A Lens on Identity: The Visionary World of Ponch Hawkes Born in 1946 in Abbotsford, Victoria, Ponch Hawkes has spent decades crafting a visual language that serves as a profound mirror to the Australian soul. A self-taught master of the medium, her journey into photography was not born from formal academic training but from a visceral need to document the shifting tides of social and cultural history. Returning to Australia from the U…