The Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) will showcase vintage prints by students and teachers from the Prahran College of Advanced Education in a new exhibition, opening 1 March.
Image: Phillip QUIRK: Suzanne Budds 1973, one of the images to be displayed in the up-coming exhibition. (Courtesy of the artist.)
Featuring the work of approximately 60 artists, The basement: photography from Prahran College (1968–1981) brings to light rare vintage prints from the 1960s through to the early 1980s, key archival ephemera and folio work – from students and teachers of the College’s Diploma of Art & Design (Photography) which, when it opened in May 1968 became one of Australia’s most progressive art schools, photography was taught as an artform. Taught by influential photographers such as John Cato, Paul Cox and Athol Shmith, the school became a breeding ground for some of this country’s most important art photographers: Carol Jerrems, Bill Henson, Nanette Carter, Rod McNicol, Polly Borland and Peter Milne, among many others.
This exhibition is being supported by Colin Abbott, Andrew Penn AO and Kallie Blauhorn. Accompanying this exhibition is a major publication supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation.
The exhibition will run until 25 May, 2025 at the Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh), at 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill, Victoria. Click here for more information.