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‘150 Years: Queensland Photography’
Photography in Queensland from the Gallery Collection
Jun 2009 - Oct 2009

Works installed for '150 Years', QAG, September 2013 / Photograph: N Harth, QAGOMA

This exhibition explores the Gallery's holdings of photographs made in Queensland in the years since the state was formed in 1859. The Gallery's first profile of the broad sweep of Queensland photography from its beginnings to the present day coincides with the celebration of the state's sesquicentenary.

'150 Years: Photography in Queensland' honours the local history of photography and emphasises the variety of contexts in which photography has been used in Queensland: as a tool of industry, in the family and by artists as a personal medium of expression.

 


‘150 Years: Photography in Queensland’ was on display at QAG, from 27 June to 4 October 2009. The sample list of works below is non-exhaustive.

Feature image: Works installed for '150 Years', QAG, August 2009 / Photograph: N Harth, QAGOMA

Collection artworks featured in ‘150 Years: Queensland Photography’

Artwork Overwhatwecreatewehavenocontrol this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1992-01-01

Overwhatwecreatewehavenocontrol 1992
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Christ + Kahlo 1989 From photographic performance series '1 + 1 = 8, Brisbane'; performers Luke Roberts and Joanna Meighan; camera Carl Warner 1989, printed 2005
Artwork Streetscape 1C Gardens through fence this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1986-01-01

Streetscape 1C Gardens through fence 1986
Artwork Badtjala woman this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1994-01-01

Badtjala woman 1994
Artwork Yellow and very spacey this artwork made of Giclée print on paper, created in 2007-01-01

Yellow and very spacey 2007
Artwork Hell's bells this artwork made of Giclée print on paper, created in 2007-01-01

Hell's bells 2007
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Interior disaster 2 (from 'Interior disaster' series) 2007
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Interior disaster 3 (from 'Interior disaster' series) 2007
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Interior disaster 4 (from 'Interior disaster' series) 2007
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Interior disaster 5 (from 'Interior disaster' series) 2007
Artwork Rhopography #24 (figs) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 2002-01-01

Rhopography #24 (figs) 2002-03
Artwork (Rosemary standing in a boat pulling a fishing line) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1935-01-01

(Rosemary standing in a boat pulling a fishing line) c.1938, printed 1984
Artwork (Rosemary and Margaret with hats, playing on the sand) this artwork made of Type C photograph on paper, created in 1935-01-01

(Rosemary and Margaret with hats, playing on the sand) c.1938, printed 1984
Artwork (J.H. Simmonds, Rosemary and Margaret on a slippery slide in water) this artwork made of Cellulose acetate Dufay colour transparency (originally in a glass mount), created in 1935-01-01

(J.H. Simmonds, Rosemary and Margaret on a slippery slide in water) c.1938
Artwork (Construction of Story Bridge, Brisbane) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1939-01-01

(Construction of Story Bridge, Brisbane) 1939, printed 2005
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

(Portrait of flat mate, Spring Hill) 1939, printed 2005
Artwork Mustering this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, sepia-toned on paper, created in 1938-01-01

Mustering c.1943
Artwork Sunlit track this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, sepia-toned on paper, created in 1935-01-01

Sunlit track c.1940s
Artwork Star turn this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1935-01-01

Star turn c.1940s
Artwork Anzac Square this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1940-01-01

Anzac Square c.1940-45, printed 1992
Artwork Children of the Pearce family, Burdekin District, Queensland this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1950-01-01

Children of the Pearce family, Burdekin District, Queensland c.1950s, printed 1987
Artwork Seymour, Australian Aborigine this artwork made of Bromoil photograph on paper, created in 1928-01-01

Seymour, Australian Aborigine c.1933
Artwork Hippodrome this artwork made of Bromoil photograph on paper, created in 1933-01-01

Hippodrome 1933
Artwork The bridge approach (Grey Street Bridge, Brisbane) this artwork made of Bromoil photograph on paper, created in 1930-01-01

The bridge approach (Grey Street Bridge, Brisbane) c.1935
Artwork Travelling stacker working on the bauxite stockpile, Weipa, Cape York this artwork made of Type C photograph on paper, created in 1971-01-01

Travelling stacker working on the bauxite stockpile, Weipa, Cape York 1971, printed 1994
Artwork (Untitled 1) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, hand-coloured on paper, created in 1978-01-01

(Untitled 1) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) 1978-79
Artwork (Untitled 7) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, hand-coloured on paper, created in 1978-01-01

(Untitled 7) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) 1978-79
Artwork (Untitled 8) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, hand-coloured on paper, created in 1978-01-01

(Untitled 8) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) 1978-79
Artwork (Untitled 12) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, hand-coloured on paper, created in 1978-01-01

(Untitled 12) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) 1978-79
Artwork (Untitled 13) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, hand-coloured on paper, created in 1978-01-01

(Untitled 13) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) 1978-79
Artwork (Untitled 27) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph, hand-coloured on paper, created in 1978-01-01

(Untitled 27) (from 'Christmas holiday with Bob's family, Queensland, 1978' series) 1978-79
Artwork Australia Day flood this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1974-01-01

Australia Day flood 1974, printed 1987
Artwork Ian Fairweather (from 'Shop' series) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1966-01-01

Ian Fairweather (from 'Shop' series) 1966, printed 2006
Artwork (The Archer brothers with Lionel Knight Rice) this artwork made of Albumen photograph on paper, created in 1860-01-01

(The Archer brothers with Lionel Knight Rice) c.1867
Artwork Elsie Medora Sara Guertz this artwork made of Albumen photograph on paper mounted on card, created in 1874-01-01

Elsie Medora Sara Guertz 1874
Artwork (Open forest country) (no. 1 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Open forest country) (no. 1 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Scrubby forest land) (no. 2 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Scrubby forest land) (no. 2 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Scrub land - Banks of Mary River) (no. 3 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Scrub land - Banks of Mary River) (no. 3 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Open volcanic plains) (no. 4 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Open volcanic plains) (no. 4 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Western prairie country) (no. 5 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Western prairie country) (no. 5 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Volcanic downs) (no. 6 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Volcanic downs) (no. 6 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Volcanic downs country) (no. 7 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Volcanic downs country) (no. 7 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Sugar cane, Mackay - Davidson's Alexandra plantation) (no. 8 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Sugar cane, Mackay - Davidson's Alexandra plantation) (no. 8 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Sugar crushing, Mackay) (no. 9 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Sugar crushing, Mackay) (no. 9 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Cleared scrub land - Banks Mary River) (no. 10 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Cleared scrub land - Banks Mary River) (no. 10 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Open forest country) (no. 11 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Open forest country) (no. 11 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Free selector's slab hut) (no. 12 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Free selector's slab hut) (no. 12 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Second class pastoral) (no. 13 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Second class pastoral) (no. 13 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Second class pastoral) (no. 14 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Second class pastoral) (no. 14 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Second class pastoral) (no. 15 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Second class pastoral) (no. 15 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Squatter's homestead) (no. 16 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Squatter's homestead) (no. 16 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Gold miners' bark hut) (no. 17 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Gold miners' bark hut) (no. 17 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Alluvial gold mining) (no. 18 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Alluvial gold mining) (no. 18 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Miners' camp, New Zealand Gully - Rockhampton district) (no. 20 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1864-01-01

(Miners' camp, New Zealand Gully - Rockhampton district) (no. 20 from 'Images of Queensland' series) c.1870
Artwork (Ravenswood, 1870) (no. 21 from 'Images of Queensland' series) this artwork made of Autotype on paper, created in 1870-01-01

(Ravenswood, 1870) (no. 21 from 'Images of Queensland' series) 1870
Artwork (Studio portrait of Indigenous group) this artwork made of Gold-toned albumen photograph on paper, created in 1865-01-01

(Studio portrait of Indigenous group) c.1865
Artwork (Studio portrait of Indigenous group) this artwork made of Gold-toned albumen photograph on paper, created in 1865-01-01

(Studio portrait of Indigenous group) c.1865
Artwork (Studio portrait of Indigenous group) this artwork made of Gold-toned albumen photograph on paper, created in 1865-01-01

(Studio portrait of Indigenous group) c.1865
Artwork (Studio portrait of Indigenous group) this artwork made of Gold-toned albumen photograph on paper, created in 1865-01-01

(Studio portrait of Indigenous group) c.1865
Artwork Victoria Bridge this artwork made of Albumen photograph on paper mounted on card, created in 1880-01-01

Victoria Bridge c.1890s
Artwork (Two women dressed in Salvation Army attire) this artwork made of Albumen photograph on paper mounted on card, created in 1874-01-01

(Two women dressed in Salvation Army attire) c.1880
Artwork Fishermen, Moreton Island (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1986-01-01

Fishermen, Moreton Island (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) 1986
Artwork Bennett Walker, ranger, Cape Tribulation National Park (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1986-01-01

Bennett Walker, ranger, Cape Tribulation National Park (from 'Journeys north' portfolio) 1986-87
Artwork Boy on tractor, Queensland this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on paper, created in 1950-01-01

Boy on tractor, Queensland c.1950s, printed 1987

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