Aboriginals

"I saw every picture. I looked into the faces of all those Aboriginal people and it was sad. I started questioning the photographer's role. It changed my life and the way I viewed pictures." Ricky Maynard

Ricky Maynard is an indigenous photographer who came to prominence in 1988 with a photo essay on Aboriginal Mutton bird farmers. An important aspect of Maynard's work is to leave proof about indigenous people where it has previously been absent or distorted