Self Portrait / Self Image (1980) : Janine Burke was the curator of the exhibition and the author of the 1980 publication Self-Portrait/Self-Image. The project was organized through the Australian Gallery Directors Council (AGDC) in Melbourne and premiered at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) Gallery.
The catalogue is a significant document in Australian art history because it solidified the link between feminist theory and the "New Photography" of the early 1980s. Artists Included: Micky Allan, Vivienne Binns, Sue Ford, Ponch Hawkes, and Joy Hester.
Burke’s involvement as crucial because she brought a specific feminist art historian's lens to the project. In the catalogue essay, she famously discussed how the "personal is political," arguing that when women artists photograph themselves, they are not just making "pictures" but are engaging in a "psychological history" etched into the face and body.
Her essay in this catalogue is often cited for its analysis of Sue Ford, whose Time Series was a cornerstone of the exhibition. Burke noted that Ford's self-portraits were "as honest as one can ever be about oneself."
For the online version; Main Book Janine Burke's essay 1980 Gael Newton's essay 2016
