Exhibition review: New Light: Photography Now + Then, Museum of Brisbane

A wall of black and white photos. Two people with their backs to the camera, are wearing white. Their hair too is in shades of white/grey.

Alfred Henrie Elliott (1870-1954) was a keen amateur photographer whose significant body of work, donated to the City of Brisbane, has been housed in the Museum of Brisbane (MoB) since 1983. Preserved in cedar cigar boxes, the Elliott Collection appeared to have lain dormant for decades until it was discovered beneath a house in inner-city … Read more