Precinct Tour: Prahran
07 May 2022
![Image: Misha Vellejo Prut, [Secret Sarayaku], 2015–2020. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/441__DSC2417-133x200.jpg "Sarayaku")
Image: Misha Vellejo Prut, Secret Sarayaku, 2015–2020. Courtesy the artist.
Image: Misha Vellejo Prut, Secret Sarayaku, 2015–2020. Courtesy the artist.
When
07 May 2022
Saturday, 10-11am (AEST)
Region
Metropolitan
Venue
Themes
Nature
Society
Accessibility
Wheelchair access
Price
$10, $5 concession
Explore PHOTO 2022’s outdoor program and get insights into the artworks through the perspectives of some of Melbourne’s top photography experts.
Join Kristian Haggblom, artist, academic (Photography Studies College), photobook collector and curator as our expert taking this tour.
NOTE: This tour takes place outside and is weather dependent. If rain is forecasted, participants will be notified regarding cancellation prior to the event.
MEETING POINT: Prahran Market, Market St/Elizabeth St entrance (by Market Lane Coffee)
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Kristian Häggblom
Dr Kristian Häggblom is an artist, curator and educator who works with cross-cultural engagement and expanded documentary. He first moved to Japan in 1999 where he co-founded/curated RoomSpace Gallery in Omoide Yokocho (‘piss alley’), Shinjuku, and has an ongoing relationship with the country and its culture. He completed his PhD through Monash University in 2014, was the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Australia Council for Arts Finland studio and was the founder/curator of Wallflower Photomedia Gallery, Mildura, in regional Victoria. He has curated several exhibitions in experimental spaces, (a motel and jail), for large festivals including Mildura Palimpsest Biennale. Häggblom’s most recent curated exhibition, Tsuka: An Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Photography, was staged at the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne and included a public program and dedicated website.
![Image: Hannah Brontë, from the series [Divinely Protected], 2022. Photo by Stephanie Teixeira. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/C1A6525-1-133x200.jpg "Hannah Bronte")
![Image: Anu Kumar, from the series [Remnants of Ritual], 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Hero-Anu-Kumar-Web-RS-200x200.jpg "Hero Anu Kumar Web RS")
![Image: J Forsyth, [PHOTO 2021]](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/210307-Photo-2021-53-200x133.jpg "210307 Photo 2021-53")
![Image: Naomi Hobson, [Fish Boys] (detail), 2022, from the series [Adolescent Wonderland]. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Naomi-Hobson-Fish-Boys-e1645577735460-200x134.jpg "Naomi Hobson, Fish Boys")
![Image: James Henry, [Aunty Marlene], from the series [Kulin Generations], 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Aunty-Marlene-Web-RS-150x200.jpg "Aunty Marlene Web RS")
![Image: J Forsyth, [PHOTO 2021]](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/210307-Photo-2021-59-200x133.jpg "210307 Photo 2021-59")