in the gallery...
Derby
A bit about Maya’s work with participatory visual research methods
Following on from thoughts about the 1st International Visual Methods Conference, here are some reflections on participatory visual research methods I’ve been using. For several years I have been collaborating with Jalaris Aboriginal Corporation (based in Derby, Western Australia) doing collaborative research and evaluation of their community development programs – which focus on supporting... »
Women’s stories in women’s words (and pictures…)
In 2008 I collaborated with Rachel Breunlin from the Neighborhood Story Project (based in New Orleans, Louisiana USA) and Jalaris Aboriginal Corporation (based in Derby, Western Australia) on a collaborative writing and photography project which resulted in the book Singing Out – Aboriginal Ladies Stories of the North West Kimberley. The project aimed at documenting... »
More on the Tindale collection and portraiture style in Kimberley projects
In a previous post I mentioned that as part of looking at historical photos of the Kimberley region in the Photo Me project we were given access to images from the Tindale collection, in the form of ring binders with photocopies of hundreds of 3 x 5″ portraits. We were encouraged to show them... »
What’s in a name?
Documenting the names of people in the AFI photos is not a priority here in Chiapas. Indeed, anonymity and confidentiality is a necessary part of the ethics of participatory photographic practice in the region. The naming of Indigenous subjects in photographic archives, has an entirely different meaning in a contemporary Australian context. »
Photo Me Derby Project
Photo Me Derby - now in the Side by Side Gallery The Photo Me Derby project was the first project I was involved with dedicated to collaborative photography in the Kimberley (the northern region of Western Australia). Photo Me Derby was a collaboration between Jalaris Aboriginal Corporation and Side by Side Community Project Consulting, and happened... »
Images for charities and philanthropy
I have been asked to do a freelance photography job for Caritas Australia – one of the organizations that fund Jalaris Aboriginal Corporations Kids Futures Club project in Derby. The Kids Futures Club is to be the Indigenous Australia story in the 2010 Project Compassion, which Caritas uses to raise funds for their charities... »