history of representations of Indigenous Australians.

			Creator		Lindt, J. W. (John William), 1845-1926
			Title		Aborig. [sic.] Natives of the Clarence River District New South Wales Photographed By J. W. Lindt, Grafton 1875
			Level of Description		Collection
			Date of Work		1875
			Type of Material		Graphic Materials
			Call Number		PXA 432 (v.5)
			Issue Copy		Digitised :
			Physical Description		Albums : 1 leather bound album (12 photoprints) ; 31 x 27.5
			Contents		1. Man with breatplate and spear, two women, one old and one young by bark shelter 2. Bearded man, seated with loin cloth 3. Man, standing full length fur headdress and fur rug 4. Man, seated with fur headdress 5. Two men, one young, one old, both seated, dressed in trousers 6. Man seated with breastplate and boomerangs, with two women, one old and one young by bark shelter 7. Woman, standing full length, with child seated, to her right 8. Man, seated, half length with feather headdress 9. Young woman, fur headdress and necklace, half length 10. Young man, seated, with boomerangs and skin rug 11. Two women, seated full length, with two children by a bark shelter 12. Bearded man with fur headdress and cloth, standing, full length
			Source		Transfer from Mitchell Library Printed Books collection, Q572.9901/L, 1986
			Signatures / Inscriptions		`Aborig. Natives / of the / Clarence River District / New South Wales / Photographed By / J. W. Lindt, / Grafton / 1875.' -- title page
			General Note		None of the plates is titled. All titles given above are assumed. Lindt took at least sixty photographs in this series of studio portaits of Clarence River Aborigines, although extant albums usually contain fewer than a dozen each. When first published, these studio tableaux were regarded as accurate. Reference: An Eye for Photography: the camera in Australia / Alan Davies. Carlton, Vic : Melbourne University Press, 2004, p.60.
			Topic		Aboriginal peoples (Australians) axes bags boomerangs cicatrices kingplates nulla nullas portraits shields (weapons) spears weapons
			Place		Clarence River (N.S.W.) Grafton District (N.S.W.)
			Persons		Adult Females Adult Males Boys Children Girls
			Digital order no.		Album ID : 846102

When I stop and look at this photograph I see a man with no fear and a man who strongly loves his surroundings.
It is visible to see that the image has been "staged" although the real meaning and emotions within the man in the photo is not "staged". He is in fact very much so showing his real emotions and feelings.
As it was discussed within the text these images by Lindt today would be considered cliched images, although i see this image as being very powerful and strong towards the Aboriginal tribes.
It helps discuss the lifestyle of the Aboriginal tribes and the way they survive.

early photographic processes

Concept and First attempts.

A photography is known as a responsibly stable image made by the effect of light on a chemical substance.

The wording “photography” was not created by just the one man.

The term may have first been used by Antoine Hercules Romuald Florence in 1833.

John Herschel also used the term photography and photograph.

Thomas Wedgwood was one of the fist to record light sensitive images with chemicals.

Joseph Nicephore Niepce tried his very own experiments using paper sensitive and silver chloride.

Around 1816 Niepce created negative images, yet was unsatisfied with the product.

Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre was also looking for a means to secure images. Niepce and Daguerre decided to enter partnerships and work on it together.

The experiments began by exposing silver plates with iodine in the back of a camera obscura.

In 1833 Niepe died, leaving his experiments and successful images unpublished.

A few years later on Daguerre discovered another process and named it the Daguerreotype. It was an image that was both positive and negative depending on the angle it was viewed.

Photography on paper

William Henry Fox Talbot began his own experiments in 1834. With his experiments he was able to make the discovery of making the unexposed areas of the image less sensitive.

Hippolyte Bayard invented a direct positive process on paper in 1839.Bayard then tried to claim the invention of photography.

In 1840 Max Petzval designed a faster lens. It was specifically designed for portrait images and then became the basis for portraits for the next 70 years.

1841 Talbot changed chemicals and had then invented the Calotyye meaning “beautiful”.

In the 1840’s to the 1850’s calotypes were made by a small number of photographers.

The business of photography

By the late 1840’s the daguerreotype was being processed commercially in every industrialized nation of the world.

In 1848 Frederick Scott Archer discovered the process of the wet plate process.

The art of photography

Critics failed to see photography as art and this attitude continued for many years.

Val Williams

These days all sorts of things are happening within and around family, gay father or son. lesbian mother or daughter, divorce, deaths, test tube babies, rape, violence, loneliness, marriage etc.
Creating your scene for the family portrait can question the real family and what they are truly like. similar to my family, if we were to take a family image it would contain my mother, sister, mothers partner and myself. Little would people no that the man in the image is not my real father and that i also have a younger brother who is currently stuck with my real father.
Images can portray many different aspects, it depends on how you view it.

assignment 1 Q3

Bill Jay’s chapter titled “Past Perfect” has a very strong case and argument towards the relevance of the history of photography. Before reading Bill’s chapter I personally wasn’t to interested or excited to learn about the history of photography and had always wondered is it really relevant to be learning the history?. Today I now understand why it is relevant and why we do learn about the history of photography. I agree with bill when he say’s “Think of a boat on an uncharted sea out of sight of land. One way to be sure you are not sailing in circles is to drop buoys over the edge. By looking back at these ‘pasts’ you can plot a more forward-looking future.”
Like Bill states saying history is irrelevant is like saying your birth date, time etc is irrelevant. If we had not learnt about the history of photography, then our knowledge of photography and cameras may not be as strong as it is today. I 100 percent agree with Bill’s arguments and believe that the history of not only photography but all history of this world is extremely important to each and every one of us.


Corinne Stevie Brigden.

Assignment 1

I Have selected an image/photograph of my family at my year 6 confirmation.
(image will be scanned and up soon)


This image has me (in the white dress) my little brother and sister and my parents. This image means everything to me. It is the last time that my family was all together as one before the final separation of my parents and before i grew up and moved to Canberra.
This photograph indicates the relationships within and among my family. The day this image was taken was the happiest day for me as a child, even thou i knew my parents were having trouble and i was old enough to understand I was happy that they could become one again for me and my special day. This image was given to me by my mother when i moved out of home to Canberra, it has for ever been in my picture frame that my father gave me one Christmas. The image itself is extremely important because it captured the day/moment that i will remember for a life time to come. To have images of such events and people that occurred in your life is something that is cherished by millions across the world.
words cant describe that day, yet that image defiantly does.

a photo that inspires me

PHOTO
A floral tribute left for a quake victim near Christchurch last week. New Zealanders will observe two minutes' silence to remember the people killed when the 6.3 magnitude quake struck.

On Tuesday, New Zealand came to a standstill at precisely the moment one week ago when a big earthquake brought death and destruction to Christchurch.

The devastation of lost ones and the cold feeling of knowing a friend is still out there is something that i wish to never have to fear or come across. Watching the news and reading about the NZ earthquake sent shivers down my spine. The image above tells me a few things, 1. that the world can do anything, specially when we least expect it and 2. that your world could end within seconds, so take that and go for what you want, want you believe in and what you dream of. For me it is the dream to become a photographer and live the life of excitement, laughter, fear and overwhelming experiences that photography can bring. This image as sasd as it is gives me the strength to go out there and live the experiences whilst i can.