David Hume

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1000 words – Alecia Williams

1000 words – Alecia Williams

Alecia Williams is a graduate of Adelaide’s Centre for Creative Photography and recently exhibited as part of the 2020 Shimmer photographic festival.

David January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Photography, 1000 Words Read more

Review: Adelaide Art Photographers

Review: Adelaide Art Photographers

This is a review of the book Adelaide Art Photographers c.1970-200, written by Gary Sauer-Thompson and Adam Dutkiewicz, and published by Moon Arrow Press in 2019

David December 28, 2020January 8, 2021 Photography, Reviews Read more

Atkins Labcast

Atkins Labcast

In October 2020 I had a lovely chat with Paul Atkins of Atkins Lab – the oldest photo lab in Australia. We talk for an hour about art and photography – it was great fun. I thought it would be a nice idea to make a slide show with the audio to show all the photos and artworks we discussed.

David November 26, 2020January 6, 2021 Art, Photography, Travel Read more

Review: Shimmering in Troubled Times

David November 20, 2020December 28, 2020 Art, Photography, Reviews Read more

Digitising Film – My Adventures So Far

Digitising Film – My Adventures So Far

An essay on my experiences in digitising film.

David October 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Photography Read more
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Fleurieu, Perceptions of Place (2023)

Fleurieu, Perceptions of Place (2023)

A photographic exhibition for the SALA Festival of 2023

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Recent Posts and Articles

  • Sensor Sensibility July 27, 2024
  • 1000 Words – Lee Salomone April 23, 2022
  • 1000 Words – Gretl Watson-Blazewicz March 23, 2022
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  • 1000 Words – Vicky Dennison November 10, 2021

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Contact David

Send me an email or get in touch via Instagram.

My email address is

(myfirstname) at (myfirstandlastnames) dot (net).

I'm hoping humans can work this puzzle out and robots can't!

I welcome feedback and like catching up with other visual artists, photographers and writers.

Cheers, David

Enjoy an Instie

David Hume

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This is not a painting of the sea - it is a painti This is not a painting of the sea - it is a painting of a photograph (of the sea). So why do we call it a photo if it comes out of a printer at Officeworks and call it a painting when I make it at home out of oil paint? 

I'm glad you asked.

The distinction between a photograph and a painting is, on the surface, material. One is made of ink or silver; the other, of pigment and oil. But when a photograph is not simply printed, but painted from—when it is rendered again, by hand, in oil—it enters a different space. In this space, the photograph ceases to be merely a trace of reality, and becomes a site of re-authorship. It is no longer a "capture" but a construction. But, for the record, I'd like to say that I still think this is a photo.

#photography #oilpainting #seascape #postphotography
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What’s Next for Team Dave?

In 2025 I'm working on a book based around a month I spent in Venice in 1995, as well as looking at new ways of rendering my ongoing low light seascape works.

In 2024 I began to develop ideas for some new work, which was exhibited in the Newmarch Gallery in May 2025.

2023 was mainly directed to working towards a solo show in August. This show formed part of the SALA (South Australian Living Artists) Festival and was held in Adelaide. It brought with it many wonderful things and made me very tired. I am now trying to recharge after three very challenging years. (Challenging, that is, by my standards.) I'm still working on a couple of series in 2024 though, and we'll see how that goes.

2021-22 saw the completion of a Masters Degree in Contemporary Art at UniSA. This was a return to full time study for the first time since 1984.

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