Snap Blak Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island photography

Tony Albert, Girramay/Yidinyji/Kuku Yalanji peoples, Queensland Australia b.1981 / David C Collins, Australia b.1988 / Kieran Smythe-Jackson, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2005 / Kieran Lawson, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2006 / Timira Nelson, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2009 / Renisha Ward-Yates, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2007 / Nikisha Nelson, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2007 / Brittany Malbunka Reid, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2007 / Karni Mitchell, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2006 / Warakurna Superheroes (series) 2017 / Archival pigment print on paper / Seven sheets: 100 x 150cm (each) / Gift of the artists through the QAGOMA Foundation 2018 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Tony Albert/Copyright Agency

Tony Albert, Girramay/Yidinyji/Kuku Yalanji peoples, Queensland Australia b.1981 / David C Collins, Australia b.1988 / Kieran Smythe-Jackson, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2005 / Kieran Lawson, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2006 / Timira Nelson, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2009 / Renisha Ward-Yates, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2007 / Nikisha Nelson, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2007 / Brittany Malbunka Reid, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2007 / Karni Mitchell, Ngaanyatjarra people, Australia b.2006 / Warakurna Superheroes (series) 2017 / Archival pigment print on paper / Seven sheets: 100 x 150cm (each) / Gift of the artists through the QAGOMA Foundation 2018 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Tony Albert/Copyright Agency / View full image

When

25 Apr – 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

    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

    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

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