In a world saturated with carefully curated images geared toward personal brand building, a genuinely candid photo is a refreshing and beautiful thing.
This kind of simple honesty is at the heart of ‘Humans of Bruns’, a grass roots photography project that will be featured at the Brunswick Picture House later this month.
As the name suggests, the project seeks to embrace and celebrate local community members from Brunswick Heads.
It’s about telling the real stories of real people living in the town to foster connection and understanding.
The project is the brainchild of local library manager, Mark Seiffert, and community builder, Simone Roseler.
Mark, whose photos of sunrise at the Bruns break-wall have become legendary, has close connections with many community members through his job at the library.
This provided a foundation for the project, which he initially set up on Instagram.
A chance conversation with Simone one day led to the project’s expansion and the idea of an event.
June 26 event
Thanks to a lot of hard work from the pair, and a grant from Byron Council, the project is now set to be officially released.
This will take place at an event at the Brunswick Heads Picture House on June 26 from 5pm–7.30pm.
Some of the community members featured in the exhibition will take part in panel discussions exploring their lives and stories.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
