Joyce Evans

Grishin, Sasha
Joyce Evans

Joyce Evans

Grishin, Sasha
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'I don't know what sort of photographer I am, but I try to be an honest one.'

Joyce Evans was an unusual phenomenon in the Australian photography scene. Her conversion to photography did not occur until she was already in her forties, while her engagement in professional photography had to wait until she was fifty. She never developed a signature style, nor did she become a template photographer, but she possessed a sensibility that has become characteristic of her work, so that you can quickly recognise a Joyce Evans photograph. She was an artist who possessed a definite photographic personality.

Evans combined documentary photography, social photography, landscape photography and studio practice. She also had a social conscience. Although avoiding didactic images or illustrative propaganda, in her documentary work and in her choice of subjects, she had pursued an agenda that shone a light on racism, social inequality and environmental degradation.

This stylish and generously-illustrated monograph shows how Evans' photography was about capturing not only the surface appearances, but ultimately the essences, of her subjects. It illustrates the Evans' belief that in silence and stillness you come to feel the spirit of the subject, and that capturing this spirit was the photographer's goal.

Author:   Grishin, Sasha
Publisher:   National Library of Australia
ISBN:  

9780642279828


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   01 November 2022
Bind Format:   Hardback
Availability:  
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'I don't know what sort of photographer I am, but I try to be an honest one.'

Joyce Evans was an unusual phenomenon in the Australian photography scene. Her conversion to photography did not occur until she was already in her forties, while her engagement in professional photography had to wait until she was fifty. She never developed a signature style, nor did she become a template photographer, but she possessed a sensibility that has become characteristic of her work, so that you can quickly recognise a Joyce Evans photograph. She was an artist who possessed a definite photographic personality.

Evans combined documentary photography, social photography, landscape photography and studio practice. She also had a social conscience. Although avoiding didactic images or illustrative propaganda, in her documentary work and in her choice of subjects, she had pursued an agenda that shone a light on racism, social inequality and environmental degradation.

This stylish and generously-illustrated monograph shows how Evans' photography was about capturing not only the surface appearances, but ultimately the essences, of her subjects. It illustrates the Evans' belief that in silence and stillness you come to feel the spirit of the subject, and that capturing this spirit was the photographer's goal.

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Author:   Grishin, Sasha
Publisher:   National Library of Australia
ISBN:  

9780642279828


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   01 November 2022
Bind Format:   Hardback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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