Photogrammetry: 3D imaging of Fred Embrey’s ceremonial figure [Video]

As part of QAGOMA’s Digital Transformation Initiative (DTI), the Gallery’s photography team collaborates with conservators, coders and designers in its quest to make the Collection available to everyone.

One way the DTI team improves how we understand, care for and represent artworks is through 3D digital capture. Made possible at QAGOMA through the support of donors to the Unlock the Collection campaign, 3D imaging’s impacts are wide-reaching, with benefits for conservators, academics and the public.

Recently, Nicholas Umek (Senior Photographer) and Thomas Renn (Motion Designer) used the process of photogrammetry to create a 3D model of celebrated Kabi Kabi man’s Fred Embrey’s Untitled ceremonial figure c.1930. Representing a Djan’djari spirit, the work is one of only three known works in its genre and was recently the subject of a major research project between QAGOMA and the University of Queensland, supported generously by the Mather Foundation.

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