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I have many people to thank for their support over a career that I continue to enjoy.<\/p>\n
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Today I was awarded an Australian Honour as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM<\/span>).<\/p>\n The citation reads:<\/span> \u201cFor significant service to the visual arts as photography curator, and as an author and researcher, particularly of Southeast Asian photography<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n Since my departure from the National Gallery of Australia (NGA<\/span>) in late 2014, my days continue to be occupied with research and project work that reflects a key point in my career when my interests became focussed on Southeast Asian photography \u2014 along with my on-going commitments to and involvement in Australian photography.<\/p>\n This amazing change in my career was largely due to the encouragement and support of my last NGA<\/span> boss, Ron Radford AM<\/span> , the then Director at the National Gallery of Australia. It was an honour to work for Ron and to have worked with him in developing research into Southeast Asian photography.<\/p>\n There are many colleagues both in Australia and internationally that I continue to work with. I am very fortunate to know and to communicate with such a great network of professional colleagues.<\/p>\n