More than a simple anthropological record, the photographs provide a window to the past, enabling us to become better acquainted with the living and breathing people they portray.
These include numerous photographs of individuals — a photographic genre which has since been dubbed "fieldwork portraiture".
Harlan Smith
Frederick Waugh
Contemporary Artists
Barry Ace
Mary Anne Barkhouse
The contemporary works featured in Emergence from the Shadow reflect the legacy of early photographic experimentation in the 1980s.
Rather than perpetuating imagery from the past, these contemporary artists address complex contemporary social issues through their creation of photographic works of art.
Rosalie Favell
Greg Hill
Shelley Niro
Greg Staats
Date Created: March 14, 2000 | Last Updated: May 27, 2010