William Yang - A talk about photography and my practice

William Yang (born 1943) is an Australian social history photographer, playwright, artist and filmmaker living in Australia. Born in Dimbulah, North Queensland, he is a third-generation Chinese Australian.

Yang's photography and performances span over 50 years and document the uncharted growth and influence of Sydney's gay subculture from the 1970s through to the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s and beyond.

Through the media of photography and performance, Yang also explores his own ethnicity as a Chinese Australian and the intersection of his ethnic background and sexuality. Yang has said of this time: "I see myself as a photographic witness to our time. I feel compelled to perform these slide shows as social rituals to unburden myself of the things I have seen."

Don't miss this chance to hear directly from an Australian photography icon.