Indigenous photography – complex, contemporary, surprising and fresh

If the well-used adage that a picture speaks a thousand words is true, what is the current focus on Indigenous Photography saying?
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Detail of Bindi Cole Chocka’s Fertility 2, 2017 (detail) shown in the exhibition TELL; Pigment print on rag paper; Image courtesy of the artist.

Around Australia, four exhibitions in as many months together provide one of the most comprehensive looks at contemporary photography practice among First Nations artists. The Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is currently staging the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) touring exhibition Resolution: new Indigenous photomedia. It celebrates some of the most significant work made by Indigenous photographers, video and multimedia artists in the last five years.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina