Today viewers may be preoccupied by the methods used by spirit photographers, but spirit photographs had a notable impact on the bereaved who commissioned the portraits.
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What did Mercury look like as BepiColombo swung by?
The afterlife envisioned by spiritualism appealed to women who rejected the idea that their unbaptized children could be damned to hell.
From the Intercolonial Exhibition in 1866 to a landmark show, a century later, in which Aboriginal photographers displayed their works, photography has shaped the nation.
People wanted to use photography not only to document the aftermath of war and violence, but also to actively support peace.
Beyond creativity and thinking skills, arts education will help you enhance your communication and expressive skills, as well as boosting your confidence and self-esteem.
Dying in Varanasi is everyday. That’s not to say dying is ordinary. On the contrary, it is a sacred art form, a spiritual passage that is part of the daily practice of living.
The algorithm has become a new way of capturing reality automatically, and it demands a heightened ethical engagement with photos.
Examining parallels between Steven Shearer’s billboard images and religious figures of 17th century baroque art allow a consideration of how context is everything when it comes to reading images.
At a time of pandemic, an extraordinary photographic project unfolded between sheets of clear plastic.
A new book of photographs is a reminder of a slower and simpler way of living — before chain stores, throwaway clothing and online retail.
Born in 1943, photographer William Yang has spoken of having to ‘come out’ twice: first as a gay man and secondly in search of his Chinese identity. A new exhibition marks his career.
Photojournalist Ron Tarver spent years photographing people largely ignored in mythic depictions of white cowboys and the American West.
Hollywood movies have long leaned into colonial representations of the tropics: imagined as romantic palm-fringed coasts full of abundance, but also scary places full of pestilence and primitiveness.
The laws on filming, recording and in some cases distributing the images of another person in Australia are clear — and the potential consequences for the accused are substantial.
The camera has long been used to defy a media landscape steeped in negative portrayals of Black families.
Cameras played a critical role in the quest for social equality for Black Americans in the post-slavery era.
Greek statues, the Napoleonic wars and the advent of photography all played a role.
Like a Rorschach test, the incident offers limitless interpretations. But newly published photographs of Yukio Mishima in his final weeks alive show an artist obsessed with scripting out death.
Australia’s invertebrates have an ancient lineage and a fascinating evolution. Get up close with macrophotography to discover tiny, unique animals you’ve probably never seen before.
Principais colaboradores
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Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, UNSW Art & Design, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer of art history, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Honorary Lecturer, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Australian National University
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Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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Ph.D. Candidate in English, The University of Texas at Austin
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Junior Research Fellow in Art History, University of Oxford
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Art, RMIT University
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Oak Foundation Lecturer in History of Dress and Textiles, Courtauld Institute of Art
