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\t\t\t\tFriday, August 30th, 2019<\/span> | Posted by Tayla Kershaw<\/a><\/span> \t\t\t<\/div>\n

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WONTHAGGI photographer Trevor Foon is officially among Australian\u2019s best.<\/p>\n

He was named 2019 Australian Alternate Processes Photographer of the Year at the prestigious national Australian Institute of Professional Photography Awards recently.<\/p>\n

Mr Foon won the coveted award for a photograph he created using a vintage camera and historic photographic processes.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause the final image is small and delicate, and ends up on a sheet of black glass or enamelled metal, they are little treasures with amazing impact,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Foon said most photographers today use digital cameras and editing software to create their photographs, but vintage photos were unique, beginning with glass or metal plates and bottles of chemicals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up with this technology and I don\u2019t want to lose those skills,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy system doesn\u2019t require a computer, printers, inks or any degree of modern technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is empowering to make images using the principles of photography, an understanding of lighting and whoever I photograph gets a small history lesson in these skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Foon spent three days preparing for the shoot and sourced old gas cylinders, props and vintage artefacts to create the image, Rocket Man.<\/p>\n

His photograph, known as a tintype, is made by creating a direct positive onto a sheet of metal coated with enamel.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThe tintype is made in-camera; there is no way to manipulate, retouch, burn or dodge a tintype,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The name Rocketman is a homage to early circus sideshows that created sensational exhibits and performances to a gullible public, mostly fake, some freaky and sleazy, but always with an element of the unbelievable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The image depicts fellow photographers John Ansell and Fiona Handbury, and Mr Foon\u2019s wife Julie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Friday, August 30th, 2019 | Posted by Tayla Kershaw Foon wins national photography award WONTHAGGI photographer Trevor Foon is officially among Australian\u2019s best. He was named 2019 Australian Alternate Processes Photographer of the Year at the prestigious national Australian Institute of Professional Photography Awards recently. Mr Foon won the coveted award for a photograph he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}