"The Australian photojournalist TRENT PARKE, the first photographer of his country to become a full member of Magnum Photo Agency, has created some haunting, dreamlike often eerie images that stand out amidst the welter of visual material. In 2003, Parke, along with his partner Narelle Autio, traveled 90,000 km across the Australian outback for two years in the tradition of the Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank,"..
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"The highly charged, eerily beautiful photographs of Trent Parke exhibited at Bose Pacia (Minutes to Midnight, June 13 to 20) are defined by light. He uses Australian sunlight (very harsh and very sharp) and artificial lights, like a powerful torchlight or flashlight, as an artist uses paint to create mesmerizing images of the outback down under, ravaged by firestorms, plagues of vermin, and one of the worst droughts in living
memory."
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"Trent Parke's magical photographs of Australia are being exhibited at Bose Pacia gallery. They reveal a world that is uncannily beautiful but is at times deeply disturbing. Parke, who is in his late 30's, is the only Australian photographer to be represented by Magnum, and in 2003 he drove about 90,000 km through the island and produced this body of work titled Minutes of Midnight."
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"Considered one of the most innovative and challenging young photographs of his generation, Australian lensman Trent Parke has little interest in photography as evidence, but a lot in finding human truth through emotions. His images are like tools that help us discover the deeper meanings of life underlying its simpler, more obvious ones."
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