About EVENT-Point Light Gallery

Point Light Gallery


Artist: Jordon Undy
Address: point light, 4 / 50 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills 2010

Website: http://www.pointlight.com.au/

Phone: 02 9281 6615
Email: gallery@pointlight.com.au


Event Details:
    When: Between Thursday 18 November and Sunday 19 December from 11.00AM to 17.00PM,  Thursday to Sunday, 11 to 5.00PM.
    Where: point light, 4 / 50 Reservoir Street, Surry Hills 2010 
    Cost: Free
    How to get to this event: Major bus routes on Elizabeth Street and Central Railway Station

About Point Light Gallery:


Point light was established in 1996 in Sydney, Australia by Lyndell and Gordon Undy. The intention of gallery was to foster the appreciation and creation of fine black and white photographs through gallery and workshops / darkroom program.
After several years of increasingly successful workshops and exhibitionsthe emphasis is now on the gallery where you will see a selection of Australian and international masterworks.




History:


Point light gallery was established  to show and sell the work of artists who use traditional monochrome photographic media. Just as one can appreciate the way Winslow Homer or Norman Lindsay used the glowing transparency and freedom of watercolor, so visitors go to point light should be able to see the way artists employ the full tonal, textural and emotional qualities of black and white photography.
 Besides the gallery point light has a fully equipped studio and darkroom where occasional master classes in the use of film and photograph making are conducted and where a number of Australia's finest photographic artists work.






Many photographers can make some outstanding photographs but only few number of them can offer an output which is ongoing integrity of vision. Good photographs are invariably made by artists with an understanding of their personal center, and an empathy with both the medium and the subject.This is a rare combination but it always be something we seek in choosing our exhibitors at point light.

The gallery special in monochrome work, being one level of abstraction from the world of color that inspires the viewer to make greater demands on his or her imagination and open a pathway to their soul. The viewer brings as much to the photograph as the photograph brings to the viewer.

Lobby room

Corridor with photo show

Entry

Bookshelf, work area

Work area

Bookshelf, lots of documents

My favorite photo

This is my favorite picture, one of those amazing photos by Gordon Undy. If you have a careful look at this picture, if you have been Sydney, if you have be central station, and you will find it actually is the big clock located in central station. Unfortunately the big clock is keeping in repair at the moment. I am not sure when could we see it again.

The reason i like it is the first stuff when i came here, Sydney. It looks like the Big Ben in England, and it is charm and glamour, it is old and cultural, it is a symbolize building in old style just as world square in modern style.  It makes me feel familiar. And i get used to be same rather than change.

 Look at the picture, if you do not know it is a photography by camera, you will think it as a watercolor picture. The gallery special in monochrome work, and so this picture is. Actually I prefer any colorful picture such as pop art work. Black and white is absolutely classic, but they are a little bit boring if you stay them a long time, you know, we need refresh, and breathy again and again, at least for young people, colorful pictures are more popular, even for cloth, living stuffs, mobile phone, or car and so on. But in Gordon's work, you would find a color gradient, for example, in this picture, it is most black part at the bottom, and as look down and up, it change to white more and more.

Everyone is the viewer when you have a look at this picture, include the person who create it. In my opinion, there are few of stuff in, and you can see lots of trees first of all, and bridge, and the big old clock, all of them look so quite.  Black and white is the main color used in the photo. From the photo, I can see that is a winter, everything is during hibernation. Even birds were hiding at the moment. Anyway it shows me a quite, familiar, and perfect angle about photography.

The other thing is, Gordon Undy, the creator of the photo, has passion attitude in life, and always insistence in art, never stop. From his words, i think he must be proud of his achievements. That is good. In China, there is a proverb, someone who feels contentment always be happy. People living should be happy and joyful, but not painful and sad during life time. Gordon Undy, the first impression he given us is a happiness and wisdom person, and politeness. He likes learning, and he likes learning languages, i remember that day, he asked us to teach him some Chinese word, and he really has the talent in language.


How well is advertised the event was
Well, in my opinion, it is not really that good. It is a photography show, about art. But it is not as popular as music or fashion show. And it is a small scale gallery, no entry fees, no security, only Gordon there when we visited. Thus I still like it, the style, the decoration, as a small gallery, full fill with cultural. It needs more publicity, but that would be commercialized easily, and lost its original style. So even the advertisement is not success, just leave it, the Point Light does not need honor, it should be the one it should be.


Who the event is targeted towards
In my opinion, the targeted would be somebody enthusiasm in photography. It has no difference about age and vocation, it is about hobby. They have a same goal, all of them like photograph. So the event mostly towards those photo fans. Besides of these, some old people would be the targets, they need some interesting stuff to spend time, because they do not need work. And businessman work on photograph would be a part of target too. Their business based on photograph technical skills and equipments. A good photo studio would like to improve itself as fast as they can, and collect more technical skills in taking photo.


What kind of people attended the event
That is a hard question, first of all, it is photography, and we can touch stuff in life, it is normal, nothing special. The destination would be enjoy and just for fun, or just have a look to waste time. Not only adult may interested in photography, but same like teenagers and the older. The audience would be student, officer, housewife, businessman and artist. Someone really likes photography, such as photographers, artists and so on. Also student would attend the event, like us, do assignment that research any interesting event.

Discuss your own observations of the event
Here, i would like to discuss the gallery. It is a small gallery stayed in an old unit. It takes us around 30min to find. It locates in a quiet and narrow road near Elizabeth St. Even the house number, is not clear presented. The stairs go upstairs are also narrow, a little squeeze when two people go at the same time. Click the light green door, an old man open the door with smile, very kindly. Then a small clean and tidy gallery will catch your eyes. Everything just hangs on the white wall, vary tidiness. Gordon Undy introduced the gallery carefully for us, and asked us to have a look around by ourselves. It has a fully equipped studio and darkroom, and everything done with hand as you can see in work area. 

Discuss your own opinion of the event including likes and dislikes
The important thing i would like to highlight here is the mood Gordon Undy had, the enthusiasm in art, the passion in life, the desire in learning. I guess he is about 55years old, but he still keeps his dream in heart. That is the important thing i lost, now i have no idea about future, i do not know what should i do, what i want to do, i have no dream, no pursue, no goal. Mr Undy has been many places around world, and took lots of photo in his life. At the end, he showed us his family, everyone looks so happy, well, that is really a nice and felicity family. Well, i should think about lots of things......
About this event, it is hard to say something i dislike. Everything is so fantasitic and amazing. Well, the only thing i forgot is took a photo with Mr Undy, that is the only thing i dislike.