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Ricky Maynard Arthur, Wik Elder from the series Returning to Places that Name Us 2000 black and white gelatin silver print Courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney © the artist
Ricky Maynard Anthol Burgess, Babel Island from the series The Moonbird People 1985–88 black and white gelatin silver print Courtesy and © Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra
Ricky Maynard The Spit, Babel Island from the series Portrait of a Distant Land 2005 black and white gelatin silver print Courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney © the artist
Ricky Maynard Jason Thomas, Terry Maynard and David Maluga from the series The Moonbird People 1985–88 black and white gelatin silver print Courtesy and © Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra
Ricky Maynard Broken Heart from the series Portrait of a Distant Land 2005 black and white gelatin silver print Courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney © the artist
Ricky Maynard Coming Home from the series Portrait of a Distant Land 2005 black and white gelatin silver print Courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney © the artist
Ricky Maynard Mission from the series Portrait of a Distant Land 2005 black and white gelatin silver print Courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney © the artist
Ricky Maynard The Healing Garden, Wybalenna, Flinders Island, Tasmania from the series Portrait of a Distant Land 2005 black and white gelatin silver print Courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney © the artist
Ricky Maynard Untitled (Aunty Myrtle) from the series Urban Diary 1997 black and white gelatin silver print Courtesy the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney © the artist
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Ricky Maynard: Portrait of a Distant Land



4 June - 23 August 2009

Ricky Maynard is a documentary photographer based on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait, between Tasmania and mainland Australia.

The artist is the focus of an exhibition titled Portrait of a Distant Land which comprises a selection of sixty images from six bodies of work developed over more than two decades of practice. The series are The Moonbird People (1985-88), No More Than What You See (1993), Urban Diary (1997), In The Footsteps Of Others (2003), Returning To Places That Name Us (2000) and his latest and on-going series, Portrait of a Distant Land (2005– ).

The MCA first presented images from Maynard’s series Portrait of a Distant Land in 2005. The series consists of photographs of Tasmania’s physical and social landscapes, following song lines and ochre trails, tribal movements and historical displacement routes, creating a form of visual diary derived from collective oral histories. The deeply personal project records cultural and historical sites significant to Maynard’s people, the Ben Lomond and Cape Portland peoples of Tasmania.

This exhibition was first presented in 2007 at the Australian Embassy in Paris as part of the inaugural Photoquai Biennale of World Images organised by the Musee du quai Branly. Since then, the exhibition has toured throughout Australia and the Pacific region.

Revealing Moments in Time



Presented concurrently to Portrait of Distant Land, Ricky Maynard has selected work by leading documentary photographers who have influenced his own professional practice. This exhibition includes work by Mary Ellen Mark whose confronting and direct images changed social attitudes, as well as members of the f/64 group of west coast American photographers such as Edward Weston who introduced a new aesthetic in photography.

An audio guide for Revealing Moments in Time narrated by Ricky Maynard is available.
Price - $5


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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts’ New Australian Stories Initiative



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