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Elaine Pelot Syron
"Black fellas need help to tell their stories''. Elaine Pelot Syron
Elaine Pelot Syron,nee Kitchener was born in Bradenton, Florida U.S.A. She was influenced early in life by her father's love of documentary photography developing her first black and white films and prints in the attic under his supervision. John Crews Pelot was a photographer in post World War I, Germany. Elaine and her two children moved to Australia in 1971 where she worked as an English high school teacher. Elaine took her first formal training in photography at the Australian Centre for Photography in Paddington and later consolidated her studies at Alexander Mackie College and at Woolloomooloo Studio. Through her work with filmmaker Andreea Reese Maddox and Dr. Roberta Sykes, Elaine became involved in the Aboriginal community and fostered a desire to record key moments in Aboriginal politics and culture. She has worked closely with a number of Aboriginal organizations and key community leaders such as Joe Croft, Mum Shirl and Charles Perkins. Elaine's work is held in public collections at the State Library of NSW, the Queensland Art Gallery, the Australian Museum, The Powerhouse Museum, The Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Commission and the Australian Council of the Arts.
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