The Hijacked series are published by Big City Press, an independent publishing house, specialising in progressive and contemporary photography books, within the realms of art, design, documentary and experimental. The Big City Press is based in Perth Western Australia and is run by Mark McPherson, an artist, art-photography entrepreneur, a contemporary photography book publisher and an Adjunct Lecturer, School of Communications and Arts at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia.

The Hijacked series pairs Australia with another country. They can be seen as exploring the movement of international cultural exchange as well as a survey of up-and-coming photographers. Two books have appeared so far in the series Hijacked 1: Australia/America appeared in 2008. Hijacked 2: Australia/Germany appeared in 2010. I mentioned them in this earlier post.

In Hijacked 2: Perth-based curator Mark McPherson has collaborated with German curator Ute Noll and book publisher Markus Schaden. The works of German and Australian photographers are juxtaposed to stimulate conversation and to suggest connections and so we have a look at the emerging Australian photo scene. Although Hijacked 2 groups photographers together based on nationality, it also questions the notion of a coherent national photography.

An exhibition of Hijacked 2: Australia/Germany is now touring Australia. It will be at the Monash Gallery of Art Melbourne from 29 October 2010 to 16 January 2011

Now we have Hijacked 3: Australia / UK. Submissions officially opened on 1 October 2010. are now active with the deadline being July 31st, 2011.