Black, White and Colour. (Deluxe edition, Format 2)

A$5,500 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

Melbourne : Ginninderra Press, 2025. Editions 71-100. ISBN 9781761097089. Quarto, hardcover, 207 pages; offset printed on ivory silk paper for superior image reproduction and touch. Designed and typeset by Isambard Thomas. This is copy number 73. Each specially bound limited edition in box contains two original signed photographs: Is there an Aboriginal photography? Self-portrait, 1989 , AND Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into hand of traditional landowner Vincent Lingiari (Gurindji), Wattie Creek, Northern Territory, 1975 . (Note: the limited edition is accompanied by a standard edition reading copy). This biography of one of Australia s treasured artists offers an intimate portrait of the struggles and triumphs of Mervyn Bishop, Australia s ground-breaking Indigenous photographer. Born in Brewarrina NSW in 1945, he used chance, charm and talent to join the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald at just 17. He won a top news photography award but never received the customary pay increase. Disillusioned, Bishop moved to Canberra as a government photographer and took the iconic photo of Gough Whitlam pouring earth into the hands of traditional owner Vincent Lingiari. He later returned to Sydney and was eventually befriended by the arts scene, leading to his first solo exhibition in 1991. But this victory was clouded by the death of his wife on the day of the opening. While often celebrated for chronicling the rising visibility of Indigenous Australians, Bishop is also pro

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