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177 Nations of Tasmania Exhibition says goodbye to Henry Jones and hello to State Library and Archives of Tasmania
Finale Celebration at the Henry Jones Art Hotel The last week and a half at the Packing Room Gallery had a few bumps, but ultimately...
Mark Thomson
Mar 233 min read
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177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition - Highlights so far
The 177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition started on February 4. Since then Andrew has photographed around 40...
Mark Thomson
Feb 284 min read
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The 177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition has begun !
We have now completed the first week of running the pop-up studio in the Packing Room Gallery, in the Henry Jones Art Hotel , so I...
Mark Thomson
Feb 102 min read
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Meet the first participants in the 177 Nations of Tasmania photography and storytelling project
In December 2024, me and Hobart photographer Andrew Wilson did some trial portrait shoots with 5 of the participants from the 177...
Mark Thomson
Jan 172 min read
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Some behind the scenes on our first 177 Nations of Tasmania portrait shoots
If you've read my previous blog post, you'll know that in collaboration with photographer Andrew Wilson, I have got a grant to create a...
Mark Thomson
Dec 26, 20242 min read
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177 Nations of Tasmania episode highlights : Being non-sectarian in Northern Ireland and a Moroccan expert on housing issues
Recent episodes have become a little sparse in the second half of 2024, but I'm definitely hoping for and indeed expecting a fair bit...
Mark Thomson
Dec 17, 20241 min read
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Unveiling the Unseen: 177 Nations of Tasmania's Photo & Storytelling Project Revealed!
177 Nations of Tasmania is proud to announce a new collaboration with photographer and author Andrew Wilson that will use photography...
Mark Thomson
Dec 9, 20242 min read
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177 Nations of Tasmania update October 2024.
The 177 Nations of Tasmania podcast has been on a bit of a hiatus for the past few months, with no new episodes for a while, so I thought...
Mark Thomson
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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My cat photo obsession
I won't say that I'm exactly the world's biggest cat-lover, but I did grow up with cats around all the time and I do find them the most...
Mark Thomson
Aug 21, 20243 min read
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177 Nations of Tasmania podcast is on YouTube !
I am very pleased to announce that the 177 Nations of Tasmania is now available on YouTube. You can access is through the link below. ...
Mark Thomson
Jul 19, 20241 min read
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Podcast highlights for June : Benin, Tunisia and Israel
The recent podcast episodes involved one that was 11 months in the making, and another came together in a matter of days. Two of them...
Mark Thomson
Jun 27, 20243 min read
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Refugee Week and sharing refugee stories. Some thoughts.
At the time of writing this, I have completed 108 interviews for the 177 Nations of Tasmania podcast. These have spanned a whole gamut of...
Mark Thomson
Jun 19, 20242 min read
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Autumn colours along the Hobart Rivulet walk
As I write this, we are well and truly into winter, but I have been going through the many folders of photos I accumulated through the...
Mark Thomson
Jun 18, 20241 min read
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Podcast highlights for May - Escaping ethnic cleansing and surprising romances
A somewhat provocative heading perhaps, but then 2 of the recent episodes have involved Bosnia Herzegovina and Bhutan. In both countries,...
Mark Thomson
May 15, 20243 min read
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Podcast highlights - Armenian farming blueberries on King Island and professional volleyball in Estonia
Things have been a little slow with the podcast in the past few months, but should be picking up a bit more over the next month with some...
Mark Thomson
May 1, 20242 min read
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Recent road trips around Tassie - Sunsets and sunrises
For me, autumn is the most beautiful time of year in Tasmania. Even though the days are getting shorter, the weather is still pretty mild...
Mark Thomson
Apr 24, 20242 min read
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Celebrating 100 episodes of 177 Nations of Tasmania
Having reached 100 episodes/nationalities on the podcast, I thought it was a milestone worth celebrating and I invited participants to...
Mark Thomson
Mar 19, 20242 min read
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Podcast highlights - The Austrian Alps, Aged Care in Singapore and a childhood in PNG
It's been an interesting first month or so on the podcast in 2024, with three quite contrasting stories from Austria, Singapore and Papua...
Mark Thomson
Feb 7, 20242 min read
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177 Nations of Tasmania - 2023 in review and future goals
Whenever a new year starts, it's common to look back at the previous year and reflect on what you may have learnt and achieved. With an...
Mark Thomson
Jan 15, 20243 min read
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Night photography - Experimenting with some new techniques
Anyone who has followed this blog or follows me on Facebook ( I admit, there's only a few of you), will know that I particularly love...
Mark Thomson
Dec 19, 20231 min read
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