School Holidays // Camera-less Photography Workshop
January 15, 2026 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Discover how sunlight, plants, and chemistry can create beautiful camera-less images in this hands-on workshop with artist Simone Darcy. You’ll learn to make Phytograms – camera-less photographs created using leaves, flowers, and eco-developer on photographic paper.
Designed for young people aged 11–17, this workshop invites you to experiment, play, and explore the intersection of art and science.
All materials are provided, just bring your curiosity and imagination!
Ages: 11-17
Tickets: $10 members, $15 non-members, no experience required, Bookings essential
About the Artist
Simone Darcy is an Australian artist and educator whose practice explores experimental and historical photographic processes. Her work often combines elements of performance, alchemy, and ecology, engaging with the body, nature, and transformation through light-based materials. Simone has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, with over twenty years of teaching experience in photomedia and alternative photographic techniques.
Image: Simone Darcy, Sunburn (detail), 2025, Phytogram. Courtesy the artist.
