A documentary about the life and photography of Mervyn Bishop, one of Australia’s leading indigenous professional photographers who broke new ground during the 1960’s and 1970’s as a media photographer. Bishop’s extensive archive of photographs offer an invaluable document of aspects of Australian and Aboriginal life over the past 40 years.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
314497
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Biography
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Ethnic identity
Aboriginal Australia → Bishop, Mervyn
Aboriginal Australia → Indigenous peoples
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples
Crafts & Visual Arts → Bishop, Mervyn
Crafts & Visual Arts → Photograph collections
Crafts & Visual Arts → Photographers - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography - Australia - History
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
History → Aboriginal Australians - History
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)