Precinct Tour: State Library
06 May 2022
![Image: Anu Kumar, from the series [Remnants of Ritual], 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Hero-Anu-Kumar-Web-RS-200x200.jpg "Hero Anu Kumar Web RS")
Image: Anu Kumar, from the series Remnants of Ritual, 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.
Image: Anu Kumar, from the series Remnants of Ritual, 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.
When
06 May 2022
Friday, 1:30-2:30pm (AEST)
Explore PHOTO 2022’s outdoor program and get insights into the artworks through the perspectives of some of Melbourne’s top photography experts.
Join Shivanjani Lal, curator, as our expert taking this tour.
NOTE: This tour takes place outside and is weather dependent. If rain is forecasted, participants will be notified regarding cancellation prior to the event.
Guide
Shivanjani Lal (AU / FIJI)
Shivanjani Lal is a Fijian-Australian artist and curator. Her work explores personal grief to account for ancestral loss. Exploring narratives of indenture and migratory histories from the Indian and Pacific oceans, works uses story-telling, objects and video to account for lost histories and cede futures for healing. She is the recipient of the 2019 Create New South Wales Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship, was a 2020 Studio artist at Parramatta Artists Studios and the 2020 Georges Mora Fellow. Lal’s work has been shown and curated work in Australia, New Zealand, India, United Kingdom, Barbados and France.
![Image: Sarah Pannell, from the series [The People are the Times], 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia and Metro Tunnel Creative Program for PHOTO 2022. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SarahPannell_jan2-shortlist-1-200x133.jpg "SarahPannell_jan2-shortlist-1")
![Image: Poulomi Basu, from the series [Blood Speaks: A Ritual of Exile], 2013–16. Courtesy the artist and
TJ Boulting.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BLOOD-SPEAKS_AROE_PB_DSC8200-200x160.jpeg "Poloumi Basu")
![Image: Anu Kumar, from the series [Remnants of Ritual], 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Hero-Anu-Kumar-Web-RS-3-200x200.jpg "Hero Anu Kumar Web RS")
![Image: Christian Thompson, [Being Human Human Being], 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist, Sarah Scout Presents and Yavuz Gallery.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Christian-Thompson-Being-Human-Human-Being-200x200.jpg "Christian Thompson Being Human Human Being")
![Image: Hannah Brontë, from the series [Divinely Protected], 2022. Photo by Stephanie Teixeira. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/C1A6525-1-133x200.jpg "Hannah Bronte")
![Image: J Forsyth, [PHOTO 2021]](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/210307-Photo-2021-53-200x133.jpg "210307 Photo 2021-53")
![Image: Naomi Hobson, [Fish Boys] (detail), 2022, from the series [Adolescent Wonderland]. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Naomi-Hobson-Fish-Boys-e1645577735460-200x134.jpg "Naomi Hobson, Fish Boys")
![Image: James Henry, [Aunty Marlene], from the series [Kulin Generations], 2022. Commissioned by Photo Australia for PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Aunty-Marlene-Web-RS-150x200.jpg "Aunty Marlene Web RS")
![Image: J Forsyth, [PHOTO 2021]](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/210307-Photo-2021-59-200x133.jpg "210307 Photo 2021-59")