Sydney Diary 1974 – 1984

Sydney : James Fraser, 1984. Folio, boards in dustjacket (spine sunned), 143 pp., previous owner’s name neatly written on endpaper, small spot of foxing to title page, illustrated throughout.

William Yang’s honest and unabashed portraits of Sydney in the 1970s and 80s record a time of cultural renewal and new identity. Yang’s photographs record the art and party scene, celebrities, marginalised urban characters, and the first years of the gay and lesbian mardi gras.