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PHOTOGRAPHER · BORN 1960 · AUSTRALIA

Tracey Moffatt

Staged photographs and films on Indigenous Australian history and memory.

Born
1960
Country
Australia
Field
Photographer

KNOWN FOR

  1. 1989Something More
  2. 1997Up in the Sky
  3. 1990Night Cries

WHY THEY MATTER

Represented Australia at the Venice Biennale (2017); work held by Tate, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles and the National Gallery of Australia.

THE LIFE

Moffatt is an Indigenous Australian artist working in photography and film. Her series Something More is a staged melodrama with the look of a film. Her short film Night Cries was shown at Cannes, and her series Up in the Sky explored race and outback life. She represented Australia at the 2017 Venice Biennale.

Source: Wikipedia

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Conflict and humanitarian reportage focused on women's lives.

It's What I Do (memoir), 2015Source: Wikipedia