Iconic photographer Islamic Arts Museum in Kuala Lumpur.

The 80 large format images document the more candid, every day images of Islamic believers such as a foodstall holder reading the Qur’an and a brickmaker at prayer during a short break from production. McCurry has always been interested in people and the images here are designed to show Muslim people as individuals going about their lives.

On January 7 the public was treated to the Exhibition Launch and Public Talk with McCurry and on January 8 he held a Photographic Workshop with 50 students imparting some of the tips he’s learned in the past 30 years.

For a fantastic mosh pit view of some of Brisbane’s most exciting live shows, music and concerts head to the Brisbane Powerhouse in March. Booth’s images of punk rockers, U2s extravagant performances and grass roots music will take you on a musical journey through the last 10 years of Brisbane’s growing music scene.

Booth has been to Splendour in the Grass nine times, ten Big Day Out Festivals, five Livid festivals and shoots regularly for Rolling Stone Australia.

If you’ve been to any of the concerts yourself the shots may invoke memories of music days past. Head to the Powerhouse from Tuesday March 2 to Monday April 10. Entry is free.

Stephen Booth is an acclaimed music photographer based in Brisbane who has been documenting the music scene in the Queensland capital for the last 10 years.

Booth has been at all the major festivals in this part of the country photographing a swinging Nick Cave in full action mode (see picture below from January 2009), Moby giving the peace sign (Sunset Sounds 2010), crowds hamming it up, punk rockers in carparks, drummers and guitarists moving to the beat and more.

Booth’s images capture the intensity of the performance, the energy of the crowd and something of the character of the events he is covering which could be anything from a backyard gig to a major festival. With credits that include bands and performers such as Powderfinger, The Go-Betweens, Megadeth, U2, Jarvis Cocker and Robert Forster; magazine shoots for Timeoff and Rolling Stone magazines and clients like EMI, Sony and Capitol Records; Booth has made an real impact on music…

Get along to the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane for an insight into the diverse nature of life in Asia, the Pacific and Australia thanks to the selection of a number of photographers in the current exhibition.

The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT6) will run in Brisbane until April 5 and contains the work of some 100 artists from 25 nations.

Amongst these are Thai, Chinese, Taiwanese, Iranian and Cambodian photographers exhibiting their work of various urban developments, culture and lifestyle, tourism and everyday events in places such as the Mekong, the Thai capital and China.

They include self-taught, Phnom Penh based photographer Vandy Rattana whose images document the changes taking place in Cambodia. The APT6 features his series “Fire of the Year” showing stilt houses on fire that were built over plastic waste (image below).

Another photographer featured is Chinese artist Chen Quilin who has documented the livelihood of…