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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.
Badtjala woman and visual artist Fiona Foley looks back at Australian history, and her own art making, in this powerful new book.
Researchers found women and men use their camera rolls differently - and our visual values have changed.
A cruise ship stranded, temporary memorials, face masks, empty cities ... Coronavirus has transformed Australia and these images tell the story.
They began as wartime technology, but now drones are changing the way we witness the world, especially when we can't see it for ourselves.
In 19th-century France, even photographs of hospitals and bridges could become propaganda.
The Body Electric features ground-breaking photography and video from the 1960s, 70s and 80s, alongside more recent work from Australian and international artists.
Exclusive: the recent discovery of probably the oldest known surviving photograph of a Māori sheds light on the remarkable subject of Taika Waititi's new film project.
What does an artist do when the subject is a disease as much as a person, and when the disease then subsumes the person – to the point where he can't recognize his own son?
From Madonna and child to fierce matriarch, mothers have appeared in frame since photography began – even it sometimes they are just part of the furniture.
The Head On Photo Festival showcases documentary photography. Luckily, it's an artform that lends itself well to online display and celebration.
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Director Photography, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, UNSW Art & Design, UNSW
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in Photography, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
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Oak Foundation Lecturer in History of Dress and Textiles, Courtauld Institute of Art
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Junior Research Fellow in Art History, University of Oxford
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Lecturer of art history, Griffith University
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Chair of Arts, Design & Science, University of the Arts London
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Honorary Lecturer, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Australian National University
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Ph.D. Candidate in English, University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
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Research fellow, University of Leeds
