Photography
Athol Shmith ' Fashion illustration: Maggie Tabberer in Hall Ludlow outfit.' 1959 gelatin silver photograph Collection of the National Gallery of Australia more detail
Introduction
The National Gallery of Australia's Photography Collection comprises over 13,000 Australian and International works. The NGA's Photography Department has links to many other institutions as well as being a national and international resource for loans and research.
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New acquisition highlights
- 2008 Listing | Gallery of selected works
- 2007 Listing | Gallery of selected works
- 2006 Listing | Gallery of selected works
- 2005 Listing | Gallery of selected works
- 2004 Listing | Gallery of selected works
- 2003 Listing | Gallery of selected works
Related exhibitions
- Camera work 1903–1917
- Colour & concept: international colour photography
- Federation: Australian art and society 1901–2001(includes 39 photographs)
- Going to extremes: George Silk, photojournalist
- In a flash: Dr Harold E Edgerton (1903–1990) & split-second photography
- In search of the native: photographs by Max Dupain and Eduardo Masferré and their contemporaries
- Jump: photographers get off the ground
- Margaret Michaelis: love, loss and photography
- Monsoon: a photo essay on India by Brian Brake (1927–1988)
- Natural Causes: landscape photographs by Ansel Adams (1902–1984) and Eliot Porter (1901–1990)
- Picture Paradise Asia–Pacific photography 1840s–1940s
- Printed light: photographic vision and the modern print
- Re-take: contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander photography
- Read my lips: Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman
- Revealing the Holy land: the photographic exploration of Palestine
- Surface Beauty: photographic reflections on glass and china
- The Europeans: emigré artists in Australia 1930–1960
- The good, the great and the gifted: camera portraits of Yousuf Karsh of Ottawa & Athol Shmith of Melbourne
- The spread of time: the photography of David Moore
- VIP: very important photographs from the European, American and Australian photography collection 1840s – 1940s
Select publications
all works are National Gallery of Australia publications unless otherwise stated
At home in Australia Peter Conrad — featuring 200 works from the Gallery's Australian photography collection. Available at ngashop.com.au
The spread of time : the photography of David Moore 2003
for more National Gallery of Australia publications visit the library catalogue online
Links to other photography galleries, museums and collections
Australian Centre for Photography Sydney, New South Wales
Centre for Contemporary Photography Melbourne, Victoria
photoaccess arts centre Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Centre nationale de la photographie Paris, France
National Museum of Photography, Film & Television Bradford, United Kingdom
The Photographers' Gallery London, United Kingdom
George Eastman House Rochester, United States of America
Camera Workers The British Columbia, Alaska & Yukon Photographic Directory, 1858-1950 British Columbia
Events and festivals
A passion for research: Celebrating photography at the Gallery National Gallery of Australia
foto freo international festival of photography Fremantle, Western Australia
Rencontres d'Arles Arles, France
More information and links
Foreign Influences in Australian Photography 1930–1980 Robert Deane
Karsh 100: A Biography in Images. The Iconic Photography of Yosuf Karsh
Arts of Asia: the Asian arts and antiques magazine
Pphotographers' websites
Wesley Stacey — Australian photography: landscape, heritage, portraiture, cities and urban development
Photography sponsors
NGA Photography acknowledges our Major Sponsor Dr Peter Farrell AM through The Farrell Family Foundation & the ongoing support of
