Contemporary Photobooks from Australia

Join us for an evening of talks celebrating the display New Photobooks from Australia, curated by PHOTO Australia for the V&A’s Photography Centre. This symposium will feature a selection of women and non-binary artists who will speak about their practice and the experience of marking art in Australia today.

With opening remarks by Duncan Forbes, V&A Head of Photography and Founder/Artistic Director of PHOTO Australia Elias Redstone, this symposium will feature two panel discussions with Australian artists Atong Atem, Lisa Sorgini, Liss Fenwick, Naomi Hobson, Ying Ang and Zoë Croggon.

The first session, Hometown Photography: Autobiography in the Contemporary Photobook, moderated by V&A Curator Marta Weiss, will address how artists weave autobiography into their practice.

Constructed realities: characterisation and collage in the contemporary photobook, moderated by V&A Curator Catherine Troiano, will bring together artists whose experiences in other artforms help to shape the ways in which they construct new realities through photography.

This event is supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program. Additional support provided by the Bowness Family Foundation, Jo Horgan and Peter Wetenhall and the Australian High Commission, United Kingdom.