How amazing is this photograph? Belco Pride set against the New York skyline. Priceless.
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Canberra photographers had their work on display in New York at the recent groovy Photoville festival, with a pop-up village of shipping containers transformed into temporary exhibition spaces in the heart of Brooklyn Bridge Park.
The Canberra contribution, called Canberraville: A Rolling Grounds of Contemporary Fiction, presented a microcosm of the national capital including four images from local photographer Lee Grant's brilliant Belco Pride exhibition.
The project was a collaboration between the Centenary of Canberra, the Australian Consulate in New York and Canberra Lab, which represents local architects and designers, and which was selected to install the exhibition.
It was curated by local architect Ronan Moss, from Canberra Lab, and Julian Hobba, program manager arts and culture for the centenary.
The other photographers featured included Alex James and Stella Rae Zelnik while PhotoAccess contributed a range of work.
The result was the slightly surreal sight of local images including the blown-up, paste-up of the tattooed Belco boy set, against one of the greatest cities in the world.
Moss said it represented the ''changing spirit'' of Canberra and the growing confidence of Belconnen, with its potent mix of students, public servants and communities from around the globe.
''The work was about Canberra seen through a contemporary lens,'' he said.
Grant, meanwhile, said it was wonderful to see her work on display in such a context.
''I thought the use of the paste-ups was very Belco,'' she said.
''That was kind of cool to see that.''
