Exhibition: Traces - Chris Bell (Launceston, Tasmania 20 September 2025 15 February 2026)

[mdarragh]

Traces is a major exhibition featuring the work of Tasmanian photographer Chris Bell at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston, Tasmania. The photographs are drawn from Chris' archive of large-format photographs, along with more recent digital work, covering both Tasmania and the Australian mainland.

A limited-edition book has also been produced to accompany the exhibition.

Traces: Chris Bell

Through striking images and deep reverence for nature, Chris Bell’s photography reveals the beauty and fragility of Tasmania’s wild places. Art Gallery at Royal Park | Free

www.qvmag.tas.gov.au

Exhibition: Traces – Chris Bell - View Camera Australia

Exhibition of Chris Bell's photographs.

viewcameraaustralia.org

 

[Peter Schrager]

good to see that analogue photography is alive and well in Australia!

 

[mshchem]

Looks amazing.

 

[koraks]

I once picked up "Primal Places" in a bookstore somewhere. Lovely work.

good to see that analogue photography is alive and well in Australia!

I get the impression that Bell moved on to digital and that the film-based work shown is from his archives. Indeed, there's very little about his work that I feel would compel him to work on film instead of digital; in fact, probably the opposite.