Brenda L Croft
Gurindji/Malngin/Mudburra peoples; Anglo-Australian/Chinese/German/Irish/Scottish heritage
born Australia 1964
Prue Hazelgrove (wet plate collodion process technical assistant)
Men of High Degree: Jim Everett – puralia meenamatta (clan plangermairreenner, Ben Lomond people, Cape Portland nation, north-east Tasmania) 2023
original wet plate collodion process tintype, pigment photographic print on paper
‘I met Jim Everett – puralia meenamatta – at the First Black Playwrights Conference in 1987. This was such a formative event for me, being surrounded by senior cultural and political activists and creatives. At the time Jim was producer at ABC TV’s Aboriginal Programs Unit. Born on Flinders Island, Tasmania, Jim lives on Cape Barren Island. With 50 years involvement in the First Nations struggle, Jim is renowned as a creative and critical author, and producer/cultural advisor on documentary and feature films. This portrait is the second in my series Men of High Degree – a cultural reimagining of early 20th-century anthropologist AP Elkin’s culturally inappropriate publication Aboriginal Men of High Degree.’
Brenda L Croft’s creative-led research encompasses Critical Indigenous Performative Collaborative Autoethnography and Storywork.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 Finalist
Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Cultural Gifts Program by Brenda L Croft in memory of Trugernanner (Truganini) and Tarenorerer (Walyer).
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves.
Linda Burney, Brenda Croft and Darrell Sibosado share memories of Michael Riley and his photographic practice.
The National Photographic Portrait Prize 2024 celebrates established and emerging artistic talent from across the country.
