Snap Blak Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island photography from the Collection
Naomi Hobson, Kaantju/Umpila peoples, Australia b.1978 / Road play "She told Mum she was taking me for a ride down the road but she not." Laine. (from 'Adolescent Wonderland' series) 2019 / Archival inkjet print on 310gsm cotton rag art paper / 74 x 108cm / Purchased 2021. QAGOMA Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Naomi Hobson / View full image
When
30 Aug 2025 – 13 Sep 2026
Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Gallery 3.5 (Margaret Mittelheuser AM and Cathryn Mittelheuser AM Galleries)
Admission
Free
About
'Snap Blak' brings together dynamic examples of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island photography that champion Indigenous self-representation, with assertions of visual sovereignty that resist prevalent stereotypes and re-present their people.
Throughout ‘Snap Blak’ each photograph both subverts the settler-colonial legacy of photography of Indigenous people as an instrument of disempowerment and misrepresentation; while asserting identity, cultural continuity and belonging.
Michael Cook, Bidjara people, Australia b.1968 / Broken Dreams #2 2010 / Pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Bright White 310gsm paper / 124 x 100cm / Gift of Andrew Clouston through the QAGOMA Foundation 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Michael Cook / View full image
Michael Riley, Kamilaroi/Wiradjuri people, Australia 1960–2004 / cloud (portfolio) (detail) 2000 / Inkjet print on banner paper / Ten sheets: 001: 91.8 x 129.7cm; 002: 91.8 x 129.8cm; 003: 91.8 x 130.3cm; 004: 91.9 x 129.8cm; 005: 91.9 x 130.1cm; 006: 91.8 x 130.1cm; 007: 91.8 x 129.9cm; 008: 91.7 x 130.4cm; 009: 92 x 130.1cm; 010: 92 x 126.4cm / Purchased 2002 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Michael Riley Estate / View full image
