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1943
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William Yang, photographer, playwright, fimmaker, was born in Mareeba, North
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Queensland Australia.
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He studied architecture at Queensland University, then abandonned his studies |
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to join an experimental theatre company as playwright.
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1970
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He decided to settle in Sydney as a freelance photographer.
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- He photographed artists and celebrities he met backstage at the Sydney
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Theater and published them in magazines.
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- He photographed gay parties from the gay liberation movement - Sydney's Mardi
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Gras to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.
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1977
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The exhibition at Australian Center forPhotography : Sydneyphiles, and his book : Sydney
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DAY, documenting Sydney's gay community parties, made him known.
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- He began inscrib commentaries or recollection on his photographs.
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1989
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He toured in the form of Performance Theatre, in Australia and around the world..
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- For these shows Sadness - Friends of Dorothy - The North - Blood Links - Shadows,
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he presented his photographs as slide shows, with an oral monologue.
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1998
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Diaries - A retrospective exhibition of William Yang State Library of New South Wales.
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2001
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William Yang : Australian Chinese exhibited inThe National Portrait Gallery toured
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widely in Australia.
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He lives and works in Sydney Australia. |
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Daniele Sicard |
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Awards selection
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1999
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Nominated Photographer of the year - Higashikawa-cho International Photographic Festival
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1999
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AWGIE Award - Best Screenplay |
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1999
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Australian Film Critics Circle Award - Best Documentary
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Collections sélection
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Australia
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Modern Art Gallery
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Brisbane
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Queensland Art Gallery
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Brisbane
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National Portrait Gallery
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Canberra
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National Library of Australia
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Canberra
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National Gallery of Victoria
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Melbourne
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Art Gallery of New South Wales
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Sydney
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State Library of New South Wales
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Sydney
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Japan
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Higashikawa-cho Municipal Gallery
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Hokkaido
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Metropolitain Museum of photography
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Tokyo
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Solo exhibitions selection |
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1993
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From Bondi to Uluru Higashikawa Arts Center Hokkaido Japan
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1994
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Sydney Photographed MCA Sydney Australia
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1994
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Art in the Age of AIDS National Gallery of Australia Canberra Australia |
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1998
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Diaries State Library of New South Wales Sydney Australia
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1998
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On the Edhe - Australian Photographers of Seventies Museum San Diego |
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2000
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World Without End Art Gallery New South Wales Sydney Australia
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2008
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Claiming China Center for Photography Sydney Australia
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2009
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Life Lines Queensland At Gallery - Modern Art Museum Brisbane Australia
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2021
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William Yang- Seeing and Being Seen - exposition rétrospective Queensland Art Gallery |
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William Yang - Stephen 1 - Digital print 28 x 37.5 cm - 1992
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