Andrew Stark

Andrew Stark (born 1964)

Australian Street Photographer

"Andrew Starks idiomatic and wryly observed urban photographs of Sydney, Australia, represent a vital continuation of documentary street photography, reflecting similar social concerns and the same aesthetic irony as Robert Frank, William Klein and Garry Winogrand." - B&W Magazine (USA)(Nov/Dec 2003 edition).

Andrew Stark has photographed on the streets and thoroughfares of his native Sydney since the the early 1980s using a wholly candid style and a battered second hand SLR.A reclusive figure, he has captured the everyday comings and goings of the cities inhabitants with poetic candor and selfless consideration. 2003 saw the publishing of his first book "Snaps from Sydney", and was followed in late 2006 by a major exhibition "Starkers" at the Museum of Sydney. Throughout 2007 Stark documented the Sutherland Shire district, infamous for the 2005 Cronulla race riots and the resultant body of work "Down South", was shown at the Hazelhurst Gallery during late 2008.

Andrew Stark is the faceless fringe dweller of an exciting crop of contemporary Australian street photographers, a group which includes; Trent Parke, Roger Scott, Marco Bok, Narelle Autio and Dean Sewell.

[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~starkers] web page [http://www.hazelhurst.com.au/ssc/hazel.nsf/AllDocs/C92006C14656EADBCA2574960010F755?OpenDocument] "Down South" exhibition [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Andrew+Stark/15252.html] Saatchi Gallery, London. [http://www.hht.net.au/whats_on/past_exhibitions/mos/starkers] Museum of Sydney [http://www.watim.com/issue08/andrewstark/andrewstark.htm] 2007 interview