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The Photograph and Australia, curated by Judy Annear

The Photograph and Australia, curated by Judy Annear Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art,2015 Vol.15, No.2,244248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14434318.2015.1089823 REVIEW The Photograph and Australia, curated by Judy Annear, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 March  8 June 2015; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 4 July  11 October 2015. There have not been enough books or exhibitions about photography and Australia, given that the medium is so popular and so fundamental to our visual culture, and that it has left such rich resources in our museums, libraries and archives. There was Jack Cato’s anecdotal The Story of the Camera in Australia, first published in 1955 but still in print in 1977. Then in 1988 the confluence of the bicentenary and the 150th anniversary of the invention of the medium led to two further books to succeed Cato’s: Gael Newton’s Shades of Light: Photography and Australia, accompanied by a National Gallery of Australia exhibition, which linked Australian photography to international aesthetic narratives such as modernism; and Anne-Marie Willis’s Picturing Australia, which took a socio- critical approach to photography as a medium of power. Next came some institutional collection showcases, which used the idea of ‘Australia’ as a framing device. Then, in 2007, Helen Ennis’s Photography and Australia http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art Taylor & Francis

The Photograph and Australia, curated by Judy Annear

Jolly, Martyn
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art , Volume 15 (2): 5 – Jul 3, 2015
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The Photograph and Australia, curated by Judy Annear

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art,2015 Vol.15, No.2,244248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14434318.2015.1089823 REVIEW The Photograph and Australia, curated by Judy Annear, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 March  8 June 2015; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 4 July  11 October 2015. There have not been enough books or exhibitions about photography and Australia, given that the medium is so popular and so fundamental to our visual culture, and that it has left such rich...
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art,2015 Vol.15, No.2,244248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14434318.2015.1089823 REVIEW The Photograph and Australia, curated by Judy Annear, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21 March  8 June 2015; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 4 July  11 October 2015. There have not been enough books or exhibitions about photography and Australia, given that the medium is so popular and so fundamental to our visual culture, and that it has left such rich resources in our museums, libraries and archives. There was Jack Cato’s anecdotal The Story of the Camera in Australia, first published in 1955 but still in print in 1977. Then in 1988 the confluence of the bicentenary and the 150th anniversary of the invention of the medium led to two further books to succeed Cato’s: Gael Newton’s Shades of Light: Photography and Australia, accompanied by a National Gallery of Australia exhibition, which linked Australian photography to international aesthetic narratives such as modernism; and Anne-Marie Willis’s Picturing Australia, which took a socio- critical approach to photography as a medium of power. Next came some institutional collection showcases, which used the idea of ‘Australia’ as a framing device. Then, in 2007, Helen Ennis’s Photography and Australia

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