In the 1980s Dolores Scott was a dancer with the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association. She went on to work as a publicist for the Bangarra Dance Theatre and later became an educator. Her mother, Dr Evelyn Scott AO, was an Indigenous rights activist and social justice campaigner, one of the leading campaigners in the 1967 referendum, and chair of the Aboriginal Council for Reconciliation.
Michael Riley, a Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi photographer, filmmaker and video-artist, was one of Australia's most influential Aboriginal contemporary artists. This photograph of Scott was used as the publicity image for Riley's first solo exhibition, Portraits by a Window in 1990, representing the vibrant urban-based Indigenous arts community in Sydney.
Purchased 2013
© Michael Riley/Copyright Agency, 2024
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves.
Linda Burney, Brenda Croft and Darrell Sibosado share memories of Michael Riley and his photographic practice.
Michael Riley’s early portraits by Amanda Rowell.
