Love taking photos? Join us!
Calling all photography enthusiasts!
To coincide with this year’s Head On Photo Festival, we are inviting our community to join Tonina Ryan and Ali Mozaffari for a photographic adventure.
Join us at Red Gallery for an exclusive look at Ryan and Mozaffari’s work on display, with a brief insight into their practice.
Then we will venture out to the Edinburgh Gardens for some happy snapping!
Participants are invited to bring their own photographic equipment if you wish to take part, it can be a camera or just your phone!
Register for your free ticket:
Tonina Ryan
ARTIST BIO
Tonina Ryan is an Australian-based photographer who sees the world through a poetic lens.
She is a Fine Art Photographer who creates photographic images with a sense of awe, fun, and curiosity. She captures not just what something looks like, but how it feels. She is driven to create beauty.
She has a background in network television and a strong artistic drive. Her photographs capture moments of connection between people and environments. Empathy is her spark. She is drawn to colour, vitality, and beauty.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies. She also studied at Photography Studies College Melbourne, where her first lecturer called her 'A modern-day Rennie Ellis.'
She was a finalist for the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize 2021 and has been exhibited at the Monash Gallery of Art. She was selected for the International Urban Photography Art Prize in 2021, 2023, and 2024. She has also been a multiple Highly Commended Photographer for Photographer of the Year 2024, and has been shown at the Linden Gallery, Melbourne and Artopia Gallery, Sydney.
Ali Mozaffari
ARTIST BIO
Ali is a Melbourne-based Iranian-Australian street photographer and filmmaker. He started photography in his 30s by being gifted a camera through his engineering work! He then took photography classes with a prominent documentary photographer in Iran Karim Malak Madani, between 2014 and 2015, which fueled his passion and gave him direction towards documentary and street photography. Ali moved to Australia in 2015 and has been living in Melbourne since July 2015.