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Prahran Photography
In May 1968 the newly formed photography department of Prahran Technical School (known as Prahran College of Advanced Education, PCAE from 1973, moved into the basement of a freshly completed art and design building on the corner of High Street and Thomas Street in Melbourne’s inner southeastern suburb of Prahran.
Here, for the first time in Australia, photography was taught as an artform.
This page is a portal to other pages on the topic of Prahran photography and related events and issues.
A good place to start is with James McArdle's blog, Prahran Photography, where he talks about who they are and what the exhibition/ book project was planning to deliver - which they did in 2025.
The next would be James' entry about the important introduction by Helen Ennis. Titled Unfixing - a very good read.
This entry is an James' other amazing blog about photography: On This Day in Photography.
Next would be the Museum of Australia Photography web site - click here for their entry on the exhibition. this has about 50 photographs - the exhibition had about 300.
James McArdle also has an entry on the book - The Basement - click here.
Gael Newton, back in 1995, had written about 1970s photography - for the exhibition On The Edge
Gael also wrote about Graham Howe's 2025 book on his student work at Prahran - Epoch
Gael has a blog entry on the opening event for the exhibition
Art Blart's Dr Marcus Bunyan, wrote in 2011 about the death of John Cato: Dr Cato joined Athol Shmith at the Prahran College of Advanced Education photography course in 1974, becoming head of the course when Shmith retired in 1979, a position he held until John retired in 1991.
back to contents page.... or papers by Gael Newton
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