Edwards' work largely drew from feminist ideals and the media's representation of women as well as the portrayal of Aboriginal communities in Australia.
[4] Edwards, along with Helen Grace, Victoria Middleton and Lyn Silverman, formed the group "Blatant Image".
These influences pushed feminist views as a major point of her works, becoming most evident in A Narrative With Sexual Overtones (1983), which addressed the idea that no pleasure could be gained from the representation of women by the media, particularly film.
: Points of View, AGNSW (2005-6); Close Relations, ACP (1998); and Shades of Light: Photography in Australia 1939-1988, NGA (1988).
[9] A range of Australian photographers participated in the project, including Max Dupain, Ed Douglas, Bill Henson and Debra Phillips.
[11] Paradise is a Place (1997) was a body of work published by Random House in collaboration with writer Gillian Mears.
[13] Sandy Edwards is still a practicing documentary photographer with over twenty years of experience in the field.
She has also curated Stills Gallery in Sydney since 1991,[16] a highly recognised and well established exhibition space which represents photographers such as Trent Parke, Anne Ferran and William Yang.