Alfred Henrie Elliott (1870–1954) was a Brisbane-based amateur photographer whose images lay dormant for decades until their discovery in 1983 in cigar boxes beneath a Red Hill home. Initially comprising 300 glass-plate negatives and a trusty tailboard camera, the collection’s narrative took an unexpected turn with an additional find of 400-plus negatives and ninety-two prints.
New compositions by Marian Drew, Jo-Anne Driessens, Joachim Froese, Tammy Law, Carl Warner, Nina White, and Keemon Williams add scope, texture and depth to this extensive archive, exploring notions of time, place, fragility and memory.
Carl Warner, Towards Silence, Palazzo Ducale, 2024, archival pigment on cotton paper, 120 × 95cm unique print. Courtesy the artist and Museum of Brisbane, Queensland
Museum of Brisbane
17 August 2024 to 13 July 2025
Queensland
