Centre for Contemporary Photography
Book Launch: AUTO-PHOTO
Book Signing: Meet Alan Adler, the iconic figure responsible for the Flinders St Photobooth for over 50 years. Also meet Jessie Norman and Christopher Sutherland the couple who have taken on Alan’s legacy and now run this famous photobooth, along with others around Melbourne.
Co-published by Perimeter Editions and the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits tells the story of Alan Adler, a man who is likely the most photographed person in Australia, and is also perhaps the oldest and longest-serving photobooth technician in the world.
Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits features hundreds of images of Alan, from the 1970s to now, alongside texts by Patrick Pound, Catlin Langford, and Daniel Boetker-Smith. The book also includes an interview with Alan Adler, Jessie Norman, and Christopher Sutherland. This book is an ode to a man who, by sustaining the production of photographs, actively lives through them.
Copies of Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits will be available to purchase at the event – AUS$48
256 pages, 22 x 14.7cm, section-sewn softcover
Publication supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation.
This launch event is supported by Bodriggy Beer, is free to attend and everyone is welcome.
Venue
Perry Street Building
Collingwood Yards
Collingwood, 3066
Accessibility
Floor access to the Perry Street Building can be made via the following paths. From 30A Perry Street, a footpath leads to the retail area of Perry St (UG) and courtyard. The Perry Street Lift can be accessed via 30A and 30B Perry Street, allowing access to levels 1 and 2 of Perry Street Building. From Johnston Street access to Perry St Building can be made by crossing the courtyard.
Accessible toilets are located in three areas within the Perry Street Building. On the Upper Ground Level (Level UG) the accessible toilets are located in the service corridor in the northern part of the Building. near the staircase. These toilets are open throughout event hours. On L1 and L2 the toilets are located in the northern part of the building, behind heavy manual blue double doors. All accessible toilets are equipped with manual locks, exit buttons and grab rails.
