Travelling Exhibitions
Focus: photography and war 1945-2006
Focus: photography and war 1945 – 2006 provides an overview of the historical and aesthetic richness of the Memorial’s extensive
photography collection, through the images and experience of the 15 photographers working during the period 1945 – 2006.
This exhibition concentrates on the work of the very best still photographers, whose work goes beyond the mere recording of evidence and demonstrates a unique capacity to encapsulate both the subtlety and the complexity of an event in a single image.
The technological and industrial expansion of photography, film and mass media, dating from 1945, has had a major impact on the public’s appreciation or war and its consequences, due to the quality and proliferation of imagery from official photographers – Military History Unit, Defence Department and the Memorial – freelance photographers, photojournalists and the private images of soldier photographers.
A blog was developed to introduce Focus: war and photography 1945-2006. The blog does not aim to provide an online version of the exhibition. It is instead intended to present an account of its development, and a forum for a discussion of the broader issues which are raised by the exhibition. Where possible and appropriate, feedback will be moderated and included on the blog.
| Gallery | City | State | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast City Art Gallery | Surfers Paradise | QLD | 18 August 2007 | 30 September 2007 |
| Latrobe Regional Gallery | Morwell | VIC | 12 October 2007 | 11 November 2007 |
| Monash Gallery of Art | Wheelers Hill, Melbourne | VIC | 16 November 2007 | 24 February 2008 |
| Central TAFE Gallery | Fremantle | WA | 06 April 2008 | 03 May 2008 |
| New England Regional Art Museum | Armidale | NSW | 17 October 2008 | 23 November 2008 |
| Cowra Regional Art Gallery | Cowra | NSW | 13 December 2008 | 24 January 2009 |
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