A little bit about me
The Photographer – Lisa White
Some cultures mark years on earth in summers. Some years, thanks to my beautiful life and love of travel, I have enjoyed two sometimes three summers a year. So let’s just say that I am much younger than the total sum of my summers and much older than my total sum of winters.
Snapshot – Born in Barbados, studied photography in NZ, fell in love with Melbourne.
Marriage is not on my agenda. Equal rights however are a different matter. Equal rights are very much on my agenda.
My love for photography has been in my blood forever. My dad was always making home movies on his Super 8. One of my youngest memories is watching dad splice and edit. I fell in love with the magic of film and it’s still in my blood.
Combining my love for photography with my love for all things being fair, was of course going result in a BED-IN.
How it all began…
Frustrated by Australia’s stance on marriage equality and inspired by John and Yoko’s ‘Bed-In’ protest, I decided to have a marriage equality Bed-In. I wanted to raise awareness of our rights to marriage equality and to help break down prejudices.
It was a simple plan…
In the context of the bed, I invited everyone in support marriage equality to have their photo taken. The photos and story’s were then posted to the In Bed Project website.
Every image, every story, served as a voice for marriage equality.
Like John and Yoko’s protest, it was fun and with a very real objective. It was about raising awareness of our rights to equality and breaking down prejudices.
It also served as historical record of that time.
In 2016, after a successful Midsumma exhibition, the In Bed Project website was archived in the National Library of Australia’s Pandora Archive “A digital archive dedicated to the preservation of and long term access to Australian online electronic publications of national significance.
All you need is love - Exhibition
Premier Event for 2016 Midsumma Festival.
‘All you need is love' exhibition was a Premier Event for 2016 Midsumma Festival, hosted at the Incinerator Gallery.
It originated from photographer Lisa White’s quiet in-bed protest in support of marriage equality, the In Bed Project. She began after being inspired by John and Yoko’s ‘Bed-In’ protest and it has now become a living photographic petition with 116 photos of people in bed taken so far.
Marriage is not her main agenda, however equality is something she strongly believes in. And that’s what this exhibition is all about: love, equality and a positive vision for the future of Australia through one of the most integral parts of society: the family.