Australia (Continued)
humanistic approach of Documentary work
impact of counter-culture politics, 88–89
important source of inspiration, 88
imported magazines, 87
indigenous artists, 90
influence of Postmodernism, 89
institutional funding with Labour government, 88
introduction of photography, 86
John Grierson, 87
John Kauffman, 86
location of, 86
Max Dupain, 87
Max Pam, 88
National Gallery of Victoria, 88
Olive Cotton, 87
outlets for documentary work, 88
Persona and Shadow,89
photo-essays, 89
Photofile,89
photograms, 90
Pictorialism, 86, 87
prolific photographer of, 87
publications of art and social histories, 89
questioning of objectivity of medium, 89
raiding of visual language of popular culture, 89
revitalization of society following World War One, 87
re-working of traditional processes, 90
settlement of, 86
significant trends of 1990s, 90
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s expeditions to Antarctica, 87
Sunshine School, 87
surge of interest in photography, 88
theatrical images, 88
Tracey Moffatt, 89, 90, 92
Wolfgang Sievers, 88
Australian Centre for Photography (ACP), 91, 92
accusations of elitism, 91, 92
American museum-based formalism, 92
art school graduates, 92
broadening of, 92
constituency, 91
David Moore and, 91
digital media and, 92
director, 92
foundation for photography, 91
funding, 91
gallery/museum model, 91
interest in photography as creative art, 91
museum professionalism in gallery, 92
opening of, 91
photo ghetto, 92
Photofile, 91, 92
photographic retrospective, 92
photography boom, 91
psychological phenomenon, 92
Austria,seeGermany and Austria
Auto focus lenses, 211
Auto-exposure, point-and-shot cameras and, 227
Auto-focus systems, 227
Autoguided photography, 78
Automatic bracketing, 156
Avant-gardism, 3, 7
Avant-gardists, treasure trove of architecture photography
discovered by, 56
B
Baby photographer, 84
Ballen, Roger, 93–95
apartheid, 93
biography, 95
Boyhood,93
democratic election in South Africa, 94
Dorps: Small Towns of South Africa,93
economic deprivation, 95
extracting of essence, 93
founding of Photography House, 93
government of South Africa, 94
graffiti, 95
horrible era, 95
ironic archetypes of alienation and immobility, 94, 95
irony, 95
mixed relationships, 95
Nelson Mandela, 94
opposition political parties, 94
Outland,95
Platteland: Images from Rural South Africa, 93, 94
poverty, 93, 95
search of boyhood, 93
South Africa’s psychosis, 93, 94
South African, 93–95
subjects, 95
tension in rural areas, 94
universal and metaphorical scenarios, 95
use of hard flash, 95
Balloon reconnaissance, 20, 21
Baltz, Lewis, 95–99
alienating effects of commercial development, 96
American, 95–97
biography, 97
Canadian Centre for Architecture, 97
cultural theorists and, 96
Deaths in Newport,96
digital photography, 95
farmland transformed into real estate, 96
further reading, 98, 99
George Eastman House, 96
group exhibitions, 97, 98
iconography of realism, 95
individual exhibitions, 97
influence of commercial development, 96
isolation of details, 96
minimalist structures, 95
New Industrial Parks, Irvine California,97
New Topography movement and, 95, 96
reflection of destruction of natural landscape, 95
resistance to categorization, 96
selected works, 97
social documentary, 96
urban planning, 96
Barnstorm: the Eddie Adams Workshop, 15
Barr, Jr., Alfred H., 99–101
Abby Rockefeller and, 99
adamantine ladies and, 99
America, 99, 100
art historical training, 99
Barnes Foundation of Pennsylvania, 99
Bauhaus and, 99
biography, 100
contribution to modern art, 100INDEXI7