Charles Page of Australia <charles.page@griffith.edu.au> has asked me if I could assist him in finding someone to help with his project photographing descendants of families still in Ireland who had an ancestor who was transported to Australia. Please contact him directly. -dja ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> I am a documentary photographer based in Brisbane Australia. >> I have recently been awarded an artist in residency in Ireland. The >> Rathcoola Residency (their web site is >> http://www.rathcoola.info/rathcoola.htm)is based in County Cork and is a >> new initiative for artists from Australia and New Zealand to spend six >> months in Ireland; my residency begins in July 2006. The successful >> proposal (I have included a copy) was based on producing a series of >> portraits of the descendants still living in Ireland, of people who were >> transported as convicts to Australia. While there is ample information >> about the identities of the convicts, locating their descendants in >> Ireland, especially working from Australia, presents some logistical >> difficulties. Obviously I need to have this aspect reasonably resolved >> before I arrive to undertake the project. There is a stipend associated >> with the residency so I am hoping that you could recommend a person that > I >> could retain to assist me with this aspect of the project. Their >> assistance would be required to; >> 1. Identify convicts that were transported, especially from County Cork. >> 2. Find approximately 40 descendants/families still living in Ireland >> 3. Make an initial contact to find out if they would be interested in >> being involved in the project >> The outcomes of this project will be an exhibition that will be held in >> Ireland (date and location to be determined) and at the National > Portrait >> Gallery in Australia's capital, Canberra, in late 2007. The > recipients of >> the Residency are also expected to present a variety of guest lectures > and >> talks while resident in Rathcoola, this is an aspect that I am about to >> begin putting in place. This is an exciting undertaking, but one that > will >> be difficult to complete without some assistance; I do hope that you can >> help me with my request. >> >> Yours sincerely, >> >> Charles J. Page >> >> Dr. Charles J. Page >> Lecturer >> Photography >> Queensland College of Art >> Griffith University >> PO Box 3370 (226 Grey St) >> South Bank Q 4101 >> charlespage.com >> T: + 61 7 3875 6141 >> F: + 61 7 3875 3202