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'Historically, photographs of Indigenous Australians were often produced under unequal and exploitative circumstances. Today, however, such images represent a rich cultural heritage for descendants who can use this rich archive to explore Aboriginal history, to identify relatives, and to reclaim culture. In Aboriginal photographies contributors investigate the Indigenous significance of engaging with images from each of the former colonies. The result is a fresh perspective on Australia’s past, and on present-day Indigenous identities.'
'Rather than telling us what ‘the white photographer saw’, Aboriginal photographies focuses upon the interactions between photographer and Indigenous people and the living meanings the photos have today.' (Source: Publishers website)
Contents
- Introduction: the Photographic Encounter, single work criticism
- Forgotten Lives - the First Photographs of Tasmanian Aboriginal People, single work criticism
- Photographing Indigenous People in New South Wales, single work criticism
- Picture Who We Are : Representations of Identity and the Appropriation of Photographs into a Wiradjuri Oral History Tradition, single work criticism
- Photographing Kooris : Photography and Exchange in Victoria, single work criticism
- Aboriginal People and Four Early Brisbane Photographers, single work criticism
- Photographing South Australian Indigenous People: 'far More Gentelmanly Than Many', single work criticism
- 'It's That Reflection' : Photography as Recuperative Practice, a Ngarrindjeri Perspective, single work criticism
- Photographing Aboriginal Australians in West Australia, single work criticism
- Photographing the Outback: the Last Frontier?, single work criticism
- The 'Myalls' Ultimatum': Photography and Yolngu in Eastern Arnhem Land, 1917, single work criticism
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Works about this Work
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Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies : Review
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 46 no. 3 2015; (p. 477-478)
— Review of Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies 2014 anthology criticism 'The phrase ‘calling the shots’, the title of this remarkable collection, indicates who is in charge of a situation, and it highlights an intellectually refreshing approach: the decolonising of photographic images of Aboriginal subjects. Here, Australian colonial photography is being recuperated by and/or in collaboration with Indigenous authors and subjects...' -
Photographies' Recuperative Lens
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: History Australia , August vol. 12 no. 2 2015; (p. 256)
— Review of Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies 2014 anthology criticism -
Review : Calling the Shots
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , February - March no. 134 2015; (p. 51-53)
— Review of Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies 2014 anthology criticism -
[Review Essay] Calling the Shots: Aboriginal Photographies
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Oceania , March vol. 85 no. 1 2015; (p. 132–133)'Photographic archives, filled to the rim with ethnographic images of Indigenous Australians and other colonized peoples, have become the focus of sustained research since the early 1980s and onwards. National and international scholars and curators, including Elizabeth Edwards, Roslyn Poignant, Michael Aird, Nicolas Peterson, Brenda Croft, Gaynor McDonald, and the editor of the volume reviewed here, Jane Lydon, have significantly increased our understanding of colonial photography. Their work has sought to explicate scientific and popular motivations behind picturing Indigenous people, the interdependence between imperialism and photography, and past and present Indigenous approaches to the use of the camera. Lydon has previously published two key contributions to the field of Indigenous Australian photography – a phrase denoting both images taken of and photos created by Aboriginal people. Eye Contact: Photographing Indigenous Australianspresents an enthralling examination of photographic portrayals of Aboriginal residents of Victoria's Coranderrk Aboriginal Station during the mid-19th and early-20th century. Lydon's more recent book, The Flash of Recognition: Photography and the Emergence of Indigenous Rights, explores the ways in which photography has been used by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in the struggle for Aboriginal rights.' (Introduction)
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[Review] Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , September vol. 39 no. 3 2015; (p. 430-431)
— Review of Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies 2014 anthology criticism
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Review : Calling the Shots
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , February - March no. 134 2015; (p. 51-53)
— Review of Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies 2014 anthology criticism -
Photographies' Recuperative Lens
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: History Australia , August vol. 12 no. 2 2015; (p. 256)
— Review of Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies 2014 anthology criticism -
Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies : Review
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 46 no. 3 2015; (p. 477-478)
— Review of Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies 2014 anthology criticism 'The phrase ‘calling the shots’, the title of this remarkable collection, indicates who is in charge of a situation, and it highlights an intellectually refreshing approach: the decolonising of photographic images of Aboriginal subjects. Here, Australian colonial photography is being recuperated by and/or in collaboration with Indigenous authors and subjects...' -
Calling the Shots: Aboriginal Photographies [Book Review]
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Aboriginal History , December vol. 38 no. 2014; (p. 185-186)
— Review of Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies 2014 anthology criticism -
History in Black and White
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Land Rights News , May vol. 4 no. 1 2014; (p. 30)
— Review of Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies 2014 anthology criticism 'A new book that tells the story of how photographers discovered Aboriginal people - and Aboriginal people discovered photographs...' -
[Review Essay] Calling the Shots: Aboriginal Photographies
2015
single work
essay
— Appears in: Oceania , March vol. 85 no. 1 2015; (p. 132–133)'Photographic archives, filled to the rim with ethnographic images of Indigenous Australians and other colonized peoples, have become the focus of sustained research since the early 1980s and onwards. National and international scholars and curators, including Elizabeth Edwards, Roslyn Poignant, Michael Aird, Nicolas Peterson, Brenda Croft, Gaynor McDonald, and the editor of the volume reviewed here, Jane Lydon, have significantly increased our understanding of colonial photography. Their work has sought to explicate scientific and popular motivations behind picturing Indigenous people, the interdependence between imperialism and photography, and past and present Indigenous approaches to the use of the camera. Lydon has previously published two key contributions to the field of Indigenous Australian photography – a phrase denoting both images taken of and photos created by Aboriginal people. Eye Contact: Photographing Indigenous Australianspresents an enthralling examination of photographic portrayals of Aboriginal residents of Victoria's Coranderrk Aboriginal Station during the mid-19th and early-20th century. Lydon's more recent book, The Flash of Recognition: Photography and the Emergence of Indigenous Rights, explores the ways in which photography has been used by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in the struggle for Aboriginal rights.' (Introduction)
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