Botany Bay 1980 photographs by Micky Allan, with Botany Bay 2010 photographs by Micky Allan and Steenus von Steensen

fonds

1980, 2010

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9659161

1243 negatives - acetate, black and white - 35 mm
416 photographs - digital, TIFF, colour

Micky Allan (b. 1944) is an Australian contemporary photographer and artist whose work covers paintings, drawings, installations and photography.

In 1979-1980 Micky Allan spent over six months photographing the Botany Bay area for an exhibition 'Botany Bay Today' at the NGV, Melbourne, and later shown at the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.

In 2010 Micky Allan, with partner Steenus von Steensen, returned to Botany Bay for a self-elected project to document the same area 30 years later. A selection of the resulting images was exhibited at The Hazelhurst Gallery, together with the 1980 series in the exhibition ‘Shifting Sands, Botany Bay Today’.

References:
Library acquisition file
'Micky Allan'. Accessed 18 August 2021. http://www.mickyallan.com/index.html

Series 1: Botany Bay 1980, photographs by Micky Allan
Series 2: Botany Bay 2010, photographs by Micky Allan and Steenus von Steensen

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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