A new exhibition has opened at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, tracing the evolution of photography in Australia and its many uses from the 1840s until today.
The largest exhibition since 1988 that borrows from collections nationwide held, 'The photograph and Australia' presents more than 400 photographs by 120+ artists, including Morton Allport, Richard Daintree, Paul Foelsche, Samuel Sweet, JJ Dwyer, Charles Bayliss, Frank Hurley, Harold Cazneaux, Olive Cotton, Max Dupain, Sue Ford, Carol Jerrems, Tracey Moffatt, Robyn Stacey, Ricky Maynard, Anne Ferran and Patrick Pound, alongside works by unknown and amateur photographers, including objects such as cartes de visite, domestic albums and the earliest Australian X-rays. Highlights include daguerreotypes by Australia’s first professional photographer, George Goodman, and recent works by Simryn Gill.
“Weaving together the multiple threads…