Kalumburu Photography Collective - Kalumburu
The Kalumburu Photography Collective is a group of women photographers from the remote community of Kalumburu in Western Australia. Supported by Enterprise Partnerships WA, the collective began in 2016 from a shared desire to create new income opportunities for women and families through photography, while celebrating culture, community, and connection to Country.
Camera Story first collaborated with the collective in 2020, when Enterprise Partnerships WA invited the organisation to co-facilitate a photography and enterprise workshop in Broome. Five women — Maria Fredericks, Kimberley French, Maria Jacobs, Colleen Mangolomara, and Kitty Fredricks — travelled from Kalumburu to take part. The workshop focused on technical photography, editing, and digital storytelling, while also building networks with Indigenous artists and enterprises in Broome.
The partnership has since evolved into a long-term collaboration between Camera Story, the Kalumburu Photography Collective, and Enterprise Partnerships WA. From 2023 to 2024, collective members Maria Fredericks and Maria Maraltadj completed an 18-month mentoring program with Camera Story’s Sarah Landro as part of Exposure: New Voices in Australian Photography — a project partnership with the Perth Centre for Photography. Their work was exhibited at the Perth Centre for Photography (2024) and the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery (2025 Perth Festival).
The Strong Women, Strong Communities program further deepened this partnership through a creative workshop series in Kalumburu with First Nations mentor and bush foods expert Pat Torres. Centred on local flora and cultural storytelling, the workshops produced a set of community postcards that celebrate knowledge, creativity, and enterprise.