Photography around us

United States, 1994

Film
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Episode number 1 of Series “Photography: an introduction”.
Offers an introduction to the history of photography in Australia and its gradual acceptance as an artform by museums and educational institutions. Local authorities in the field discuss changing attitudes to photography. In particular Sue Fereday, Director of the Centre for Contemporary Photography, and Isobel Crombie, Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Victoria explain their policies towards collecting and exhibiting photography.

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Credits

producer

Michael Hollander

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1994

Appears in

Photography: an introduction

Group of items

Photography: an introduction

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306162

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Collectors and collecting

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography - Australia - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Photography, Artistic

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Open learning

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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