177 Nations of Tasmania - Summer 2026 update on podcast and photography project

It's been a few months since the last update, as not a lot was happening through summer. However, there's been a recent flurry of action with a podcast interview withe a Costa Rican who lives in Burnie, a couple more photo shoots, a tour for the photo exhibition at public libraries around the state, which will include a series of talks about the project. In addition, I've been working on a series of short videos of some of our participants telling the stories of the objects and clothing that they brought to their photo shoots.

LATEST NEWS - Exhibition tour and In Conversation sessions

As of February, the 177 Nations of Tasmania photography and storytelling project has started to be displayed at various public libraries around the state, which will continue for several months. For the most part, these will not display photos from all 82 nationalities photographed so far, due to space constrains. The largest ones will be at Rosny and Launceston libraries, which have the largest amount of display space - so check those out if you have a chance.

Further to this, we will be doing a series of In Conversation sessions at the different libraries. These will include me, Andrew Wilson and several of the 177 Nations of Tasmania participants. Details of dates and times are listed in the links below. Events are all free but you do need to reserve a ticket as numbers are capped.

Hobart - 177 Nations of Tasmania - Conversation with the curators at Hobart Library Tickets, Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM | Eventbrite

Launceston - 177 Nations of Tasmania: Curator talk at Launceston Library Tickets, Friday, Mar 20 from 5 pm to 6 pm | Eventbrite

Devonport - 177 Nations of Tasmania Curator Talk at Devonport Library Tickets, Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

Rosny - 177 Nations of Tasmania - Conversation with the curators at Rosny Library Tickets, Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM | Eventbrite

PHOTO SHOOTS

After quite a gap between shoots, we had two in a week that had been a long time coming - Natalia, orginially from Costa Rica, now a long-time resident of Burnie, and Egypt-born, Amr. It was wonderful to have them come along and talk a bit about their personal stories and their culture.

NEW PODCAST EPISODE

COSTA RICA - NATALIA

Natalia's story could read like a movie script - young woman comes to a strange country, is rocking by tragedy and ready to return home, but finds a beautiful supportive community in Tasmania's northwest which gives her the support and strength to push on and build a life there. Of course, like many movie plots, this is a simplication, but her story to me really highlights the importance of finding your community - and that idea of community has come up again and again in the interviews in reference to Tasmania. It was also an opportunity to hear a bit about life in Costa Rica, a country which has intrigued me due to being rather unique within Latin America for a number of reasons. So, please have a listen !

You can also pre-order the upcoming 177 Nations of Tasmania book through the website - 177nationsoftasmania.com