limited edition folio of photographs of the tiwiThis Folio of 50 photographs of indigenous australians by heide smith, has been personally selected from The Tiwi Collection of more than 3,500 images. It is issued as a Limited Edition of three folios, each consisting of 50 photographs. The images are printed on 32 x 48cm Hahnemuehle […]
an introduction to the tiwihow it all startedIn July 1987, I flew to Darwin to meet the skipper of the Trisha Kate, a roll-on barge supplying isolated settlements in the Arafura Sea. The skipper was the legendary, now late, George Haritos, who knew the tricky waters around the islands like the back of his hand. […]
heide smith’s portraits of the Tiwiabout Tiwi portraits: Traditional Pukumani law prohibits the mention of the name of a deceased person for a considerable period, sometimes as long as twelve months. The same taboo applies to images of a deceased person. If this law had been applied to my photographs, I would not have been […]
heide smith’s photographs of Tiwi cultureAbout Photographs of Tiwi Culture: Anthropologists believe that the Tiwi, and other Aborigines, arrived in Australia from Africa at least 50,000 years ago. The bible tells us that the Earth was created in seven days, and that we are descended from Adam and Eve. The Tiwi have their own creation […]
heide smith’s photographs of Tiwi going bushabout Photographs of Tiwi going bush: Every year during the dry-season, which runs from April to August, and particularly during the school-holidays in June and July, the Tiwi “go bush.” Whole families travel together and actually live in the bush, and survive largely off the bush. To be more […]
heide smith’s photographs of Tiwi art & artistsabout photographs of tiwi art and artists: Art is part of the way of life for the Tiwi and indeed for much of Aboriginal Australia. It has been reported that one in every seven Aboriginal adults in the Northern Territory is a productive artist. Tiwi artist’s can be seen […]
Indigenous Australians – Tiwi Museum continuing the story of my latest trip to the Tiwi Isles from 11-18 April. At the Museum I meet Fiona and Magdalene Kerinaiua and the younger Joanita Tipiloura again. Fiona is busy on the computer and Maggie is translating old Tiwi stories to English. Magdalene actually featured in my 1990 […]
Indigenous Australians Tiwi – coming home It’s April 11 at last, and I am off to Bathurst Island north of Darwin. Love these small planes. You can see so much. Can’t wait to be back to my other home, the Tiwi Isles. Though only for a week, I hope to see old friends again. My […]
vintage photographs of indigenous australians These vintage photographs are of the Tiwi, indigenous australians. The Tiwi are the inhabitants of Bathurst and Melville Islands, 60 kilometres north of Darwin. You can learn more about the Tiwi in The Tiwi Collection.About the prints: These photographs were taken between 1987 -1994. Details of each original print are displayed […]