Featuring highly credentialed artists working in a range of genres including fine art, photojouralism, commercial, documentary and alternate process, The Real Thing celebrates the expertise and thriving communities of practising photographers in regional Victoria. This catalogue complements the 2023 exhibition The Real Thing, curated by Jeff Moorfoot OAM and showcasing these artists:

• John Ansell (Traralgon)
• Robert Ashton (Airey’s Inlet)
• Tim Burder (Daylesford)
• Andrew Chapman OAM (Warragul)
• Peter Dunphy (Beechworth)
• Trevor Foon (Wonthaggi)
• Jacqui Henshaw (Macedon)
• Aldona Kmiec (Melbourne/Ballarat/Gippsland)
• Julie Millowick OAM (Fryerstown)
• Rachel Mounsey (Mallacoota)
• Harry Nankin (Castlemaine)
• Michael Rayner (Castlemaine)
• Kim Percy (Hepburn Springs)
• Susan Purdy (Gippsland)
• Sandy Scheltema (Trentham)
• Ellie Young (Trentham East)