Geelong Advertiser

PHOTO ARTISTS MAKE STREETS A GALLERY

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all have a disability and varying pho photograph­y experience — has been printed and stuck along a wall in Carr St, just across the road from South Geelong train station.

One of the photograph­ers, Matt Turner, said he was pleased to see his work displayed in such a prominent public area.

He has been a photograph­er for about three years and this is the first time he has participat­ed in a street art exhibition.

“This program has allowed me to get to a lot of places that I wouldn’t think of going, or wouldn’t have been able to go due to physical limitation­s,” he said.

“Getting to work with other people in the group has been good as well well, you get to see so many differ different points of view with each shot.”

The two photograph­y groups have been guided by Leisure Networks’ Jono Dredge and Lucy Jones.

“It continues to be a fantastic experience to work alongside the photograph­y group, watching them develop new friendship­s, building their capacity within the local com- munity munity, creating opportunit­ies and bringing their ideas to the group,” Mr Dredge said.

The Paste Up Street Art will displayed indefinite­ly.

Leisure Networks is encouragin­g anyone visiting the exhibit to take a picture and upload it to social media tagging it @lnetworks and #streetarto­fgeelong.

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