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Note: Other authors: Julie Gough, Sari Braithwaite, Shauna Bostock-Smith, Lawrence Bamblett, Michael Aird, Karen Elizabeth Hughes, Ellen Trevorrow, Donna Oxenham, Laurie Baymarrwangga, James Bentley
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'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

* Contents derived from the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Aboriginal Studies Press , 2014 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction: the Photographic Encounter, Jane Lyndon , single work criticism
Forgotten Lives - the First Photographs of Tasmanian Aboriginal People, Julie Gough , single work criticism
Photographing Indigenous People in New South Wales, Jane Lyndon , Sari Braithwaite , Shauna Bostock-Smith , single work criticism
Picture Who We Are : Representations of Identity and the Appropriation of Photographs into a Wiradjuri Oral History Tradition, Lawrence Bamblett , single work criticism
Photographing Kooris : Photography and Exchange in Victoria, Jane Lyndon , single work criticism
Aboriginal People and Four Early Brisbane Photographers, Michael Aird , single work criticism
Photographing South Australian Indigenous People: 'far More Gentelmanly Than Many', Jane Lydon , Sari Braithwaite , single work criticism
'It's That Reflection' : Photography as Recuperative Practice, a Ngarrindjeri Perspective, Karen Hughes , Ellen Trevorrow , single work criticism
Photographing Aboriginal Australians in West Australia, Donna Oxenham , single work criticism
Photographing the Outback: the Last Frontier?, Jane Lydon , Sari Braithwaite , single work criticism
The 'Myalls' Ultimatum': Photography and Yolngu in Eastern Arnhem Land, 1917, Jane Lydon , Laurie Baymarrawangga , Bentley James , single work criticism

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: English
    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,: Aboriginal Studies Press , 2014 .
      image of person or book cover 5519986210056270343.jpg
      Image courtesy of Publisher website
      Extent: xii,280p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 April 2014
      • Includes bibliography and index.
      ISBN: 9781922059628 (Kindle), 1922059595 (pbk), 9781922059598 (pbk), 9781922059611 (ePub), 9781922059604 (PDF ebook)

Other Formats

Works about this Work

Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies : Review Faye Ginsburg , 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 Ian Hoskins , 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 Matthew Stanton , 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 Marianne Riphagen , 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)

[Review] Calling the Shots : Aboriginal Photographies Adam Gall , 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
Review : Calling the Shots Matthew Stanton , 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 Ian Hoskins , 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 Faye Ginsburg , 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] Emmeline Tyler , 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 Marianne Riphagen , 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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