Michael Waite: Silent and Still

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Australian Centre for Photography
257 Oxford Street
Paddington NSW 2021
+11 61 02 9332 1455
www.acp.org.au
info@acp.org.au

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Michael Waite has made black and white darkroom prints from vintage negatives that date from the early to mid-20th century and come from various parts of the world. They are purchased from second-hand dealers and usually come with little to no information on the subject, the photographer or the reason they were taken. Waite only buys those that he feels an emotional response to. Generally, these are photos that give a sense of people as being defined by their culture and era. “It makes me wonder how much choice people have in determining their lives, when they seem so trapped in their time. Their horizons were limited, which is easy to see when looking back, but probably also reflects on our own lives today.”