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Simon Harsent
2025 Australasian Writers and Art Directors. Photographer of the year.
I’ve been a bit slow getting the first issue of 2026 out. A bit of procrastination, a bit of second guessing. But finally, here it is. Issue #19 Portraits ll. This edition brings together portraits made over the past fifteen years or so, (I think there is one from about 25years ago) some recent, others rediscovered while looking back through the archive whilst in search for something else. Different cities. Different cameras. Different lives sitting in front of the lens. At a time when images can be generated instantly, the simple act of sitting down in front of a camera feels more meaningful than ever. Portraiture always begins the same way, someone sits down, and we see what happens.
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Shenge Kaphoaraoh, Tribeca, NY.
This new issue, Portraits II, brings together photographs made over roughly the past fifteen years. Some are recent, others I hadn’t looked at in quite a while. What struck me while putting the issue together was how consistent the act itself has remained. Technology changes, aesthetics shift, but the process of making a portrait is still remarkably simple. Someone agrees to sit. A conversation unfolds. Light falls across a face. You wait for something that feels honest to appear. The photographs in this issue are drawn from many of those moments, actors, artists, strangers and friends, all sitting down in front of the same camera at different points over the years. Looking back through them now, what interests me most is not how much has changed, but how much has remained the same. The same curiosity. The same search for presence. The same attempt to make something lasting from a very brief encounter.
Murray Bartlett, Sydney, 2025. Issue 19. This issue brings together portraits made over the past fifteen years. Some are recent, others are photographs I hadn’t looked at in quite a while.Different cameras. Different cities. Different people sitting in front of the lens. The same curiosity. The same search for presence.The same attempt to make something lasting from a very brief encounter.
For as long as I can remember, my brother @lukemaroun has loved being in front of the camera.
A lover of films, music, and storytelling, I think part of this has been a longing to see someone just like him reflected on screen.
And when he does, it means everything to him. He points and smiles, “Look, it’s my friend.”
It’s a kind of recognition, a knowing.
Because it’s not just about representation, it’s about knowing there’s a place for you in the worlds you’re watching.
This year’s World Down Syndrome Day theme is Together Against Loneliness. And given Luke’s journey, and our journey with DEPENDENT, it feels really relevant.
Because loneliness doesn’t just come from being different, it can also stem from feeling unseen.
Luke is the centre of our family, our rock. What makes him different is also his superpower.
He has never struggled to be himself. The world just hasn’t always known how to meet him there, but finally the tides are changing.
Today, and every day, I honour my brother Luke, and all individuals with Down syndrome who remind us that being fully and unreservedly yourself is more than enough.
Days like today move us closer to a world where everyone is visible, included, and part of the story.
Not as an exception, but as they are.
Thank you, dear Simon @sharsent, for capturing a glimpse of what I see in Luke every single day.
#WorldDownSyndromeDay #TogetherAgainstLoneliness
For as long as I can remember, my brother @lukemaroun has loved being in front of the camera.
A lover of films, music, and storytelling, I think part of this has been a longing to see someone just like him reflected on screen.
And when he does, it means everything to him. He points and smiles, “Look, it’s my friend.”
It’s a kind of recognition, a knowing.
Because it’s not just about representation, it’s about knowing there’s a place for you in the worlds you’re watching.
This year’s World Down Syndrome Day theme is Together Against Loneliness. And given Luke’s journey, and our journey with DEPENDENT, it feels really relevant.
Because loneliness doesn’t just come from being different, it can also stem from feeling unseen.
Luke is the centre of our family, our rock. What makes him different is also his superpower.
He has never struggled to be himself. The world just hasn’t always known how to meet him there, but finally the tides are changing.
Today, and every day, I honour my brother Luke, and all individuals with Down syndrome who remind us that being fully and unreservedly yourself is more than enough.
Days like today move us closer to a world where everyone is visible, included, and part of the story.
Not as an exception, but as they are.
Thank you, dear Simon @sharsent, for capturing a glimpse of what I see in Luke every single day.
#WorldDownSyndromeDay #TogetherAgainstLoneliness
For as long as I can remember, my brother @lukemaroun has loved being in front of the camera.
A lover of films, music, and storytelling, I think part of this has been a longing to see someone just like him reflected on screen.
And when he does, it means everything to him. He points and smiles, “Look, it’s my friend.”
It’s a kind of recognition, a knowing.
Because it’s not just about representation, it’s about knowing there’s a place for you in the worlds you’re watching.
This year’s World Down Syndrome Day theme is Together Against Loneliness. And given Luke’s journey, and our journey with DEPENDENT, it feels really relevant.
Because loneliness doesn’t just come from being different, it can also stem from feeling unseen.
Luke is the centre of our family, our rock. What makes him different is also his superpower.
He has never struggled to be himself. The world just hasn’t always known how to meet him there, but finally the tides are changing.
Today, and every day, I honour my brother Luke, and all individuals with Down syndrome who remind us that being fully and unreservedly yourself is more than enough.
Days like today move us closer to a world where everyone is visible, included, and part of the story.
Not as an exception, but as they are.
Thank you, dear Simon @sharsent, for capturing a glimpse of what I see in Luke every single day.
#WorldDownSyndromeDay #TogetherAgainstLoneliness
For as long as I can remember, my brother @lukemaroun has loved being in front of the camera.
A lover of films, music, and storytelling, I think part of this has been a longing to see someone just like him reflected on screen.
And when he does, it means everything to him. He points and smiles, “Look, it’s my friend.”
It’s a kind of recognition, a knowing.
Because it’s not just about representation, it’s about knowing there’s a place for you in the worlds you’re watching.
This year’s World Down Syndrome Day theme is Together Against Loneliness. And given Luke’s journey, and our journey with DEPENDENT, it feels really relevant.
Because loneliness doesn’t just come from being different, it can also stem from feeling unseen.
Luke is the centre of our family, our rock. What makes him different is also his superpower.
He has never struggled to be himself. The world just hasn’t always known how to meet him there, but finally the tides are changing.
Today, and every day, I honour my brother Luke, and all individuals with Down syndrome who remind us that being fully and unreservedly yourself is more than enough.
Days like today move us closer to a world where everyone is visible, included, and part of the story.
Not as an exception, but as they are.
Thank you, dear Simon @sharsent, for capturing a glimpse of what I see in Luke every single day.
#WorldDownSyndromeDay #TogetherAgainstLoneliness
For as long as I can remember, my brother @lukemaroun has loved being in front of the camera.
A lover of films, music, and storytelling, I think part of this has been a longing to see someone just like him reflected on screen.
And when he does, it means everything to him. He points and smiles, “Look, it’s my friend.”
It’s a kind of recognition, a knowing.
Because it’s not just about representation, it’s about knowing there’s a place for you in the worlds you’re watching.
This year’s World Down Syndrome Day theme is Together Against Loneliness. And given Luke’s journey, and our journey with DEPENDENT, it feels really relevant.
Because loneliness doesn’t just come from being different, it can also stem from feeling unseen.
Luke is the centre of our family, our rock. What makes him different is also his superpower.
He has never struggled to be himself. The world just hasn’t always known how to meet him there, but finally the tides are changing.
Today, and every day, I honour my brother Luke, and all individuals with Down syndrome who remind us that being fully and unreservedly yourself is more than enough.
Days like today move us closer to a world where everyone is visible, included, and part of the story.
Not as an exception, but as they are.
Thank you, dear Simon @sharsent, for capturing a glimpse of what I see in Luke every single day.
#WorldDownSyndromeDay #TogetherAgainstLoneliness
For as long as I can remember, my brother @lukemaroun has loved being in front of the camera.
A lover of films, music, and storytelling, I think part of this has been a longing to see someone just like him reflected on screen.
And when he does, it means everything to him. He points and smiles, “Look, it’s my friend.”
It’s a kind of recognition, a knowing.
Because it’s not just about representation, it’s about knowing there’s a place for you in the worlds you’re watching.
This year’s World Down Syndrome Day theme is Together Against Loneliness. And given Luke’s journey, and our journey with DEPENDENT, it feels really relevant.
Because loneliness doesn’t just come from being different, it can also stem from feeling unseen.
Luke is the centre of our family, our rock. What makes him different is also his superpower.
He has never struggled to be himself. The world just hasn’t always known how to meet him there, but finally the tides are changing.
Today, and every day, I honour my brother Luke, and all individuals with Down syndrome who remind us that being fully and unreservedly yourself is more than enough.
Days like today move us closer to a world where everyone is visible, included, and part of the story.
Not as an exception, but as they are.
Thank you, dear Simon @sharsent, for capturing a glimpse of what I see in Luke every single day.
#WorldDownSyndromeDay #TogetherAgainstLoneliness
For as long as I can remember, my brother @lukemaroun has loved being in front of the camera.
A lover of films, music, and storytelling, I think part of this has been a longing to see someone just like him reflected on screen.
And when he does, it means everything to him. He points and smiles, “Look, it’s my friend.”
It’s a kind of recognition, a knowing.
Because it’s not just about representation, it’s about knowing there’s a place for you in the worlds you’re watching.
This year’s World Down Syndrome Day theme is Together Against Loneliness. And given Luke’s journey, and our journey with DEPENDENT, it feels really relevant.
Because loneliness doesn’t just come from being different, it can also stem from feeling unseen.
Luke is the centre of our family, our rock. What makes him different is also his superpower.
He has never struggled to be himself. The world just hasn’t always known how to meet him there, but finally the tides are changing.
Today, and every day, I honour my brother Luke, and all individuals with Down syndrome who remind us that being fully and unreservedly yourself is more than enough.
Days like today move us closer to a world where everyone is visible, included, and part of the story.
Not as an exception, but as they are.
Thank you, dear Simon @sharsent, for capturing a glimpse of what I see in Luke every single day.
#WorldDownSyndromeDay #TogetherAgainstLoneliness
For as long as I can remember, my brother @lukemaroun has loved being in front of the camera.
A lover of films, music, and storytelling, I think part of this has been a longing to see someone just like him reflected on screen.
And when he does, it means everything to him. He points and smiles, “Look, it’s my friend.”
It’s a kind of recognition, a knowing.
Because it’s not just about representation, it’s about knowing there’s a place for you in the worlds you’re watching.
This year’s World Down Syndrome Day theme is Together Against Loneliness. And given Luke’s journey, and our journey with DEPENDENT, it feels really relevant.
Because loneliness doesn’t just come from being different, it can also stem from feeling unseen.
Luke is the centre of our family, our rock. What makes him different is also his superpower.
He has never struggled to be himself. The world just hasn’t always known how to meet him there, but finally the tides are changing.
Today, and every day, I honour my brother Luke, and all individuals with Down syndrome who remind us that being fully and unreservedly yourself is more than enough.
Days like today move us closer to a world where everyone is visible, included, and part of the story.
Not as an exception, but as they are.
Thank you, dear Simon @sharsent, for capturing a glimpse of what I see in Luke every single day.
#WorldDownSyndromeDay #TogetherAgainstLoneliness
For as long as I can remember, my brother @lukemaroun has loved being in front of the camera.
A lover of films, music, and storytelling, I think part of this has been a longing to see someone just like him reflected on screen.
And when he does, it means everything to him. He points and smiles, “Look, it’s my friend.”
It’s a kind of recognition, a knowing.
Because it’s not just about representation, it’s about knowing there’s a place for you in the worlds you’re watching.
This year’s World Down Syndrome Day theme is Together Against Loneliness. And given Luke’s journey, and our journey with DEPENDENT, it feels really relevant.
Because loneliness doesn’t just come from being different, it can also stem from feeling unseen.
Luke is the centre of our family, our rock. What makes him different is also his superpower.
He has never struggled to be himself. The world just hasn’t always known how to meet him there, but finally the tides are changing.
Today, and every day, I honour my brother Luke, and all individuals with Down syndrome who remind us that being fully and unreservedly yourself is more than enough.
Days like today move us closer to a world where everyone is visible, included, and part of the story.
Not as an exception, but as they are.
Thank you, dear Simon @sharsent, for capturing a glimpse of what I see in Luke every single day.
#WorldDownSyndromeDay #TogetherAgainstLoneliness
Sarah, Brooklyn, NY. Circa 2015.From BLAST ISSUE #19While putting this issue together I found myself going back through a lot of older work. What interested me wasn’t so much how the photographs had changed, but how the act of making them hadn’t.The same curiosity. The same search for presence. The same attempt to make something lasting from a brief encounter.
Portrait of Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch, photographed in New York during his exhibition at Marc Straus Gallery. From Issue #19 — Portraits II.
This issue gathers together portraits made over the past fifteen years, a mix of new work and images revisited from the archive.
Actors, artists, strangers and friends.
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Nothing Random is an ongoing, shifting body of work, always in flux, always rebalancing itself. Each new photograph alters the shape of the whole, adding something, taking something away.
This image of an old tin shed, caught at dusk in the Australian outback, is one of those in-between moments. A pause on the side of another journey, a small reset I didn’t go looking for.
For this issue of BLAST, I’ve gathered these road-trip sightings, The Road Trip Series is quiet records of time, place, and instinct. Together they form a loose map of moments found when I thought I was focused on something
Issue 18, Nothing Random: The Road Trip Series.
This series is built from the moments that surface when I’m meant to be doing something entirely different. These photographs come from the edges of other assignment and projects, scenes that appear unannounced, pulling my eye away from the task ahead. They’re the incidental fragments that won’t leave me alone unless I stop, make the picture, and let them have their say.
Taken in passing, they’re the places that linger in my peripheral vision, the distractions I’m compelled to record so they stop occupying space in my mind and allow me to return to the work I’m supposed to be doing.
And just like that here we are, cyber Monday, more emails and texts from every shop you have ever bought anything from and everything you have ever googled.
Nevertheless here is something for free, BLAST Issue #18, Nothing Random The Road Trip Series.
This issue brings together photographs made during road trips, small, instinctive records from somewhere between here and there.
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If you are like me you are currently being bombarded with black Friday emails and texts from every shop you have ever bought anything from and some you have never even knew existed.
Well here is something for free, BLAST Issue #18, Nothing Random The Road Trip Series.
This issue brings together photographs made during road trips, small, instinctive records from somewhere between here and there.
Link in bio: Best viewed on a laptop or desktop full screen single page.
From Issue 17. Out now free download best viewed on laptop or desktop full screen single page mode.
From Issue 17. Out now free download best viewed on laptop or desktop full screen single page mode.
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