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Seven strip rows of photos of the same man, photo booth technician Alan Adler; the type of strip photos you'd get from a photobooth.
5 Jun – 16 Aug

Auto Photo: A Life in Portraits

  • Free
  • Art

This exhibition celebrates the contribution of Alan Adler (1932-2024) to Melbourne. For over fifty years, Adler operated and maintained photobooths across the city.

His work meant generations of people were able to record themselves, their relationships and create personal and expressive images using his photobooths. This exhibition also marks 100 years since Siberian-emigre Anatol Josepho filed a patent for his ‘Photomaton’ – a coin-operated photobooth, in New York City. This exhibition is among many worldwide events which mark this important centenary and reflect on the photobooth’s power to delight and inspire.

Curated by Catlin Langford with Christopher Sutherland and Jessie Norman (Metro Auto Photo).

‘Auto Photo: A Life in Portraits’ is a Centre of Contemporary Photography exhibition, presented in partnership with RMIT Culture.

Hours

Date Times
Thu 5 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 6 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 7 Jun
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Tue 10 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 11 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 12 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 13 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 14 Jun
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Tue 17 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 18 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 19 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 20 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 21 Jun
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Tue 24 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 25 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 26 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 27 Jun
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 28 Jun
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Tue 1 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 2 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 3 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 4 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 5 Jul
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Tue 8 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 9 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 10 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 11 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 12 Jul
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Tue 15 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 16 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 17 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 18 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 19 Jul
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Tue 22 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 23 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 24 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 25 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 26 Jul
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Tue 29 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 30 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 31 Jul
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 1 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 2 Aug
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Tue 5 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 6 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 7 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 8 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 9 Aug
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Tue 12 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Wed 13 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Thu 14 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Fri 15 Aug
  • 11am - 5pm 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sat 16 Aug
  • 12pm - 4pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm

Location

RMIT Gallery
344 Swanston St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9925 1717
  • email address: galleries@rmit.edu.au
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