week 3 Composition, Cropping, line and pattern Research

Composition, Cropping, line and pattern Research

Max Dupain

4 April 1911 – 27 July 1992 was a renowned Australian modernist photographer. Dupain received his first Camera as a gift in 1924, spurring his

Sunbaker, 1937, photograph. Narrow DOF.

interest in Photography. Dupain is best known for his photographs of Australians, particularly their beach culture. A dedicated patriot, he believed in clearly and simply showing Australia's way of life. His 1937 photograph sunbaker is arguably his most famous work.

Olive Cotton

Olive Cotton's photograph The Patterned Road, 1938 accompanies this special issue.

Olive Cotton (11 July 1911 – 27 September 2003) was a pioneering Australian modernist female photographer of the 1930s and 40s working in Sydney. Olive Cotton captured her childhood friend Max dupain from the sidelines at photoshoots, Fashion shot, Cronulla Sandhills, made several portraits of him. Dupain was Cotton's first husband.