What:      Ports Folio Photographic Exhibition
                Contemporary Photographs from Fremantle Ports Collection
                by Roel Loopers
                Proudly part of the Fotofreo international festival of
                photography

When:    Thursday, March 18 and Sunday, March 28.

Where:   Fremantle Ports Administration Building
                1 Cliff Street, Fremantle

Cost: FREE

Framed Photographic Exhibition:     8 am - 5 pm Monday to Friday
Projected Exhibition:                            From 7pm
 

In a first for Fremantle, big photographs of the working port will be projected onto the eastern side of the Fremantle Ports Administration Building from 7 pm between Thursday, March 18 and Sunday, March 28.

More than 45 images from Fremantle Ports' contemporary photographic collection taken by Fremantle photographer, Roel Loopers, will appear on the building as part of this year's Fotofreo international festival of photography.

At 16 metres wide and 5 metres tall, the images are the biggest photographs ever exhibited in Fremantle and are best viewed from the area near the CY O'Connor statue in front of the Fremantle Ports Building.

Roel Loopers says the photographs capture a number of moments in the daily happenings at the Port of Fremantle over the past seven years.

"I am an observer most of the time. I let things happen naturally. I take photos rather than make them," Roel says.

Fremantle Ports will also exhibit other framed photographs of Fremantle Port by Roel in the Administration Building foyer at 1 Cliff Street, Fremantle from 8 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday during FotoFreo.

FotoFreo is held every two years and takes place in a variety of venues throughout Fremantle. In 2004 venues will include the Fremantle Arts Centre, the Moores Building, the Maritime Museum, cafes, restaurants, pubs and public open spaces.

Fremantle Ports Media Contact: Tim Walton 9430 3459