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Details
- Dates
- 1989
printed 1991 - Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- gelatin silver photograph
- Dimensions
- 39.5 x 26.8 cm image; 50.3 x 40.8 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed and dated u.l. verso, pencil "... 1989/ Sandy Edwards 1991"
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the JS Watkins Memorial Fund 1991
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 262.1991
- Copyright
- © Sandy Edwards
- Artist information
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Sandy Edwards
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About
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.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Recent Acquisitions - Australian Photography, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Oct 1992–06 Dec 1992
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024