Brenda L. Croft‘s series Naabámi (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me) is currently showing in On Country: Photography from Australia at the prestigious festival Les Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles, France. This major exhibition is curated by PHOTO Australia’s Pippa Milne and Brendan McCleary and highlights the work of twenty Australian artists.

Croft’s important series Naabámi (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me) features portraits derived from tintypes, then printed large-scale of contemporary Australian First Nations women and girls, honouring Barangaroo, the Cammeraygal woman known for her staunch position as an unceded sovereign First Nations woman during first settler-colonial contact. Read more in The Guardian here.

In addition, Brenda L. Croft’s work is included in Protest is a creative act at Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne.

Protest is a creative act brings together work of Australian women artists that calls out inequality and seeks to disrupt the status quo. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the UN-declared International Women’s Year (1975), the exhibition charts the relationship between art, protest and social change over that 50-year period, while also showing that taking a stand means more than waving a placard at a protest rally. Courtesy of Museum of Australian Photography.

On Country: Photography from Australia
Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
until 5 October 2025

Protest is a creative act
Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne
until 31 August 2025