Return to nature

The Museum of Australian Photography is currently seeking expressions of interest for our new travelling exhibition, Return to nature. Return to nature is an exhibition of over 70 photographic artworks that reflect upon shifting perspectives on Australia’s landscape. Seen through the lenses of over 40 photographers, including colonialists of the 1870s and contemporary artists, Return to nature considers the Australian landscape in its many forms. From nature as something to conquer to something to protect, this exhibition encompasses a range of approaches to landscape, including an enduring sentiment held by First Nations people that there is no separation between humans and the natural world, rather there is interconnection and interdependence. Return to nature includes key works from MAPh’s significant collection of Australian photographs, as well as a new iteration of ‘Interference pattern’ (2018– ) by Rebecca Najdowski and Vivian Cooper Smith, a vibrant exploration of what it means to make photographs with the landscape rather than of it.