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06 | Shooting the Past | The Glide
10/09/2026
An arresting photograph has Clare Wright duck-diving into the history of surfing in Australia.
05 | Shooting the Past | Roughy Justice
10/09/2026
A fishy looking photograph throws Clare Wright into the deep end of the battle between industry and sustainability.
04 | Shooting the Past | Alien Nation
10/09/2026
Clare Wright explores the story behind a studio portrait of an Edwardian family, and raises some tricky questions about citizenship, the Australian constitution and the subtle art of belonging.
03 | Shooting the Past | All Tragic to the Moon
10/09/2026
Clare Wright unravels the dramatic story within a family photograph that takes us to the searing heart of an Australian summer tragedy: bushfire.
02 | Shooting the Past | Camp Sovereignty
10/09/2026
A photograph of two men — one Indigenous and one non-Indigenous — holding hands, leads Clare Wright to investigate the history of First Nations resistance in Australia.

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