{"product_id":"9781460764800-max-dupain-a-portrait","title":"Max Dupain: A portrait of the new landmark biography of Australia's most iconic photographer from leading curator and award-winning author of OLIVE COTTON","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e's 25 Best Australian Books of 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHighly Commended at the ACT Literary Awards 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Mark \u0026amp; Evette Moran Nib Literary Award 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMagarey Medal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo 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 reactions. He wanted simplicity in his art and life, but found it difficult to attain. He never wanted to be ordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamining the sources of his creativity - literature, art, music - alongside his approaches to masculinity, love, the body, war, and nature, \u003cem\u003eMax Dupain: A Portrait\u003c\/em\u003e reveals a driven artist, one whose  relationship to his work has been described as 'ferocious' and 'painful to watch'. Photographer David Moore, a long-term friend, said he 'needed to photograph like he needed to breathe. It was part of him. It gave him his drive and force in life.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'In this deeply thought book .  [Ennis'] thoughts subtly accumulate into a complex portrait of a man and a rich picture of Australia . Revelatory.'  \u003cem\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'This handsome biography .  a more complex man and career are revealed in lucid prose by Ennis, a leading historian of photography.' \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55527939834230,"sku":"9781460764800","price":38.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36100157_5be7dd74-81e7-4ba8-80cd-5745ed08becd.jpg?v=1758144531","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781460764800-max-dupain-a-portrait","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}