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Jonny Weeks and Miles Martignoni

Great Australian photographs: Mervyn Bishop's symbolic shot – an audio essay

MERVYN BISHOP FILMSTRIP COMP
MERVYN BISHOP FILMSTRIP COMP Photograph: Mervyn Bishop/Art Gallery NSW

Click on the audio buttons to hear the conversation between Guardian Australia picture editor Jonny Weeks and the photographer Mervyn Bishop, whose work will be on display in a free exhibition at Art Gallery NSW in Sydney from 24 June to 8 October.

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Prime minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into the hands of traditional land owner Vincent Lingiari, Northern Territory 1975.
Prime minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into the hands of traditional land owner Vincent Lingiari, Northern Territory 1975. Photograph: Mervyn Bishop/Art Gallery NSW
  • Prime minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into the hands of traditional land owner Vincent Lingiari, Northern Territory 1975. Photo by Mervyn Bishop courtesy of Art Gallery NSW.
Mervyn Bishop with Vincent Lingiari beside an obelisk.
Mervyn Bishop with Vincent Lingiari beside an obelisk. Photograph: Mervyn Bishop
Mervyn Bishop and Gurindji men outside the Murramulla Social Club.
Mervyn Bishop and Gurindji men outside the Murramulla Social Club. Photograph: Mervyn Bishop
  • (above) Bishop with Vincent Lingiari beside an obelisk; Bishop and Gurindji men outside the Murramulla Social Club. Copyrighted images supplied by Mervyn Bishop.
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Photography cadets with a model at the Sydney Morning Herald, 1967.
Photography cadets with a model at the Sydney Morning Herald, 1967. Photograph: Mervyn Bishop/Art Gallery NSW
  • Photography cadets with a model at the Sydney Morning Herald, 1967. Photo by Mervyn Bishop courtesy of Art Gallery NSW.
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Cousins Ralph and Jim, Brewarrina, 1966.
Cousins Ralph and Jim, Brewarrina, 1966. Photograph: Mervyn Bishop/Art Gallery NSW
Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia, 1966.
Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia, 1966. Photograph: Mervyn Bishop/Art Gallery NSW
Children playing in river, Mumeka, 1975
Children playing in river, Mumeka, 1975. Photograph: Mervyn Bishop/Art Gallery NSW
  • (above) Cousins Ralph and Jim, Brewarrina, 1966; Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia, 1966; children playing in river, Mumeka, 1975.
A woman drinks a pint of beer in a Glebe pub on the eve of its closing in 1967.
A woman drinks a pint of beer in a Glebe pub on the eve of its closing in 1967. Photograph: The Sydney Morning Herald/Fairfax Media via Getty Images
  • (above) A woman drinks a pint of beer in a Glebe pub on the eve of its closing in 1967. Fairfax Media via Getty Images.
Save The Children pre-school, Nambucca Heads, 1974.
Save the Children preschool, Nambucca Heads, 1974. Photograph: Mervyn Bishop/Art Gallery NSW
Roslyn Watson, 1973.
Roslyn Watson, 1973. Photograph: Mervyn Bishop/Art Gallery NSW
  • (above) Save the Children preschool, Nambucca Heads, 1974; Roslyn Watson, 1973.
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Life and death dash, 1971.
Life and death dash, 1971. Photograph: Mervyn Bishop/Art Gallery NSW
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