In association with the the opening of the annual Blue Mountains Portraits exhibition 2025, Australian portrait photographer Ben Pearse setup a portrait studio at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre. The result was 120 portraits of the community who came and sat for a portrait with Ben. All of the images were shot live and tethered to a monitor so that participants could choose their favourite image for keeping after their brief portrait sitting. The images were available to the public to see via a nightly projection at Civic Place Katoomba until April 13th, 2025. They were also available for the public to see via a digital display at the Cultural Centre until the close of the portrait exhibition 2025. Below is all the portraits captured during this wonderful Blue Mountains community project.

Ben Pearse is an Australian portrait photographer based in the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia.

Website: https://benpearsephotography.com.au/