Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Many of the photographs in our collection from the Fairfax Archive are taken by unknown photographers.

Why, you ask?

Mike Bowers explains how 'Sydney Morning Herald' photographers in the 1970s fought to have their work recognised.

View some of their work in our Fit to Print exhibition: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/fit-print-defining-moments-fairfax-photo-archive-selected-mike-bowers