This is a first-rate book. It reproduces some superb and utterly distinctive imagery. Art Newspaper ... prior to Helen Ennis's Photography and Australia arguably only three books of any significance had been published on the topic. Ennis's survey is distinguished however by more than its mere arrival. Central to her inquiry is the argument that photography in Australia has been ... Read moreinescapably shaped by the country's colonial invasion / inception ... One of the most commendable aspects is Ennis's critical analysis of the medium in relation to the complexity of indigenous and settler Australian relations. Source This is an excellent survey of the major developments, practitioners and icons of Australian photography, providing a wide-ranging, inclusive overview ... Generously illustrated with eighty images, and written in a clear, accessible style, seven chapters cover themes and periods ranging across the entire span of photographic practice in Australia since 1841, and constituting a valuable introduction to the medium's main developments in broad historical context. Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History Show Less