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Just Poo It
June 09, 2018 - Comments Off on Just Poo ItDrawing by Daniel Smith “For months, the mysterious Poo Jogger has been terrorising residents by regularly stopping off in a discreet alleyway of a Greenslopes apartment block to relieve himself in the early hours of the morning — often several […]

The Kind Warmth Awaits – Geoff Roberts
November 03, 2014 - Comments Off on The Kind Warmth Awaits – Geoff RobertsHere are some photos tom Geoff Roberts upcoming exhibition The Kind Warmth Awaits which will be opening at Colour Factory Gallery Fitzroy. Exhibition opens November 6 and runs through to the November 29. Geoffrey Roberts wanders the streets in search of […]

Featured IG: @elsa_isabella
November 03, 2014 - Comments Off on Featured IG: @elsa_isabellaIt has been a while since we featured an Instagram account on NOIRNOTEBOOK. Here we have a selection of Instagram pics from Elsa Isabella. There are some beautiful and whimsical small-scale drawings, gummy bears, pin-ups, travels, snippets, a colour wheel and […]

Zach Penhall – Sydney Music Photography
September 07, 2014 - Comments Off on Zach Penhall – Sydney Music PhotographyI interviewed Sydney photographer Zach Penhall of ZK Photo about his work, bands and film vs digital. Daniel: How long have you been taking photographs? Zach: I’ve been taking photos for the better part of 4-5 years but now just short […]

Words and photographs by Daniel Smith Absence, an exhibition by Josh White and Braddon Snape has just finished at Kaleidoscope Gallery in Waterloo. The exhibition consisted of a series of large scale oil paintings [...]

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Here are some beautiful photographs taken by Jon Duenas – www.jonduenas.com Contains some mild nudity (NSFW). All images © Jon Duenas – images used with permission. [...]

Jonathan McBurnie interviewed by Daniel Smith, June 4, 2012 Daniel Smith (DS): When did you start drawing? Jonathan McBurnie (JM): I would have to ask my parents for exact dates, but from what they’ve [...]

Glebe is rubbish for food. There are a few notable exceptions to this (Na Zdrowie, Toku Toku, Clipper Cafe and Mamak Village for instance) but given the length of Glebe Point Road, the [...]

This Instagram featured user is photographer and artist Cherry Rae Thompson. Her work is amazing and it was tough to choose what images to feature (hence there being a lot). I will be interviewing Cherry [...]

All images © Melanie Jurrissen. [...]

The characters of Sean Morris are an interesting bunch. They wrestle, they’re tattooed, they party, they’re strong, they’re a little sleazy, they’re buxom, they’re loveable and some are really into fitness. To see more of [...]

Here are some photographs from our second Instagram featured photographer, Adam Grant. All images © Adam Grant. [...]

This is first of a new section that will feature Instagram users pics. First up is David McDonald (@divdivdiv on Instagram). [...]

Where does the inspiration for your artwork come from? To name a few, from books, the garden, dreams, strange sounds and dusks. How long have you been making art? Since seventeen. Your work has [...]

An excellent documentary by Jessica Yu on ‘outsider artist’ Henry Darger. His body of work was discovered posthumously and consisted of an illustrated story, over 15000 pages long called In the Realms of the Unreal. [...]

Nic Cassey – Wallabies (Official Video)
December 04, 2013
Photography by Tim O’Connor
December 03, 2013
The Magpie Song – The Paintings of Ben Cahill
November 24, 2013
Sloth Society – Tales From the Tea Room exhibition
November 24, 2013
Cosmic Cambodia
September 15, 2013