A STUNNING collection of images will be on show in an exhibition at the Drum Theatre, by world-renowned photographer Maggie Diaz.
The exhibition will run between April and June, giving a glimpse of the haunting Chicago housing projects in the 1950s to Melbourne battlers in the 1990s.
It will showcase a range of eye-catching photographs taken over more than 40 years.
After spending decades behind the lens, Ms Diaz said she finds it’s difficult nominating an image as her favourite.
Although she says there are a few that have made an imprint on her memory.
“The Real Australian is an image I took of an old guy in a pub in Fitzroy in the 1990s and I love it because it harmonises and it has a timeless quality,” Ms Diaz said.
Another interesting tale lay behind Ms Diaz’s image Botticelli Girl.
“When I was photographing a model in a tunnel in Chicago in the 1950s, this bunch of gipsies came down the stairs and a young girl appeared,” Diaz said.
“She just looked like a painting. She is my Botticelli Girl. I still wonder who she was.”
While age is beginning to place some limitations on her photographic journey, Ms Diaz still parks herself behind the lens whenever she’s able.
The exhibition’s opening night is 16 April from 6 to 8pm.
Ms Diaz will host a talk at the Drum from 2.30pm on Saturday 2 May. For details or tickets phone 9771 6666, bookings essential.
