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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Jonny Weeks and Miles Martignoni

Great Australian photographs: Max Dupain's Sunbaker – an audio essay

Sunbaker composite
Sunbaker composite Composite: Guardian
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Audio 1

Click on the audio buttons to hear the discussion between the Guardian Australia picture editor, Jonny Weeks, the Guardian Australia photographer, Mike Bowers, the senior curator of photography at the National Gallery of Australia, Shaune Lakin, and the curator at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Pippa Milne.

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  • Drag the blue dot above the photo to compare: (left) the celebrated Sunbaker photo shot from a low angle and with Harold Savage extending his fingers; (right) the alternative frame with Savage clenching his fist and the ocean visible behind.


A photo from the camping trip in 1938 showing Harold Salvage and Gladys Harrison
A photo from the camping trip in 1938 showing Harold Salvage and Gladys Harrison. Photograph: Max Dupain/State Library NSW
A photo from the camping trip in 1938
A photo from the camping trip in 1938 Photograph: Max Dupain/State Library NSW
A photo from the camping trip in 1938
A photo from the camping trip in 1938 Photograph: Max Dupain/State Library of NSW
A photo from the camping trip in 1938
A photo from the camping trip in 1938 Photograph: Max Dupain/State Library of NSW
A photo from the camping trip in 1938
A photo from the camping trip in 1938 Photograph: Max Dupain/State Library of NSW
A photo from the camping trip in 1938
A photo from the camping trip in 1938 Photograph: Max Dupain/State Library NSW
Photos of Harold Savage
Photos of Harold Savage Photograph: Max Dupain/State Library NSW
  • Images from the album held by the State Library of New South Wales which record Max Dupain’s camping trip at Culburra in January 1938
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Audio 2
A photo from the camping trip in 1938
A photo from the camping trip in 1938 Photograph: Max Dupain/State Library of NSW
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Audio 3
Meat Queue
Meat Queue Photograph: Max Dupain/National Gallery of Australia
  • Meat Queue 1946; (below) a pair of fashion photos from the 1930s, At Newport Baths 1952 and Three Stockmen 1978.
Fashion photograph by Max Dupain
Fashion photograph by Max Dupain Photograph: Max Dupain/National Gallery of Australia
Fashion photograph by Max Dupain
Fashion photograph by Max Dupain Photograph: Max Dupain/National Gallery of Australia
Newport Baths
Newport Baths Photograph: Max Dupain/National Gallery of Australia
Three Stockmen
Three Stockmen Photograph: Max Dupain/National Gallery of Australia
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Audio 4
(L) Max Dupain and (R) Olive Cotton
(L) Max Dupain and (R) Olive Cotton Photograph: Max Dupain and Olive Cotton/National Gallery of Australia
  • Max Dupain and Olive Cotton; (below) Shell and Teacup Ballet by Olive Cotton
Shell by Olive Cotton
Shell by Olive Cotton Photograph: Olive Cotton/National Gallery of Australia
Teacup Ballet by Olive Cotton
Teacup Ballet by Olive Cotton Photograph: Olive Cotton/National Gallery of Australia
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Audio 5
Sunbaker #2, 1989
Sunbaker #2, 1989 Photograph: Anne Zahalka/National Gallery of Australia
  • Sunbaker #2 1989 from the series Bondi: Playground of the Pacific by Anne Zahalka
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