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177 Nations of Tasmania - Last highlights of 2025 - Lebanon and Slovenia
There were no new podcast interviews in the last month, and certainly it's getting more difficult both to find people and then to find a time that they're available to be interviewed - especially at this time of year. I will put a list of some of the countries I'm still looking for at the end of this blog post. In the meantime, the photography project has been continuing slowly but surely, and we had an unexpected opportunity to photograph a Slovenian participant, who just h
Mark Thomson
Dec 15, 20253 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania - October highlights - Photo sessions in Launceston
October was a bit of a slow month for the 177 Nations of Tasmania project, but there was one big highlight, and that was a trip to Launceston to photograph and video some of the Launceston-based podcast participants. We had 6 booked for sessions, though one had to withdraw late due to illness, nevertheless, it was certainly enough to make the trip worthwhile. What a diverse and interesting bunch of people we had come in too, with small island nations, war and sacrifice be
Mark Thomson
Nov 8, 20253 min read


Photography project update; ABC story; New nationalities coming out of the woodwork
Portrait sessions in the Hobart Library The photography sessions have been a little sparser this time around, but they have been...
Mark Thomson
Jun 19, 20252 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition at the Hobart Library
We set up the photo display on Level 2 of the Hobart library back in March, but it's taken a bit of time to get rolling again with the...
Mark Thomson
May 28, 20252 min read


177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition - Highlights so far
The 177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition started on February 4. Since then Andrew has photographed around 40...
Mark Thomson
Feb 28, 20254 min read


The 177 Nations of Tasmania Photography and Storytelling Exhibition has begun !
We have now completed the first week of running the pop-up studio in the Packing Room Gallery, in the Henry Jones Art Hotel , so I...
Mark Thomson
Feb 11, 20252 min read


Meet the first participants in the 177 Nations of Tasmania photography and storytelling project
In December 2024, me and Hobart photographer Andrew Wilson did some trial portrait shoots with 5 of the participants from the 177...
Mark Thomson
Jan 17, 20252 min read
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