Author(s): Ingeborg Tyssen

Photography

Ingeborg Tyssen was described by noted Australian critic, Robert McFarlane, as 'one of the most talented photographers from the postwar generation'. She often portrayed herself as an 'observer', writing in 1975 that 'Whenever possible I carry a loaded camera ... I react without too much thought. Rarely do I wait for a situation to resolve itself. Nor do I direct or provoke people. The important aspects are composition, texture and light'.