Mother’s Day Community Photo Exhibition

DATE AND TIME
Saturday, 7 May 2022 - Sunday, 15 May 2022
All Day

DETAILS

Celebrate the mothers in our community at this free Community Photo Exhibition at Ripley Town Centre.

This exhibition will showcase and celebrate the mothers and families in our community, photographed by Richard McLaren in the lead-up to Mother’s Day.

When: Saturday 7 May – Sunday 15 May during Centre opening hours
Where: Ripley Town Centre, between BWS and Valley Skin and Beauty

About the photographer:
A self-taught photographer, Richard McLaren’s photographic career began after his diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress attributed to his service in the RAAF and deployment to Vietnam in 1969-70. After his diagnosis in 1995, Richard used photography as his coping strategy to get through the worst part of the health crisis and found it to be a very effective, self-managed psychotherapy. So successful was his therapy, with the assistance of Disabilities Queensland, that he developed a basic photography course which to date has been used to train over 400 people with a disability, mental illness or who are from at risk community groups.

This exhibition has been put on as a community service and to raise awareness about Therapeutic Photography and PTSD.

LOCATION
Ripley Town Centre