A new temporary photography exhibition has launched at the Anzac Memorial, showcasing rare glimpses into life in military service as captured by ex-serving personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accompanied with stories from veterans, the Point & Shoot exhibition honours a range of modern conflicts, peace operations and service from the Second World War onwards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The purpose of the exhibition is not to display perfectly captured photos but to share raw moments frozen in time that ex-service personnel thought were worth remembering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Point & Shoot is the concept of Point Assist founder Mark Direen, a former Infantry and Special Forces soldier with over 20 years military service including six overseas deployments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mark took a plethora of photos to document what he saw during service. His experiences became the impetus for this project, which launched onto the national stage in 2022 and continues to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exhibition is open for a limited time only \u2013 until Sunday 6 October. Entry is free. The Memorial\u2019s opening hours are 9am to 5pm, seven days per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Find out more about the Point & Shoot exhibition<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Veterans David Harris said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor Australians who have not served, it can be difficult to understand what military life looks like, including the unique sights and encounters that come with conflict or peacetime operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPoint & Shoot is an intimate opportunity to see through the eyes of our veterans and to reflect on their experiences during service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you to Mark Direen and the other ex-service men and women who so candidly contributed their personal photos to this exhibition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Veteran and photographer Mark Direen said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOperating in remote, high threat environments as a combat soldier was both physically and mentally demanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was behind the lens of a camera that I found stillness and meaning and it was then I wondered, maybe others do this too and so the concept of this exhibition began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThrough this collection of images, I also hope to shine a light on the sacrifices of the many that allow these stories to be told.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new temporary photography exhibition has launched at the Anzac Memorial, showcasing rare glimpses into life in military service as captured by ex-serving personnel. Accompanied with stories from veterans, the Point & Shoot exhibition honours a range of modern conflicts, peace operations and service from the Second World War onwards. The purpose of the exhibition … Continue reading “From the eyes of veterans, photography exhibition explores life in military service”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29393,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29392\/revisions\/29393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}