Head on Foundation announces collaboration with Google Arts & Culture
It has just been announced that as a result of a new partnership between the Head on Foundation and Google, a number of works that were featured in the Head On Photo Festival 2020 will be showcased on Google Arts & Culture.
Google Arts & Culture is a free digital platform for displaying current and past visual and audio-visual artworks.
Redolent of a physical art exhibition, works can be curated into collections and exhibitions and each piece is displayed online with its relevant title, caption or artist’s statement.
The images that Head On has put on show on Google’s digital platform are those that were part of the Paper Tigers exhibition in 2020.
Paper Tigers was curated to be an anthology of contemporary Australian photojournalism, and it is one of the many exhibitions that were featured in the Head On Photo Festival program in 2020.
As a further curatorial decision, Head On has divided Paper Tigers thematically into eight separate virtual exhibitions. Some examples include: Lens on Australian Culture; Capturing First Nations Australia; Documenting Our Environment; and Immigration and the Refugee Crisis.
“The 60 images selected represent a small snippet of what Australia was like over the past four decades. Images that defined modern Australia, images that reflect the culture we live in, images that make political statements and images of diverse aspects of our world”, said Head On Foundation Director, Moshe Rosenzveig.
Lucy Schwartz, Program Manager at Google Arts & Culture said, “It’s an honour to partner with Head On Foundation to bring these important moments from Australia’s best photojournalists onto Google Arts & Culture for the world to see.”
“These stills in time tell incredible stories and show the meaning and emotion behind some of the most impactful events of the last 40 years - there’s so much for Australians and international viewers alike to learn and discover.”
In addition to the Paper Tigers images featured in the Head On Foundation collection featured on Google Arts & Culture, you can also peruse through 100 photographs that were finalists in the Head On Photo Award 2020.