# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/destiny-deacon
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:23.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/destiny-deacon"
name: "Destiny Deacon"
slug: "destiny-deacon"
description: "Destiny Deacon HonFRPS was an Australian photographer, broadcaster, political activist and media artist. She exhibited photographs and films across Australia and also internationally, focusing on politics and exposing the disparagement around Australian Aboriginal cultures. She was credited with introducing the term \"Blak\" to refer to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders' contemporary art, culture and history."
tagline: "Australian photographer (1957–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Destiny_Deacon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1957-02-06"
deathDate: "2024-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.276494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny_Deacon"
    title: "Destiny Deacon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديستينى دياكون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny_Deaconov%C3%A1"
    title: "Destiny Deaconová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "డెస్టినీ డీకన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny_Deacon"
    title: "Destiny Deacon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny_Deacon"
    title: "Destiny Deacon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19872801"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump