Conceptual photographer Rosemary Laing was best known for her images of brides suspended in the sky.
, the pioneering First Nations artist and activist who is credited with pioneering the use of the word “Blak” in Australia.
“Researching through the crucial issues facing our times such as the politics of place, the natural environment, human rights, and personal psychological inquiry, her photographs explore the cultural consciousness.” Laing featured the same suspended bride with a gunshot wound, floating in the sky and seeming to defy gravity. This series,was said to have been influenced by the failure of the Republic referendum and government resistance to an apology to the Stolen Generations.
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