Exhibition Information
PIX — Australia’s first pictorial news weekly — hit newsstands around the country in January 1938.
With its eye-catching lipstick-red logo, PIX delivered a new style of journalism, using photographs to tell daring stories of modern life. Always intended to shock, entertain and inform, PIX stayed popular with its readers for over 30 years.
This exhibition explores the PIX story — through the people and pictures that made the magazine — for the first time.
Top PIX
These photos have been picked by Library staff as some of the best shots from 167,000 of images in the PIX negative archive. These pictures show the extraordinary talent of PIX photographers and tell incredible stories from Australian life.
Barbara Toner reflects on her time as a PIX journalist
Thanks to our supporters
This exhibition has been generously supported by the Estate of the Sheina McCann.
Meet the curator
Margot Riley
Margot has curated numerous exhibitions and displays for the Library including 'Coming Out in the 70s' and 'How's Tricks? Magic in the Golden Age', as well as working in research, acquisition and interpretation. A cultural historian with a special interest in popular culture, photography and dress, Margot has written and lectured extensively about the Library's collections.
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