Ricky Maynard and Anne Ferran

Overview

Anne Ferran has been photographing the same patch of grass for over 10 years. It’s a paddock on the outskirts of Ross, a small village in Tasmania, and the images oscillate between focused studies of the grass, which reveal the form and folds of the earth, and glimpses of the horizon. Something seems mysterious in the concentration on the ground, as if dark secrets lurk beneath the quiet cover of grass.

Providing an interesting counterpoint, Stills Gallery has also brought together a selection of work from another Tasmanian photographer, Ricky Maynard (who is also currently on show at the MCA), including works from Portraits of a Distant Land (his most recent and continuing series) and the iconic portraits of the Wik elders from Aurukun community in Queensland.

Image: Ricky Maynard, Wik Elder, Arthur, 2000, from Returning to Places that Name Us, gelatin silver print.