Photographs of Sydney gay and lesbian artists and activists / by Sallie Colechin

fonds

1978, 1998

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9658264

24 negatives - 35 mm
1 photograph - digital, TIFF

Sydney-born Sallie Colechin has maintained an art practice and professional career as a photographer for over 50 years. Leaving Cremorne Girls High School in 1975, she attained an Art Certificate/Photography Major from the National Art School in 1978 and pursued commercial practice working for theatre and film, community and government organisations and private enterprise. Documenting the LGBTQI movement since the mid-late 1970s, Colechin has also taught commercial photography at TAFE NSW for over twenty years. Her photographic work has been published in various media and is represented in public and private collections in Australia and overseas. Relocating to Wingham, NSW, in 2018, Colechin continues her teaching and exhibition practice in active retirement.

References:
https://www.colechinphotolmaging.com/about (Accessed 4 February 2022)
Library correspondence file

24 black and white negatives of various events in Sydney in 1978 relating to New South Wales gay and lesbian artists and activists; and 1 digital image of the 78ers Organising Committee on the 20th anniversary of the First Mardi Gras, 1998.

FILE 1
Events in Sydney in 1978 relating to New South Wales gay and lesbian artists and activists

FILE 2
78ers Organising Committee - 20th Anniversary, 1998

This material is held in cold storage and requires 3 working days notice to retrieve. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian - Applies to ON 677

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Sallie Colechin
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, and Courtesy Sallie Colechin

Titles and dates supplied by photographer.