James Taylor is featured in Snap Blak: Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island photography from the Collection, a compelling exhibition that brings together dynamic examples of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island photography. The works in this series champion Indigenous self-representation, asserting visual sovereignty that resists prevalent stereotypes and re-presents their communities on their own terms.
Within Snap Blak, each photograph challenges the settler-colonial legacy of depicting Indigenous people as subjects of disempowerment or misrepresentation. Taylor’s work, alongside that of his peers, asserts identity, cultural continuity, and belonging, offering viewers an intimate and nuanced insight into contemporary Indigenous experience.
This exhibition foregrounds the power of the lens as a tool of agency, celebration, and storytelling, amplifying voices that have historically been marginalised in photographic representation.
