Snow job inspires

By Shaun Inguanzo
DAVID Trout’s inspiration from snow-covered Prague can be viewed in a series of photographs at Walker Street Gallery in Dandenong this month.
Last March Trout travelled to Prague, Czech Republic, from Vienna.
His series of photographs are part of the visual documentation of this visit.
“Arriving in March, I had expected the beginning of spring and was surprised by the unusual heavy snowfalls and chilling winter weather I experienced,” he said.
“The snowstorms came a day after we had arrived in the city and as my partner had never seen snow, I shared with her in a kind of child-like wonder as we discovered snow-laden Prague.”
Trout said the snow in Prague was like “a glove fitting the hand”.
“Snow somehow be-longs there and it is this simple magic that I tried to capture in these photographs,” he said.
“I included the photograph The Performer as moments after this performance the snows came.
“Perhaps as the actor wears the mask, Prague manages to seduce her visitors with her own special mask – the snow.”
Trout’s Prague exhibition can be seen between 11am and 5pm Monday to Friday, or 11am to 3pm on Saturdays, until 15 December.
For information contact gallery coordinator Cathy van Ee 9706 8441.
Walker Street Gallery is at the corner of Walker and Robinson Streets, Dandenong.