A new gallery of images showcasing some of the beloved moments of the North Coast National Lismore Show are now hanging in the newly renovated Norma’s Kitchen (under the main grandstand near the Farmers Markets), and will be available to view as part of the Show, which starts tomorrow..

The works were unveiled by award-winning photographer Jacklyn Wagner and Lismore Show President John Gibson.

These images are for Lismore’s future. Mr Gibson said, “People like to come and have a look at what's happened in the past, and we all like to reflect on how things have evolved.

“The show formed in 1885 so it's been running a long time, and we've only missed about three shows in that time. It's a community centrepiece.”

The stunning photos depict show favourites, like the rides and fun aspects, intimate moments shared, like a father and son at the woodchop, and young people tending to their cattle to help them shine in the ring.

Jacklyn Wagner is very pleased to have had the opportunity to make this project a reality. Semi-retired, it was a whim to follow her passion, not a necessity that she was at the show last year taking photos. 

Ms Wagner is very grateful to the Lismore Show for the attention they have received. She says, “They're a little bit fly on the wall. All types of images which I really like. I love photo documentary, and there's a cross-section of people in them.

“I think it's a really lovely thing for me to have a legacy here.”

The importance of the show touches deeply with Ms Wagner, “I grew up in a country town, and I was a horse rider. I always had dogs, and now I kind of live on a lifestyle farm with a couple of cows. I like earthy sorts of people and the characters. 

“I think it's lovely that, given the times that we're in where everything's so techno and things are really uncertain, I think there's a real wanting to touch base with your community and where you are in your history.”

The seven new images are available to view at this year's show in Norma’s Kitchen, and other photos taken this year will add to them.

Another work of note by Ms Wagner, is her exhibition, Through the Heart... a Flood of Fears and Tears, that put the effects of the flood under the nation's nose in Canberra.  

100 images taken in the weeks immediately following the flood serve as a harrowing reminder of what took place here. The images have been made available in a book.