This event is held in association with the National Foundation for Australian Women and the Australian Women's Archives Program (AWAP).

Winter Tales events feature a notable woman speaking about her life and work and raise funds to support the Australian Women’s Archives Program.

Afternoon tea will be served following the presentation.

About the AWAP

The Australian Women’s Archives Program (AWAP) is an initiative of the National Foundation for Australian Women. AWAP builds knowledge and recognition of the contribution made by women through an online biographical Register. Winter Tales events raise funds to support the Register’s development.

About Professor Helen Ennis

Helen Ennis writes on Australian photography and her latest book, Max Dupain: A Portrait (2024), is her third biography. She is Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, where she was Director of the Centre for Art History and Art Theory from 2014 to 2018. Helen was formerly trained as a curator at the National Gallery of Australia where she headed the Department of Photography from 1985 to 1992 and has worked extensively as a freelance curator, including for the National Library of Australia. 

Her numerous publications include Intersections: Photography, history and the National Library of Australia, Reveries: Photography and Mortality, Photography and Australia, and award-winning biographies of Margaret Michaelis and Olive Cotton. Helen is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities and in 2021 was awarded the J Dudley Johnson Medal by the British Royal Photographic Society for her contribution to the history of photography.