05+Ricky+Maynard

====Born in Launceston, Tasmania in 1953, Ricky Maynard is a self taught documentary photographer now based on Flinders Island in the Bass Strait between Tasmania and mainland Australia. His work covers a broad range of themes and issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. It includes photographs which document sites significant to Maynard's people ranging from beautiful song line landscapes depicting tribal movements and historical displacement routes, to confrontational images of Indigenous people incarcerated in the South Australian prison system.====

====//"For me, photographs have always been personal and I hope to convey the intimacy of a diary. Photography has the ability to tell stories about the world and how the photograph has power to frame a culture," says Maynard, describing his practice.//====

DISCUSSION TASK
subject heading: Ricky Maynard ==** Ricky Maynard says that it is important for people of Australia to recognise the truth of their collective past. Comment on how the medium of photography assists Maynard to relate trust, truth and honesty to the audience. **==