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Ruby Spowart (born 1928) is an Australian photographer whose award-winning images of outback landscapes are based on some 40 safari tours in Australia and New Zealand. Ruby is a triple Master of Photography, Fellow and Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography. She also achieved a Certificate in Art from the
Queensland College of Art The Queensland College of Art (QCA) is a specialist arts and design college located in South Bank, Brisbane, and Southport on the Gold Coast of Queensland in Australia. Founded in 1881, the college is the oldest arts institution in Australia. A ...
as well as an Associate Diploma of Visual Art from
Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...
. Co-founder of the Brisbane Imagery Gallery in 1982, she exhibited there until 1995. From Polaroid colour photograms in the 1980s to large-scale photo mosaics in the 1990s and photobooks since 2000, she has created a considerable body of work. Spowart is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers (AIPP). In March 2009, Spowart was one of six Australian female photographers who were celebrated by the AIPP. The others were Bronwyn Kidd,
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, Karen Gowlett-Holmes, Lyn Whitfield-King and Jackie Ranken.


Work

Spowart has created an immense body of work in the following techniques: Polaroid 10”x8” colour photograms (1980s), polaroid SX-70 multi-image (joiner-style works) (1980s), massive pseudo-panorama landscapes (1980s & 90s), camera toss mosaics (1980s & 90s), large-scale photo mosaics (1980s & 90s), artists’ books and photobooks (2000–2012) Some of Spowart’s work from the AIPP APP Awards success are her most famous, particularly her work with Kodak High Speed Infrared film and Leica M2. Many of the images are of outback Australian landscapes and are mainly sepia toned. Many of her photographs were printed by her son, Doug Spowart. During her career, Spowart has won many awards including several from the McGregor Prize for Photography.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Spowart, Ruby 1928 births Living people Australian photographers Landscape photographers Australian women photographers People from Brisbane 20th-century Australian photographers 20th-century Australian women artists Queensland College of Art alumni Queensland University of Technology alumni 20th-century women photographers