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Max Dupain Assignment
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Max Dupain Assignment Max Dupain was one of Australia's most prominent modern photographers. His works are commonly referred to as a depiction of Australian leisure. His images celebrate Australian identity, in particular beach culture. Images such as Sunbaker (1937) link Australian people with the sand, the sun and the sky, all significant features of Australian culture. In Sunbaker we are shown something so stereotypically Australian in the muscular, bronzed body of the man lying on the beach. This theme is central in many of Dupain's pieces. The idea of combining leisure with the land is a prominent one in Australian society, and one that Dupain has harnessed. Australian is a widely coast dwelling country, and Dupain's works emphasise our unity with the land. His photograph Mother and Child (1952) also captures the essence of Australian life. It shows a mother and her child resting on a beach landscape. Their eyes are...
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