Max Pam
photographer
Max Pam is an Australian photographer born in Melbourne in 1949. His work is characterized by a deep engagement with travel and cultural exploration across Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Indian Ocean Rim. After leaving Australia at age 20 to assist an astrophysicist on a journey from Calcutta to London, Pam developed a practice of documenting personal encounters and landscapes that move beyond mere tourist records into unfolding stories of experience. He has been represented in major public and private collections in Australia, Great Britain, France, and Japan. His photography often explores themes of cultural fluency, visual instinct, and the mysterious nature of travel. He currently teaches photomedia at Edith Cowan University in Perth.[1,2]
- travel
- Asian photography
- Indian Ocean Rim cultures
- cultural encounters
Books
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Going East€100.00 -
Indian Ocean Journals€8.00 -
Supertourist€600.00
Works by Max Pam
- 1986 Max Pam: From Eastern Fluency to Southern Recall: Photographs 1980-1985
- 1989 Visual Instincts: Contemporary Australian Photography Edited by Max Pam.
- 1992 Going East: Two Decades of Asian Photography
- 1992 Human Eye: Max Pam: Photographs 1970-1992 Exhibition catalogue.
- 1999 Max Pam: Collection L'oiseau Rare
- 1999 Ethiopia
- 2000 Indian Ocean Journals With Patrick Remy.
- 2002 Kailash
- 2009 Atlas Monographs With the writer Stephen Muecke.
- 2012 Ramadan in Yemen
- 2012 Narcolepsy With Bob Charles.
- 2013 Contingency in Madagascar With Stephen Muecke.
Exhibitions
- 1986 Max Pam: 1980-1985
- 1990 Max Pam: 1971-1990
- 1992 Max Pam: Retrospective
- 1999 Signature Works - 25th Anniversary Exhibition
- 2002 Meridian - Focus on Contemporary Australian Art
- 2002 Red Light
- 2004 stripTEASE - Max Pam
Awards
- 1992 Grand Prix du Livre Photographique
- 2010 Best Photography Book of the Year (international category)