The Absent History theme of the Photographing the Mallee project refers to history that has been forgotten displaced. This approach to photographing the Mallee emerged during the collaborative Mallee Routes (2017-2019) section of the project. Towards the end of this collaborative phase, when I was starting the solo part of the project I linked the contemporary black and white photos to the black and white photos that I had made in the 1980s to explore the Mallee’s absent history.
The cameras used for the Absent history are primarily medium and large format (5×7 and 5×4)..
