The series features portraits created using tintypes — a photographic process introduced in Australia in the 1870s, historically used to document Australian First Nations Peoples through a colonial, ethnographic lens. In Croft’s work, contemporary First Nations women and girls are represented via tintype, then re/presented at a monumental scale. This strategic use of a medium once employed to marginalise and control reclaims its power. Through Croft’s collaborative lens-based practice, her subjects command space and presence, asserting histories that demands recognition.

Naabámi (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me) was first presented at Sydney Festival 2023, along the Barangaroo waterfront and at Old Government House, Parramatta. Iterations were also exhibited in The National 4 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2023; the Museum of Sydney, Museums of Heritage NSW, 2023; the Australian Embassy, Washington DC, USA, 2024-25; and in ON COUNTRY: Photography from Australia at Les Rencontres, Arles, France, 2025.