Contemporary Photography

  • Tommy Woodcock and Reckless 1977 (printed 2010)

    # 50214

    POSTLE, Bruce (1940 - )

    Tommy Woodcock and Reckless 1977 (printed 2010)

    Type C photograph on paper (sheet: 31.8 cm x 39.6 cm, image: 27.8 cm x 35.0 cm), small handling crease lower right, else fine. An iconic image of the great horse trainer, another example of which is in the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. ‘Aaron ‘Tommy’ Woodcock (1905–1985), horse strapper and trainer, was the son of …

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  • Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into hand of traditional [Gurindji] landowner Vincent Lingiari, [Daguragu/Wattie Creek] Northern Territory.

    # 49856

    BISHOP, Mervyn (b. 1945)

    Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours soil into hand of traditional [Gurindji] landowner Vincent Lingiari, [Daguragu/Wattie Creek] Northern Territory.

    1975/2021. Edition number of 25. Digital c-type photograph, signed, dated and titled, 60 x 60 cm. Illustrated on page 81, In Dreams. Mervyn Bishop: Thirty Years of Photography, 1960-1990. Held in AGNSW, NGA. Mervyn Bishop was born in Brewarrina in 1945. He commenced a four-year photography cadetship with the Sydney Morning Herald in 1963 (where he would work for seventeen …

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  • Black, White and Colour. (Standard edition, signed by the photographer and the author)

    # 49855

    DOBBYN, Tim

    Black, White and Colour. (Standard edition, signed by the photographer and the author)

    Melbourne : Ginninderra Press, 2025. ISBN 9781761097089. Quarto, hardcover, 207 pages; offset printed on ivory silk paper for superior image reproduction and touch. Designed and typeset by Isambard Thomas. This biography of one of Australia’s treasured artists offers an intimate portrait of the struggles and triumphs of Mervyn Bishop, Australia’s ground-breaking Indigenous photographer. Born in Brewarrina …

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  • Black, White and Colour. (Deluxe edition, Format 2)

    # 49854

    DOBBYN, Tim

    Black, White and Colour. (Deluxe edition, Format 2)

    Melbourne : Ginninderra Press, 2025. Editions 71-100. ISBN 9781761097089. Quarto, hardcover, 207 pages; offset printed on ivory silk paper for superior image reproduction and touch. Designed and typeset by Isambard Thomas. This is copy number 73. Each specially bound limited edition in box contains two original signed photographs: Is there an Aboriginal photography? Self-portrait, 1989, AND Prime …

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  • Under the spell of the tall poppies : from the series "Oz" (1998)

    # 47091

    DEACON, Destiny (1957-2024)

    Under the spell of the tall poppies : from the series “Oz” (1998)

    Bubblejet print from Polaroid photograph, 23.5 x 19.5 cm (sheet 42.0 x 29.5 cm); printed by the artist, not signed; light crease to the right of centre, else fine; unframed. This image from Indigenous artist Destiny Deacon’s digitally-printed Oz series was originally issued in an edition of 15, in a large format. This smaller scale …

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  • Virginia Fraser, feminist, artist, writer : six self-portraits in photo booth strip format.

    # 46884

    FRASER, Virginia (1947-2021)

    Virginia Fraser, feminist, artist, writer : six self-portraits in photo booth strip format.

    [Melbourne? c.1985]. Six gelatin prints, each 65 x 53 mm, in two strips of three; unmounted; fine condition. Provenance: Estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), Australian feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.

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  • The Pioneer

    # 31046

    SHMITH, Athol (1914-1990)

    The Pioneer

    [1935]. Chloro-bromide print on heavy stock, 380 x 310 mm. Artist’s label verso: Athol L. Shmith, F.R.S.A., A.R.P.S., Modern Photography. The Warwick, / 75a Fitzroy Street / St. Kilda S2, / Melbourne. / Windsor 7141, with typed details Title: THE PIONEER / Process: CHLORO-BROMIDE. / Details: Studio Camera, S.S. Pan Film; Cooke Tele Lens, Vitava paper. …

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  • Untitled. [Man playing a vibraphone]

    # 31045

    SHMITH, Athol (1914-1990)

    Untitled. [Man playing a vibraphone]

    [Melbourne, circa 1935]. Chloro-bromide print on heavy stock, 380 x 305 mm. No label or inscription to verso. Condition: mild corner wear (top left corner with tiny tear), else fine. Note: Athol Shmith was himself an accomplished vibraphonist, and if not for his early success as a photographer would have pursued a career as a …

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  • Thin Air : a portfolio of 12 copperplate photogravure prints of Ladakh.

    # 46721

    Robert ASHTON (1950- )

    Thin Air : a portfolio of 12 copperplate photogravure prints of Ladakh.

    [Ladakh and Melbourne : the artist, 2013]. Complete suite of twelve copperplate photogravures, printed in an edition of 5; 290 x 390 mm (plate size), 395 x 485 mm (sheet size); all titled and dated 2013 by the artist lower left, and signed by the artist lower right in 2023; very fine, loosely housed in …

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  • [ROLLING STONES CONTACT SHEET] Charlie Watts and Mick Taylor interviewed by Felix Dennis for London Oz magazine, 1971.

    # 47093

    [Photographer unidentified]

    [ROLLING STONES CONTACT SHEET] Charlie Watts and Mick Taylor interviewed by Felix Dennis for London Oz magazine, 1971.

    Gelatin silver print, 250 x 200 mm (sheet); inscribed on the verso in blue ballpoint by Oz magazine editor Felix Dennis: ‘F.D. interviews Charlie Watts & Mick Taylor, other members of Rolling Stones, for Oz. 1971?‘; in very good condition. The interview at which these photographs were taken (presumably by an Oz staff photographer – …

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  • Lajamunu women holding discussion with Hazel Hawke at Barunga, Northern Territory, 1988

    # 46883

    FORD, Sue (1943-2009)

    Lajamunu women holding discussion with Hazel Hawke at Barunga, Northern Territory, 1988

    Gelatin print, 40 x 60 cm; artist’s proof (from edition of 5); unmounted; fine condition. An important documentary photograph by acclaimed Australian feminist photographer, Sue Ford (1943-2009). Provenance: Gift of Sue Ford to her friend, Virginia Fraser (c.1989). Estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator. For an insightful analysis of Ford’s …

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  • Under the spell of the tall poppies : from the series "Oz" (1998)

    # 47090

    DEACON, Destiny (1957-2024)

    Under the spell of the tall poppies : from the series “Oz” (1998)

    Bubblejet print from Polaroid photograph, 32.0 x 26.0 cm (sheet 42.0 x 29.5 cm); printed by the artist, not signed; light crease to the right of centre, else fine; unframed. This image from Indigenous artist Destiny Deacon’s digitally-printed Oz series was originally issued in an edition of 15, in a large format. This smaller scale …

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  • Those two daring pirates

    # 47072

    HABY, Gracia and JENNISON, Louise [Gracia & Louise]

    Those two daring pirates

    [Melbourne] : the artists, 2004. Artist’s book, 180 mm tall, 22 page concertina offset lithograph with original hand colouring, bound in coloured fabric, initialled by the artists. Printed in an edition of 30 copies with one artist’s proof, this is copy 13/30. A colourful celebration of the cultural life of New Orleans, Louisiana. “[These two …

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  • Portfolio of 19 copperplate photogravure prints from the exhibition "Photogravure Images", United Artists Gallery, Melbourne, 1987.

    # 46278

    Robert ASHTON (1950- )

    Portfolio of 19 copperplate photogravure prints from the exhibition “Photogravure Images”, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne, 1987.

    [Melbourne : the artist, 1987]. Complete suite of nineteen copperplate photogravures, printed in an edition of 10; 195 x 295 mm (plate size), 370 x 460 mm (sheet size); all untitled, but signed and dated in the plate l.r. ‘Robert Ashton 1987’, and numbered at l.l. 1/10 (4), 2/10 (3), 3/10 (2), 4/10 (2), 5/10 …

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  • Youth

    # 31055

    SHMITH, Athol (1914-1990)

    Youth

    [Circa 1935]. Chloro-bromide print on heavy stock, 380 x 300 mm. Artist’s label verso: Title: YOUTH / Print no. 10. Athol L. Shmith / 75a Fitzroy Street, / St. Kilda, S.2. / Melb., Vic., AUSTRALIA. Condition: small marks left of centre, else fine. Private collection, Melbourne Provenance: Athol Shmith (1914-1990); gift of the artist to …

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  • Bruno Leti. Photographs : the lotus cycle.

    # 44790

    LETI, Bruno

    Bruno Leti. Photographs : the lotus cycle.

    Melbourne : the artist, 2009. Folding clamshell box, lettered in silver with pictorial only, containing a sheet of text, 13 lambda photographic prints, and colophon sheet. ‘These 13 lambda printed photographs were taken by Bruno Leti at West Lake, Huanghzou, China, during the late autumn of 2008. An edition of six boxed sets were printed …

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