Language Of Light

Feminist photographer Ponch Hawkes' pictures explore themes such as female bodies, sports, circus performers, relationships and identity. Her large body of work is a significant part of the Australian Feminist art movement.

John Street recalls light being a significant thing for him in his childhood in the UK. Moving to Australia, he becomes a food photographer, but switches style to create unique one-off art photographs in a process he calls slow photography.

Meredith O'Shea believes her working-class upbringing allows her to connect rather easily with her subjects. Her pictures capture people at their most vulnerable, including a series of photos of children she began taking during COVID-19.

Exposed to the racist treatment of Indigenous people through colonial photos, Ricky Maynard embarks on a pursuit to capture the tragic past of Australia's First Nations people and provide an interpretation rooted in his own Aboriginal experience.