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Happy NAIDOC Week!

The acronym NAIDOC stands for National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee. NAIDOC Week has its roots in the 1938 Day of Mourning, becoming a week-long event in 1975.

We are proud to present 8 installations by Australia First Peoples in the exhibition On Country: Photography from Australia at the Rencontres d’Arles 2025 - introducing the breadth and excellence contemporary First Nations photography.

Tony Albert (Kuku Yalanji)

Sonja Carmichael (Ngugi/Quandamooka) & Elisa Jane Carmichael (Ngugi/Quandamooka)

Maree Clarke (Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung)

Michael Cook (Bidjara)

Brenda L Croft (Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra)

Robert Fielding (Yankunytjatjara/Western Arrernte peoples)

The Huxleys – Garrett Huxley (Gumbaynggirr/Yorta Yorta)

Ricky Maynard (Pakana)

Tace Stevens (Noongar/Spinifex)

James Tylor (Kaurna)

Images: On Country: Photography from Australia, installation view, the Rencontres d’Arles 2025. Photo: Will Hamilton-Coates.







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The Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris has invited PHOTO Australia Founder/Artistic Director Elias Redstone to speak about the On Country: Photography from Australia exhibition launching at the Rencontres d’Arles 2025 next month.

In conversation with MEP Artistic Director Clothilde Morette, Elias will provide a preview of the exhibition and highlight the work of five artists, offering a deeper understanding of their creations and artistic approaches.

Together, they'll explore how photography is being redefined in Australia, as a medium for truth telling, self-determination and collaboration, both acknowledging the past and suggesting possible futures.

MEP Paris
Friday 27 June
6:30pm–7:30pm
This event will be held in English

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Image: Tony Albert, David Charles Collins and Kieran Lawson, Warakurna Superheroes #1, 2017.
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