Arts Focus: Photography and Moving Image

Discover resources to deepen your understanding of the exhibition Hayley Millar Baker: Selected Works at Wyndham Art Gallery. Explore the ideas, mediums, and themes that shape this powerful exhibition.

Baker, a local artist with international acclaim, presents 'Selected Works,' a solo exhibition of select moving image and photographic works, including the premiere of a compelling new series of photographic works, set across local and neighbouring Aboriginal lands.

Learn more: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/whats-on/hayley-millar-baker-selected-works

Image credit She was like the lizard that fell into the water and became a crocodile (2025). Courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery.

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Arts Focus: Photography and Moving Image

Discover resources to deepen your understanding of the exhibition Hayley Millar Baker: Selected Works at Wyndham Art Gallery. Explore the ideas, mediums, and themes that shape this powerful exhibition.

Baker, a local artist with international acclaim, presents 'Selected Works,' a solo exhibition of select moving image and photographic works, including the premiere of a compelling new series of photographic works, set across local and neighbouring Aboriginal lands.

Learn more: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/whats-on/hayley-millar-baker-selected-works

Image credit She was like the lizard that fell into the water and became a crocodile (2025). Courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery.

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50 Film Ideas You Really Need to Know
O'Hara, Helen
Paper Book
Master the ideas that have shaped the world of film today. In a series of 50 accessible essays, Helen O'Hara introduces and explains the central ideas, eras and genres of film, beginning with the invention of cinema to the theories and genres that have emerged and...
The art of Kaylene Whiskey : do you believe in love?
Whiskey, Kaylene
Paper Book
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Black & white photography
Duckett, Brian Lloyd
Paper Book
52 Assignments: Black & White Photography is a mission brief, a portfolio of photographic workshops, a personalized journal, and an inspirational guide to putting the creativity back into your craft.  The book is filled with a year's worth of weekly...
Black, white + colour : a biography of Mervyn Bishop, Australia's first indigenous professional photographer
Dobbyn, Tim
Paper Book
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Body : The Photobook
Herschdorfer, Nathalie
Paper Book
The definitive survey of contemporary photography of the human body. The body remains a battleground. Politicized, conceptualized and increasingly shared, our often-paradoxical relationship with the human form is nothing new, but finds itself heightened in the digitised,...
Collective movements : First Nations collectives, collaborations and creative practices from across Victoria
ten Buuren, Kate
Paper Book
Collective Movements is a wide-ranging project focusing on the work of historic and contemporary First Nations creative practitioners and community groups in south-eastern Australia that recognises collectivity as integral to Indigenous knowledges and ways of being. This project and publication...
Colours of film: the story of cinema in 50 palettes
Bramesco, Charles.
Paper Book
'What's so wonderful about Bramesco's book, outside of a visually splendid layout that embraces the first word of that title with detailed color breakdowns of each palette, is how much it enhances the critical language of the average viewer.' - Brian Tallerico, Editor of RogerEbert.com
The compact beginner's guide to photography
Paper Book
Compared with camera phones and compact cameras, modern DSLRs can seem terribly over-complicated to the novice photographer. The truth is, they have to be over-complicated to satisfy the needs of a diverse range of users, despite the fact that most photographers will only use a small percentage of...
The Compact Beginner's Guide to Photography : Everything You Need to Start Creating Today
Grieg, Rebecca
Paper Book
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Culture is life : a photographic exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in modern Australia
Quilliam, Wayne
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE Culture is Life is a modern, photographic celebration of the diversity of Indigenous Australians. Pre-eminent Aboriginal photographer Wayne Quilliam has an archive of thousands of images and interviews with...
The female gaze in art and photography
Selzer, Anita
Paper Book
Historically, male artists have re-presented women through their eyes. The Female Gaze in Art and Photography redresses this imbalance, looks at art through women's eyes. It shines a light on the work of twenty contemporary women artists and photographers from Africa, Asia, Australia,...
The Feminist Film Guide: 100 great films to see
Andrews, Mallory.
Paper Book
Have you noticed something about every "100 Greatest Movies Ever Made," or "100 Films to See Before You Die" list? The people in those movies ... they're almost all men. With so much incredible cinema to choose from, there's only so many movies you can watch about bunch of white guys struggling...
Goddess: fierce women on film
Johnson, bethan Lloyd.
Paper Book
The screen goddess is a formidable figure, renowned for her power, complexity and so often beauty. From Joan Crawford and Bette Davis to Laverne Cox and Michelle Yeoh, these women disrupted and redefined the female ideal by pushing boundaries, fighting gender stereotypes and transcending tired...
How I make photographs
Yarrow, David
Paper Book
Learn how renowned wildlife photographer and conservationist David Yarrow manages to get his incredible shots. For two decades Yarrow has been venturing further and further afield in search of amazing animals to photograph. Here he shares the incredible knowledge and stories he has gathered along...
How to Photograph People: ; Learn to take incredible portraits & more
Fordham, Demetrius.
Paper Book
Innovative and easy-to-understand guide to photographing people from professional photographer, tutor and author Demetrius Fordham Whatever type of device you use to take pictures - whether a phone or a pro-spec digital camera - the most compelling subject is always...
Iwantja : an exuberant new movement in contemporary Indigenous art
Paper Book
Located on a small ridge at the edge of the Indulkana Ranges, approximately 575 kilometres south of Alice Springs, Iwantja Arts art centre is home to some of Australia's most exciting Indigenous art. The art centre, a studio collective where the artists meet, socialise and make art,...
Jakarda Wuka (too many stories) : narratives of rock art from Yanyuwa Country in Northern Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria
li-Yanyuwa li-Wirdiwalangu (Yanyuwa Elders)
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE CHIEF MINISTER'S NT HISTORY BOOK AWARD 2024 AND THE AUSTRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION'S JOHN MULVANEY BOOK AWARD 2023 "...ngabaya painted all this, you know when we were kids we would come here and look and sometimes the paintings would change, they were always changing."...
Joel Meyerowitz : a question of color
Meyerowitz, Joel
Paper Book
Traces a key turning point in the history of photography: the young Joel Meyerowitz's early experiments in colour photography. An early advocate of colour photography, Joel Meyerowitz has impacted and influenced generations of artists. For fifty-eight years, the master...
Joel Meyerowitz: How I Make Photographs
Photography, Masters Of.
Paper Book
The 'Masters of Photography' series is a new approach to photography how-to. Each volume is dedicated to the work of one key photographer who, through a series of bite-sized lessons and ideas, tells you everything you always wanted to know about their approach to taking photographs. From their...
Life camera action : it's never too late to take a shot at your dreams
Burns, Mitchell
Paper Book
It took ten years in the coal mines for Mitchell Burns to realise that no pay cheque is worth sacrificing your dreams. Now he's making up for lost time. Mitchell Burns never wanted to be a miner. Growing up in a Queensland coal mining town with parents in the...
Mastering lighting & flash photography : a definitive guide for photographers
Bradbury, Richard (Photographer)
Paper Book
The complete guide to mastering the technical challenges of lighting and flash in your photography. This book explores: Locations Subjects Styles Technical skills Tools and tips Written by multi award-winning photographer...
Mastering portrait photography
Wilkinson, Paul
Paper Book
Mastering Portrait Photography is a practical guide to mastering essential techniques required to capture stunning images.  Award-winning photographers Paul Wilkinson and Sarah Plater believe that portraits should not be formal, corporate style poses that reveal...
Max Dupain : a portrait
Ennis, Helen
Paper Book
From multi-award-winning writer Helen Ennis comes the first ever biography of the photographer Max Dupain, the most influential Australian photographer of the 20th century and creator of many iconic images that have passed into our national imagination. One of The Guardian's 25 Best...
Melbourne on Film: Cinema That Defines Our City
Festival, Melbourne International Film.
Paper Book
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is Australia's most revered celebration of cinema. It is one of the world's oldest and most storied film festivals, continuously running since 1952. To commemorate MIFF's 70th anniversary, Black Inc. has partnered with the festival to produce an...
Paul Nicklen : A Photography Masterclass
Nicklen, Paul
Paper Book
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Photography
Ang, Tom
Paper Book
This lavish coffee-table book traces the history of photography from the first black and white images to celebrated examples of 21st-century digital photography. Photography celebrates the most iconic photographs of the past 200 years and includes more than 50 biographies...
Photography -- A Feminist History: How Women Shaped the Art
Lewis, Emma.
Paper Book
Groundbreaking work telling the story of women and non-binary photographers from the 1800s to the present day From the fashion studio to the front line, social justice movements to selfies, women have transformed photography at every stage in its short history. For...
Photography : the 50 most influential photographers of all time
Dickie, Chris.
Paper Book
In addition to profiling the most important photographers of past and present, this book presents a capsule history of photography and explores significant trends and developments in the field. Brief biographies with identifying photos include Matthew Brady, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans,...
Photography : the ultimate guide
Ang, Tom
Paper Book
Discover the history behind photography and learn the skills to get the best from your photographs. A comprehensive all-in-one guide, Photography introduces you to the art, history, and culture of photography, and shows you how to take your own fantastic professional...
Photography : the whole story
Hacking, Juliet
Paper Book
Photography: The Whole Story is a celebration of the most beautiful, meaningful and inspiring photographs that have arisen from this very modern medium. The book begins with a succinct overview of photography, placing it in the context of the social and cultural developments that have taken place...
Photography Rules : Essential Dos and Don'ts from Great Photographers
Lowe, Paul
Paper Book
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The photography storytelling workshop
Beales, Finn
Paper Book
Don't just take a picture, make it. Using a proven five-step process - Pitch, Prepare, Shoot, Edit and Deliver - readers will develop the same successful, reliable working methods that earn influence and delight audiences, regardless of what genre you're working in.
Portraiture
Brown, Margaret.
Paper Book
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Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs
Carroll, Henry
Paper Book
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A record in bone : exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bone and tooth objects
Langley, Michelle C.
Paper Book
Bone and tooth tools and ornaments have been made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for at least 46,000 years - some of the oldest organic technologies in the world. Despite their beauty, sophistication, and ubiquity, archaeologists and other researchers have overwhelmingly focused on...
Seeing science : how photography reveals the universe
Heiferman, Marvin
Paper Book
Seeing Science offers an insightful and reader-friendly collection of essays and pictures about photography's role in visualizing science and building human knowledge-from micro to macro levels and everything in between. Photography and science have long been...
Shapeshifting : First Nations lyric nonfiction
Leane, Jeanine
Paper Book
Shapeshifting, co-edited by Jeanine Leane and Ellen van Neerven, is a wide-ranging collection of nonfiction by First Nations writers that breaks new ground. These lyric essays push the boundaries of nonfiction beyond the biographical or the academic, with pieces that experiment with form and...
The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art: Australian Indigenous Art
National Gallery of Victoria.
Paper Book
The Australian continent is home to the world's oldest living culture: over 250 different groups, each with their own customs, language, and art. Showcasing this cultural diversity, The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art brings together major pieces from the National Gallery of...
Still pictures : on photography and memory
Malcolm, Janet
Paper Book
For decades, Janet Malcolm's books and dispatches for the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books poked and prodded at reportorial and biographical convention, gesturing towards the artifice that underpins both public and private selves. In Still Pictures, she turns her...
Strong Female Character: What Movies Teach Us
Flint, Hannah.
Paper Book
Leading film critic of her generation offers an unflinchingly honest and humorousaccount of her millennial journey tow ards self-acceptance through a cinematic lens.
Teach Yourself Photography
George, Chris
Paper Book
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Until justice comes
Gemes, Juno
Paper Book
This significant book brings together a powerful collection of over 220 photographs, fusing Juno Gemes' current and continuing work with her unique living archive. It is the summation of a career witnessing and advocating for change- a collection of photographs making visible the history of the...
Vincent Namatjira
Namatjira, Vincent
Paper Book
'Welcome to the past, present and future. I stand side-by-side with my great-grandfather, who I never met - two painters from the centre of this country, standing up and making our voices heard. I believe in the power of art, the power of the paintbrush. I know that art can change lives...
You will be able to take great photos by the end of this boo
Brain, Benedict
Paper Book
The latest title in the bestselling You Will Be Able To series, this straightforward and inspirational guide will teach you how to take stunning photos on any device Do you want to take photos that make people say 'wow'? ...
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