Learn about the complex, engaging and sometimes contradictory nature of all things photographic with NGV Senior Curator Susan van Wyk at an introductory talk for Photography: Real and Imagined.

Photography: Real and Imagined examines the proposition that a photograph can be grounded in the real world, a record, a document, a reflection of the world around us; or the product of imagination, storytelling and illusion; and on occasion operate in both realms.  

The exhibition includes more than 200 works by Australian and international photographers and artists working with photo-media. The photographs, selected from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, are arranged in thematic groupings to explore ideas including; movement, place, environment, narrative, self, community, surrealism, consumption, conflict, work, play, light, and death. 

After attending the talk, preview the exhibition before it opens to the public. Separate ticket required for talk and preview. To secure your ticket to the free exhibition preview, click here.