Many of the world's greatest photographers focus on our shared human experience in a milestone exhibition.
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Images of wildfires are powerful, but can make climate catastrophe seem like something spectacular and distant. So some artists are focusing on the plants and bugs in our immediate surroundings.
The cycles of life, in their fierce glory, are reflected in a stunning exhibition of nature photography.
Male and female artists have different perspectives to offer - and no less so within the photography world.
In the days before scuba technology, the celebrated photographer sought to capture the beauty of the reef by placing corals in an aquarium and shooting them. But under stress, they released algae.
Beautiful art can provide hope and healing.
Thousands of wildlife photographs are taken every day – they could prove very valuable for conservation.
Many cities have no standard method for counting the number of people who live in their cars. This means that their issues are often overlooked in policies designed to help the homeless.
Hidden for decades in a vault at the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, the photographs depict a regime fixated on establishing order, meting out punishment and stoking nationalism.
People fall for fake photos regardless of whether they seem to come from Facebook or The New York Times. What actually helps?
Queerdom, an exhibition of photography and poetry, presents a history of queer and trans performance in Sydney that challenges recent narratives about queer life in Australia.
Using an artistic eye when creating pictures of scientific phenomena and new technologies can elevate the resulting images in terms of both their beauty and how informative they are.
There is a long history of cultural silence on the frontier wars that characterised Australia's colonisation. Peta Clancy's exhibition invites us to see this history in the Victorian landscape.
Rarely seen in the family album are photographs of funerals, burials and the suffering of those who are left to mourn.
Sometimes photographic images are not able to capture and accurately represent science – especially at very tiny scales. This is where scientific visualisation comes in.
It's easier than ever to create a fake image and spread it far and wide online. But there are steps that you can take to protect yourself from fishy photos.
Contrary to dozens of aquariums' warning signs, flash photography does not affect seahorses.
Lynes was a highly sought-after commercial and fashion photographer in the 1930s and 1940s. But he had to keep his most important body of work hidden away.
Today's smartphones have the technology to help you take amazing photographs – so long as you do it right.
Each day, readers are bombarded with shocking, inspiring and informative images. In their overwhelming volume, they can be easily forgotten. Nonetheless, some do rise to the top.
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Associate Professor, UNSW Art & Design, UNSW
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, University of Western Australia
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Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne
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Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Australian Studies, Flinders 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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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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Director Photography, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct associate, Curtin University
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Marine Scientist, Curtin University
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Lecturer / Research fellow in Marine Ecology, Curtin University
