Mat Collishaw – Thresholds
Re-staging the first photographic exhibition..
Category Archives: essays
photography history
A History of the Australian Centre for Photography 1973–2013
Toby Meagher’s Research Paper–June 2013. The paper was written for a Masters in Art Administration at COFA. Click here.
photography
The most photographed person in the 19th Century
Click on the image for the story on Artsy — about Frederick Douglass and his love and use of photography. “How Frederick Douglass Harnessed the Power of Portraiture to Reframe Blackness in America”
papers, articles, research, articles
papers, articles, research, articles
papers, articles, research, articles
Trent Parke Avenue of Honour
Trent Parke’s Avenue of Honour at the Australian War Memorial
John F Williams 1933–2016
We recently heard of the death of a great Australian photographer. Click here to see an essay on John from 2004.
The Big Tree
While we often celebrate wood and things made out of such ‘natural’ products — it is good to reminded just where that all that wood came from and wonder whether we will see such beauty again.
Out of Sight
Click on the image above for a link to the pdf of the article by Gael Newton previously published as one of the papers from a seminar held in Melbourne in 2012. Continue reading Out of Sight
Jeffrey Milstein
Click on image for photo essay on inequity in LA neighbourhoods
Head On Photography
Excellent review of Head On portrait prize
click on image for link to article by Richard Johnstone
Trans Asia Photography Review
Review: Ars Orientalis 43 (2013)
Gael Newton reviews the Spring 2015 issue — Volume 43 of Ars Orientalis, a peer-reviewed annual journal based on the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (F|S) collections of Asian Art and their related archives and research programs. Click on logo for the review.
George Silk
I have uploaded another of my papers. This one is from a National Gallery of Australia exhibition on George Silk. Click on the image above.