Ricky Maynard b. 1953

  • Artist (Photographer)
Tasmanian photographer whose large format black and white photographs of Aboriginal people and places reflect his commitment to a humanist approach to documentary photography, social change, and the accurate and dignified representation of Aboriginal people.

Citations

  • Munroe, Keith (2007), 'Culture Warriors – 2007 Indigenous Art Triennial’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Exhibition catalogue.

  • Quail, Avril (2005), 'Freddy Timms and Ricky Maynard’, 'Interesting Times: focus on contemporary Australia Art’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW, Exhibition catalogue.

  • Munro, Keith (2006), 'A Distant Land’, Meanjin “Blak Times” vol. 65, no. 1 pp. 94-100, Photo essay.

  • Taylor, P. (1988), 'After 200 Years Photo-essays of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People’, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Chapter 1 “Moonbird People”.

  • Fink, Hannah (2005), 'Ricky Maynard’, Tradition Today: Indigenous art in Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, p. 88.

  • Birch, Tony & Maynard, Ricky (illustrations) (2000), 'Reversing the Negatives: a Portrait of Aboriginal Victoria’, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Maynard, Ricky (book editor Phillips, Sandra) (1994), 'The Craft of Documentary Photography’, Racism, Representation & Photography, Inner city education centre cooperative, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW