Notes on the Exhibitions

About Jon Lewis

Jon Lewis is an Australian photographer who has had many one-person exhibitions both in Australia and France.

He previously worked as a senior lecturer at Sydney’s University of Technology.

His work is also in public and private collections throughout the world.

In 1993 he exhibited in the Musee national des Arts de I’ Afrique et de I’ Oceanie, Paris, France portraits of Indigenous Australians (for the Year of Indigenous Peoples). 

The Exhibitions

Retratu Timor Lorosae are photographic exhibitions made up of portraits of the peoples of Timor Lorosae since late December 99.

The exhibitions would tour Timor Lorosae through public venues, mirroring the newly liberated country and its peoples.... their continuing struggle, happiness, dignity, woe and forbearance.

The presentation would comprise of approx. 60 black & white images mounted and framed for easy handling, transport and installation. In addition, crates would be constructed to house the exhibitions for transport and storage.

It will consist of 2 major components:

• An exhibition that would tour East Timor.

• Another to simultaneously tour throughout the world.

Text for the exhibitions (i.e. captions) should be in Tetun and English.

The exhibitions would eventually be donated, along with all negatives and archival material (notes etc.) to the new Timor Lorosae, in hope it would form a base for future photographic documentation and recording.

Prints should be digitally printed to archival standard. 2 formats are proposed:

• 20” x 24”

• 34" x 40”

They should be dry mounted on archival foam core with white wooden bead and Perspex.

Marketing of such images should be considered, such as the production of post cards, calendars and eventually a publication (e.g. UNHCR calendar).

Realistically the exhibition would be completed and ready to tour in the year 2001.

All work to date has received patronage in kind from Timor Aid and Kodak Australasia.