ABC TV 8:30 pm
Photographic Memory
A Portrait Of Mervyn Bishop
Thursday January 27, 8:30pm
40, 000 years of stories painted on a cave wall.
40, 000 years of culture and law.
40, 000 years of photography hung on the walls of an art
gallery.
Photographic Memory : A Portrait of Mervyn Bishop
which screens at 8:30pm on ABC TV Thursday, January
27 is a collection of photographs that have documented
aspects of Australian and Aboriginal life over the past 40
years.
Shot over one week in July 1998, this film builds the
journey of Mervyn's life from his childhood in Dubbo to
landing a cadetship with the Sydney Morning Herald and
on to the opening of his exhibition, "In Dreams".
Mervyn began his career as a cadet photographer with the
Sydney Morning Herald. He won National Press
Photographer of the Year, before moving to work with the
Department of Aboriginal Affairs as their key photographer.
Since then he has worked freelance and has put together
a number of exhibitions of his extensive body of work.
As reflected in the title, the film uses different compositions
of images and photographic processes to capture the
highs and lows of Mervyn's life.
Technically, the film reflects the way in which Mervyn, as a
photographer, would use different sizes, shapes and
formats in printing up photographs.
A Chili films Pty Ltd Production. Director/Cinematographer:
Warwick Thornton; Producer: Penny McDonald.
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