Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Max Dupain (1911-1992)

Olive Cotton
Max Dupain
ca. 1930
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Max Dupain
Self Portrait
ca. 1935
gelatin silver print
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Olive Cotton
Max
1935
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Max Dupain
Fashion Shot
1937
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Max Dupain
Fashion Shot for retailer David Jones
1937
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Max Dupain
Surreal Portrait of Miss Peggy Buchanan
for The Home
 [Australian magazine]
1938
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Olive Cotton
Max Dupain
1939
gelatin silver print
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Olive Cotton
Max after surfing
1939
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Max Dupain
Miss Noleen Woodward
1940
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Max Dupain
Portrait of Loudon Sainthill
(illustrator and stage designer)
1946
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Max Dupain
Ticket Sellers, Minerva Theatre
1946
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Max Dupain
Meat Queue
1946
gelatin silver print
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

Max Dupain
Office of Harry Seidler & Associates, Architects,
Milsons Point, Sydney

1973
C-print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Max Dupain
Theatre Royal, Sydney
designed by Harry Seidler & Associates

1976
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Max Dupain
Untitled
1978
gelatin silver print
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Jill White
Portrait of Max Dupain
1989
gelatin silver print
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

"I find that my whole life, if it is going to be of any consequence in photography, has to be devoted to that place where I have been born, reared and worked, thought, philosophised and made pictures to the best of my ability.  And that's all I need."  – Max Dupain