhibition, eight artists, curated, under discussion, August/September 2027, pop-up, activation, Zo Damage, Lydiard Street facade, renovations, summer 2025, strict, heritage constraints, three-story, scheduled, open in January, extensive delays, concrete floor, gradient error, Heritage Victoria, Bath Lane, redesigned, budgetary constraints, opening will be phased, upper two levels, additional $14.7 million, maze, large, small, original bank vault, upper floor, bank manager, fireplaces, kitchen, manager’s daughter, Winnie, south, Union Bank, toilets, reassemble, archaeological digs, operational, brick cistern, water infrastructure, 19th-century gold rush, Bath’s Hotel, Thomas Bath, Centre entrance, uncovered, 18, 000 litres, main entrance, all-access ramp, Lydiard Street entry, gold smelter, pumped out, sand, covered, feature, lit up, trafficable glass cover, unfeasible, broadening, creative identity, more than “just photography”, all visual imaging, lens-based culture, expanded scope, everything involving light, digital evolution, gaming platforms, VR environments, “future-focused”, complement, existing assets, avoid duplication, permanent collection, Sovereign Hill, historical storytelling, interactivity, creative space for artists, communicators, inviting, “clubhouse”, hot-desk workspace, Wi-Fi, media labs, photo darkrooms, in planning, next stage of building, first opportunity, youth photography prize, September 2026, “Group Photo” program, audiences, recruitment of members, public photo booth, open weekends, void space, glass facade, freestanding brick facade, preserved, at great cost, rolling program, large-scale hanging works, winner, 2017 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture, aeons, particle accelerator, unconventional approach, “film soup” workshop, cooked, cross-processed, cocktail mixture, mixologist, liquid cocktail, careful, melt the emulsion, few minutes, several days, rinsed, stop the reaction, sticky sugar, souped film, E-6, slide film, C-41, colour negative, maximise colour shifts, sipping, drinking-in the image, membership-tier, salon series, intimate discussions, visiting international Festival talent, unannounced, drop-in event, Prahran Legacy group, publication initiative, members, limited selection, archived, boxed set, potential overlap, collecting initiatives, Ballarat Gallery, space and staffing constraints, proper managementhttps://onthisdateinphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-7.png?w=150