Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive selected by Mike Bowers
The Library holds more than 18,000 photographs in the Fairfax Archive of glass-plate negatives. Published in newspapers such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun and The Sydney Mail between 1890 and 1948, these images trace the art of photojournalism from its infancy, through the development of visual storytelling, to the highly illustrated news stories we know so well today.
At its very best photojournalism can define a moment, a movement, an era, or even a whole generation. It can bring down a careless politician or elevate them to a winning position. It can lift a weary spirit. And sometimes it can move opinions and change the way we view the world.
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