Max du pain biography of george michael
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From multi-award-winning writer Helen Ennis comes the first ever biography of the photographer Max Dupain, the most influential Australian photographer of the 20th century and creator of many iconic images that have passed into our national imagination.
Max Dupain (1911-1992) was a major cultural figure in Australia, and at the forefront of the visual arts in a career spanning more than fifty years.
During this time he produced a number of images now regarded as iconically Australian. He championed modern photography and a distinctive Australian approach.
To date, Dupain has been seen mostly in one-dimensional, limited and limiting terms – as exceptional, as super masculine, as an Australian hero.
But this landmark biography approaches him as a complex and contradictory figure who, despite the apparent certitude of his photographic style, was filled with self-doubt and anxiety.
Dupain was a Romantic and a rationalist and struggled with the intensity of his emotions and re
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Book launch: Max Dupain: A Portrait by Helen Ennis
Daniel Gleeson: Good evening, everyone. What a fantastic turnout tonight. This is just great. Well done, Helen. My name is Daniel Gleason, and I'm the Director of Community Engagement here at the National Library. It's my pleasure to welcome you all here tonight for this very special event. Before we begin, I would like to acknowledge that we are on Ngunnawal and Ngambri land, and I pay my respects to their elders, both past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people here today and online.
Tonight's event is a celebration of two great talents: Max Dupain, one of Australia's most influential and iconic photographers, and of course, Helen Ennis, a renowned photography curator, award-winning writer, fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, and recipient of the J. Dudley Johnson Medal by the British Royal Photographic Society in 2021. Helen is currently, I always have trouble with this wor
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Australian Modern by Max Dupain
With a career spanning more than 50 years, Max Dupain is regarded as one of Australia’s most respected and influential black-and-white photographers.
Dupain pioneered a Modernist approach of high contrast, sharp focus, dramatic angles, and creative compositions, departing sharply from the sentimentality of soft focused and nostalgic post-colonialism.
This collection of over 60 original photographs hand printed by Jill White, records a bygone era of Australian society from the 1930s to 1980s. Amongst them are some of Australia’s most iconic images of beach culture, landscape, fashion, and the grand vistas and quiet moments of city life including the construction of the Sydney Opera House and powerful images of the new Sydney Harbour Bridge. Dupain’s work is an inspiration to any aspiring photographer or voyeur of culture.
This project has been assisted by Jill White.
Jill White began her career as a photographer in the 1970s when she wor