(above) Bindi Cole, Ajay, 2009. Archival pigment print on rag paper, 100 x 82 cm.
Bindi Cole, a Wathaurung artist based in Melbourne, first brought the Sistagirls to our attention last year when she won the Deadly Art Award, part of the Victorian Indigenous Art Awards, with her photo Ajay. Bindi was so inspired by the Sistagirls that she began an ambitious photographic series in an outdoor, tableau-style that would celebrate the strength of these unique transgender women from the Tiwi Islands.
Read my piece about Bindi Cole at The Art Life.