Last week (14/06/09) the ABC Sunday Arts show had a piece about the Tasmanian documentary photographer, Ricky Maynard. The show can be downloaded here .Ricky Maynard began his career as a sixteen-year old darkroom technician and is now an internationally renowned documentary photographer based on Flinders Island, Tasmania.
His images are a rare combination of great technical skill and powerful social documentary. Maynard honed his craft at New York’s International Centre of Photography and came to the attention of the art world with his series ‘The Moonbird People’ (1985-88). Since then, his work has ranged across landscape and portraiture, but the photographs are united by their sensitivity and quiet power. Maynard’s collaborative approach of working closely with the communities he photographs is a major development in the representation of the Indigenous Australians. Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art will host a survey of his art spanning more than two decades, across six series of his work. ‘Ricky Maynard: Portrait of a Distant Land’ is on at the MCA from June 4 to August 23. Producer: Robert Hayward
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Love to see the show Patti BUT, 187mb file is just too big to wait on download (about 1.5 hours).
Cheers
Roger I down loaded it last night (not sure how long it took), I'll put it on a disc for you.
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