Sandy Edwards
(New Zealand, Australia 1948– )
- Title
- Della Shillingworth with two of her six children, Dodge City, Brewarrina, from the series Brewarrina
- Year
- 1989
printed 1991 - Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- gelatin silver photograph
- Dimensions
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26.7 x 39.4cm image; 40.8 x 50.3cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l. verso, pencil "... 1989/ Sandy Edwards 1991"
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the J.S. Watkins Memorial fund 1991
- Accession number
- 258.1991
- Copyright
- © Sandy Edwards
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This photograph of the NSW town of Brewarrina was taken as part of the bicentennial project and exhibition 'After 200 Years'. At the time there were many debates about the depiction of Indigenous Australians and their cultures. Concerned how they might be portrayed, many communities were reluctant to participate in a project organised and funded by the Bicentennial Authority.
The result was a departure from normal documentary photography. Each of the 20 communities taking part in the project worked with photographers in a collaborative process that gave the communities the opportunity to control the subject matter of the photographs, and ultimately the representation of themselves and their culture to the public.
- Bibliography (1)
-
Judy Annear (Australia), Points of view: Australian photography 1985-95, 2005. no catalogue numbers
- Exhibition history (3)
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Recent Acquisitions - Australian Photography, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 10 Oct 1992–06 Dec 1992.
We Are Family, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Oct 1994–20 Nov 1994.
Points of view: Australian photography 1985-95, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Nov 2005–29 Jan 2006.
