NAIDOC THEME RESONATES WITH THE NATION

Under the theme – Because of her, we can! – NAIDOC Week 2018 will be held nationally from Sunday 8 July and continue through to Sunday 15 July.

As pillars of our society, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have played – and continue to play – active and significant roles at the community, local, state and national levels.

As leaders, trailblazers, politicians, activists and social change advocates, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women fought and continue to fight, for justice, equal rights, our rights to country, for law and justice, access to education, employment and to maintain and celebrate our culture, language, music and art.

They continue to influence as doctors, lawyers, teachers, electricians, chefs, nurses, architects, rangers, emergency and defence personnel, writers, volunteers, chief executive officers, actors, singer songwriters, journalists, entrepreneurs, media personalities, board members, accountants, academics, sporting icons and Olympians, the list goes on.

In conjunction with Davenport Community Council I set out to create 28 portraits and a documentary film celebrating the women of community. Switching between studio lights and high powered film production lighting it was possible to capture photographs and interviews at the same time, enabling the best use of time for production and the community members involved.

The film production changed the way I think about a lot of things. As the film had to quick and punchy within a limited timeframe, the concept had to be scaled back to one question.

On the road with Sophie Matterson

When I got the call from Australian Geographic to track down Sophie Matterson and...

On Assignment for Australian Geographic

My prefered workflow is a calm, intent based, highly detail orientated process. Often times...

On living remotely

Among the backroads and unmarked trails of South Australia, tuck away, there is a...

TENAFEATE CREEK WINES

A One Tree Hill residence back in the 1800’s called the Homestead – “Tenafeate”,...

REVEALED

One of the best parts of being a photographer is sharing that passion with...

A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION SCREENS ON NITV

The film, commissioned by NITV, was produced by Wankangurru / Adnyamathanha woman Lavene McKenzie...

CHARACTERS OF THE OUTBACK BEGINS

Since 1989 Jeff Boland has been maintaining his three hundred kilometre section of the...

UNDERGROUND COAL SEAM GAS AT COPLEY

Earlier in the year we were in Copley creating the TWO WAYS Series and...

Dusty Feet Mob \ THE IMPOSITION OF COLONISATION

I first met these guys in the sandhills of Davenport Community and it quickly...

NO BLACK SEAS Launched at ACE OPEN

No Black Seas is a specially commissioned exhibition of new works by artists from...

YURTU ARDLA PROJECT OPENS AT SAM

After two years of bush trips, wood collecting, workshops, museum visits and site specific...

REMOTE LIFE

There’s something quite charming about living in a remote town. A lot of inner...

Fremantle International Portrait Prize 2019

The timing of this worked out perfectly being in Perth for the Exposure Mentoring...

VOICE TREATY TRUTH

First Peoples sovereignty has never been ceded – not in 1788, not in 1967,...

NATIONAL PORTRAIT PRIZE 2019

I’m a big fan of one thing doing two things or even three things....

NATIONAL PORTRAIT PRIZE 2018

It’s been a very busy year and not much of that has been personal...

PETER ‘STONEY’ STONE

Meeting Stoney up at his shack at Blanche Harbour was meant to be. Over...

LIMITLESS FIRST NATIONS PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

Two years in the making the mentoring was a way of empowering community on...

CityMag Editorial Commission

Culture is not always conscious. It is not just what is seen or heard....

GOVERNOR GENERAL SIR PETER COSGROVE VISITS DAVENPORT COMMUNITY

On his tour of South Australia Sir Peter Cosgrove, Governor General of Australia, stopped...

FOOTSTEPS \ The Road to Recovery

Photographed over four days on the west side of Port Augusta was a really...

BARNGARLA ‘SONGS’ PROJECT UNDERWAY

The project is being broken down into three stages: – Documentation and Collection of...

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

Great to finish the year with a bang. HOPE, a work derived from the...

SPIRIT FESTIVAL

This was my second time as Official Photographer so it was great meeting new...

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL SPORTS FESTIVAL PORT AUGUSTA

Always a huge honour to be asked to travel around country to facilitate community....

Fremantle International Portrait Prize

Got a call from the head steward who asked me to clean up my...

SA ABORIGINAL WOMENS FOOTBALL

A lot of my work around Australia is classified as pro bono.This gives me...

COLLABORATION FOR ABC

Being still in one place for an extended period of time is not the...

COOBER PEDY SAINTS

Being a part of a small community has its benefits and offers many ways...

National Portrait Prize 2015

The plight of Anangu includes an incredibly high cost of living, disruption of...

The Outback Postal Service

Travelling long distances, on the Stuart Highway and Nullarbor for projects, can be exhausting....

TWO WAYS \ A Dualistic System

In my childhood I grew up with the paintings of colonist Frederick McCubbin's 'The...

AUDREY WONGA

Many things arise in the journey of life often unexpectedly and i’m always surprised...

COOBER PEDY DEADLY CENTRE KANKU BREAKAWAYS RECOUNT EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATION

Proud moment today with the publishing and distribution of the Deadly Centre Breakaways Recount...

LYNNIE PLATE \ CHARACTERS OF THE OUTBACK

This portrait was taken at the beginning of the final ride at the Bronco...

MONA OLSSON & THE FOUTNAIN OF TEARS

“Saying sorry doesn’t mean much unless we can leave that part of our history...

UACAC 10 MILE PHOTOGRAPHIC COMMISSION

‘Youth from across SA joined us at the 2013 Mentoring Camp at Ten Mile...

AN INSIGHT INTO FIRST NATIONS IDENTITY

These encounters show a mixed variety of the Coober Pedy society without a sense...

Language Films in the West

Being mobile is a huge advantage to my project work so when I was...

Streets of Coober Pedy Project Born

With everything I’ve ever done I’ve always gone about it in my own way....