Faces From Our Town

Celebrating difference through portraits and stories

Paul County

Exhibition Dates: Friday 24 July – Saturday 22 August 2026

Exhibition Launch: 5:30pm, Thursday 23 July 2026

Image credit: Paul County in school portraiture workshop, 2025

Faces From Our Town is a series of photographic portraits produced by Paul County in collaboration with students from Lutruwita/Tasmania, during portraiture workshops.

This exhibition explores the power of the portrait medium. It can communicate feelings, perspectives and lived experiences – demonstrating a camera is not just a mirror with a memory, but a powerful creative tool.

This collection of portraits are accompanied by stories from the subjects, reflecting the individual’s fears, hopes and resilience, as well as highlighting the work each is doing for their community.

Paul is a teacher, historian and photographer, focused on community-driven work. Faces From Our Town is an ongoing project, creating an educational resource that promotes acceptance, inclusion and empathy across the diverse communities within Lutruwita/Tasmania.

Entry to the galleries is free.

 
Proudly sponsored by a Department of State Growth Social Cohesion grant, The Cities of Clarence and Devonport, the Glenorchy Community Fund and Tasports.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Moonah Arts Centre and Glenorchy City Council acknowledge the Muwinina people as the traditional owners of this Land on which we gather. We recognise all Tasmanian Aboriginal people as the original owners and continuing custodians of the land and waters of this island, Lutruwita. We pay our respect to Aboriginal Elders, past and present. We commit to working for a City that welcomes and respects all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

SAFE SPACE
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Image courtesy of artist