William Yang Stories of Love and Death

Acclaimed photographer William Yang has captured the zeitgeist like no-one else, providing a very personal insight into the evolution of Mardi Gras, the spectre of AIDS, Sydney’s theatrical and social scenes, and changing notions of ‘belonging’ in multicultural Australia. In this groundbreaking book, featuring 100 images from William Yang’s personal archive, Helena Grehan and Edward Scheer explore Yang’s self-portraiture across photography, performance and documentary.

Helena Grehan is a Professor in the School of Arts at Murdoch University. She is the author of Mapping Cultural Identity in Contemporary Australian Performance and Performance, Ethics and Spectatorship in a Global Age. Edward Scheer is a Professor in the School of Arts and Media at UNSW. He has written on art and aesthetics for the Art Gallery of New South Wales, documenta (13), the Biennale of Sydney and the Auckland Triennial.