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 National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina