Photo exhibition has Sandgate Town Hall covered

A Brisbane photographer will cover the outside of a suburban town hall in more than 300 prints for a retrospective exhibition.

Paul Neil’s 2018 exhibition on Sandgate Town Hall.

PHOTOGRAPHER Paul Neil will cover the outside walls of Sandgate Town Hall in more than 300 prints for a retrospective exhibition which opens on Sunday, April 14.

There will be 13 large prints on the brick walls and 300 smaller prints in the Arch of Sandgate.

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Mr Neil said his Earth exhibition “serves as a protest against the human destruction of our ecosystems and a warning to our community that nature is faced with enormous challenges from climate change”.

One of the prints which will feature in Paul Neil's retrospective photography exhibition outside Sandgate Town Hall from April 14-24.

“The focus of the exhibition is on the natural emotive connections of joy, mystery and wonder between children and nature.

Mr Neil said the exhibition of photographs taken within the past year “makes a statement”.

“As a photographer I want these photographs of children playing in the beauty of nature to personalise climate change and spread it to a wider audience.

“We can’t take it for granted that nature will find its own way. We need to take action to protect and preserve the beauty of the natural world for our kids.

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“The exhibition is my contribution to, and coincides with, the celebration of Earth Day, Monday, 22 April — a day to inspire appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment.”

Earth is a collaboration with Jump Up Outdoors.

Photographer Paul Neil shown installing prints in the Arch of Sandgate at Sandgate Town Hall for last year's retrospective exhibition of his work. Picture: Ian Fraser

Jump Up Outdoors occupational therapist Madeline Avci passionately believes in the powerful benefits of unstructured outdoor play and states.

“Humans have a primal urge to connect with the natural world which is so important to the development of a healthy mind, body and spirit,” she said

The Earth exhibition will be launched at Sandgate Town Hall on Sunday, April 14 at 4pm. It runs until April 24.