Artist Interview: Tony Kearney SALA Podcast

In this episode, Steph caught up with photographic artist Tony Kearney at his home in Port Adelaide. Tune in to hear about his journey to photography, his highly-acclaimed portrait work, competing with pigeons for exhibition space in Hart’s Mill, and that time he took 180 rolls of film through multiple airport x-ray machines en route to Syria.
Show Notes
Kodak Instamatic
Reticulation, bas relief
Bakelite
Mug Shots
Fixer, developer, stop bath – photographic chemicals
Atkins Lab
Kodachrome
Marden Senior College
Tarnanthi Festival
National Railway Museum
Olive Cotton Award / 2021 Exhibition Catalogue
Bowness Prize / finalist images 2021
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
National Portrait Gallery London
David Prichard’s portraits of Australian First Nations stock women win the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2021 [article]
Tony Kearney, Jacob, 2020
‘Dignified, strong, beautiful’: the year’s best portrait photography – in pictures (The Guardian) [article]
High Ground (2020) imdb
The 2021 Bowness photography prize selected finalists – in pictures (The Guardian) [article]
tonykearneyportraiture.com
3 of Tony’s portraits in NPG collection
Vitalstatistix
Laneway Festival
Tony’s photograph of @BillieEilish
Tony’s photograph of @AuroraMusic
Tony Kearney, Linda Syddick Tjunggkiya Napaltjarri, 2017, inkjet print on paper, image: 66.2cm x 66.2cm, purchased by NPG (Australia) in 2017Tony Kearney, Wentja Morgan Napaltjarri, 2017, inkjet print on paper, image: 66.2cm x 66.1cm, purchased by NPG (Australia) in 2017
Tangentyere Art Centre
Rust, ‘The corrosion of culture and the culture of corrosion’
‘Chandie’ by Deb Jones & Christine Cholewa
Syria Lost
Hart’s Mill