Max Dupain [electronic resource] : A portrait of the new landmark biography of Australia's most iconic photographer from leading curator and award-winning author of OLIVE COTTON
Helen Ennis2024
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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...
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Author:
Helen Ennis, Author
Imprint:
Australia : 4th Estate, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (544 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781460716717
Language:
English
BRN:
519287
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