OPENING NIGHT

LIMINALITY | PASSENGER BY KATHERINE GRIFFITHS AND GAVIN LIBOTTE

Liminality | Passenger brings together two distinctive photographic perspectives by Australian photographers Katherine Griffiths and Gavin Libotte, exploring what it means to see and be seen.

In Passenger, Libotte captures unguarded moments aboard Sydney’s iconic ferries, revealing solitude, introspection and the curious intimacy of sharing a space with people we may never meet again.

Griffiths’ Liminality takes us to the secluded Upper Colo region, where intimate portraits explore vulnerability, strength, identity and connection to self.

One series captures subjects unaware of the photographer’s gaze; in the other, they consciously choose to be seen.

Together, the works invite us to consider not only what photographs reveal about their subjects, but the way we look at others.

Presented as part of the 2026 Head On Photo Festival Open Program.

Opening Night: Thursday 12 November, 6–8 pm

Exhibition: 11–18 November 2026, 11 am–6 pm daily

Venue: Peach Black Gallery, 126 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale

Entry is free.

In one series, the subjects are unaware of the photographer’s gaze. In the other, they consciously choose to be seen. Together, the works reveal the extraordinary complexity beneath seemingly ordinary encounters and journeys, from both sides of the lens.