Camera Natura
2015
Computer Files, Websites
CAMERA NATURA is a film about the Australian landscape as portrayed in the myths, maps, painting, writing, photography and cinema of white Australians. Even before Europeans had located Australia, they had constructed an image of the country. The Antipodes were projected to give form to European aspirations and anxieties. CAMERA NATURA traces the developing image of the continent as it has been represented over 200 years, from the anguish of the convict painter, Thomas Watling, to the technologies of the cinema and aerial photography. CAMERA NATURA charts the contours of a mythic realm and geographical entity. Through its use of painting, photographs and film it highlights some of the premises upon which many 'quintessential' Australian myths and beliefs are founded.
Main title:
Author:
Gibson, Ross, filmmakerKanopy (Firm)
Work:
Imprint:
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file)
Notes:
Title from title frames.In Process Record.Originally produced by Ronin Films in 1984.In English
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
Undetermined
Index terms:
AnthropologyAustralian and Indigenous StudiesVisual Art
BRN:
407700
Electronic access:
Access eFilm - A Kanopy streaming videohttps://www.kanopy.com/node/41753/external-image - Cover Image