Ricky Maynard
Ricky Martin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Notable work | The Moonbird People Portrait of a Distant Land |
Ricky Maynard (born 1953[1]) is an Aboriginal Tasmanian documentary photographer.
Early life
Maynard was born in Launceston and his ancestry is of the Ben Lomond and Cape Portland peoples.[2] He moved to Melbourne at 16 after being recruited to play for Hawthorn Football Club. After working as a darkroom assistant, he became interested in photography. In 1983, he became a trainee photographer at Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. While examining archival photographs of Aboriginal Australians in this role, Maynard became troubled by common misrepresentation and negative depictions.[3]
Career
Maynard developed a visual style influenced by American documentary photographers of the Great Depression era such as Paul Strand and Walker Evans, and began documenting Aboriginal Australians with a humanitarian lens.[1] Many of his works have documented Aboriginal culture and social issues.[1]
His 1985-1988 work The Moonbird People, which focused on muttonbirding in the Furneaux islands, garnered him international attention and a grant to study at the International Center of Photography.[1][2]
In the 1990s, he created a series No More Than What You See, which featured portraits of Aboriginal people in four different prisons in South Australia.[3] He visited Yatala Labour Prison, Northfield Prison Complex, Port Augusta Prison, and Cadell Training Centre, developing friendships with inmates to build trust. The series was in response to the publication of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Inglis, Rob (4 May 2024). "Ricky Maynard: Tasmanian Aboriginal photographer on his unique process, quest for truth". The Mercury.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b Munro, Keith (2023). "Ricky Maynard: Picturing Survival". Art Collector Magazine.
- ^ a b c "Thirty years ago Ricky went inside prisons to capture the faces of Indigenous incarceration. He never forgot them". ABC News. 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
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