Click on the audio buttons to hear the conversations 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.
- The Kiss, Gold Coast, 1981. All images courtesy of the Rennie Ellis Archive.
- Dino Ferrari, Toorak Road, 1976, and MC Paradise Club, Kings Cross, 1970-71
- Rennie Ellis pictured in 1974 by Bob Bourne
- (Top to bottom) Yobbos, Sunbury pop festival, 1974; Razor Club, Melbourne, 1991 (on the set of the film Romper Stomper); Lindy Hobbs, Surfing World, Lorne, circa 1968; Sharpies, Melbourne, 1973; The Kiss, Gay pride week, 1973.
- At the Pub, Brisbane, 1982
- Nigel Coates and Murray Smith at Smiths Beach, 1972, by John Witzig; Bells Steps, by John Witzig.
- (Above) My Son Josh Learns to Swim, 1972; (right) No Standing Only Dancing, 1974; (below) Tattoos, New York, 1976. All by Rennie Ellis
An exhibition of Rennie Ellis’ work, Kings Cross 1970-71, will be held at Moss Green Gallery in Sydney from 9 May – 2 June as part of Head On photo festival. For more info visit www.mossgreen.com.au or www.headon.com.au
An exhibition of John Witzig’s photographs, Lost Paradise, opens at La Maison Mariénia, Guéthary, France, on 26 May
