On The Edge: Australian photographers of the Seventies
Checklist (information, dates etc as published)
Micky Allan, born 1944
Yooralla at 20 past 3: Series 2, 1978 Yooralla School for Disabled Children, Carlton, Victoria Nos. A,D,E
from a series of 5 gelatin silver photographs, color pencils, watercolor
A 27.7x35.3 cm D 27.8 x 35.3cm E 28.0 x 35.0 cm
Robert Ashton, born 1950
Two Dogs, 1975 Airey's Inlet, Victoria 16.6x23.9
Mr Rodney, 1981 Airey's Inlet, Victoria 20.3 x 30.6 cm
Robert Besanko, born 1951
Arles, 1976 France printed 1979 Melbourne 21.8 x 32.3 cm
Warren Breninger, born 1948
Expulsion of Eve Series 1 [No.1], 1978 Melbourne gelatin silver photograph, color ink, crayon, pencil, decal lettering, cardboard work inscribed: "I want your arms/l want your arms crucified; Somewhere out there/this photograph/has made a star crack/and a moon of some other planet/ to shudder out of its orbit" 43.2 x 75.6 cm
Christine Cornish, born 1946
Untitled, 1978 (Swimmers) 1978 Melbourne 10.5x15.0 cm
Untitled, 1979 (Piano) Sydney 11.7 x 17.7 cm
Ian Dodd, born 1937
Wet Hair, 1974 Sydney 12.0x17.8 cm
Max Dupain, 1911-1992
Sunbaker, 1937 Culburra, South Coast, New South Wales printed c.1975 37.7x43.2 cm
The Meat Queue, 1946 Sydney printed c. 1975 43.8 x 64.5 cm
Nuns on Newport Beach, Sydney, 1960 50.2 x 40.4 cm
Sandy Edwards, born New Zealand 1948;
Australia from 1961 "Sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening...", 1978 from the CSR [Colonial Sugar Refinery] Pyrmont Refinery Centenary 1978 Photography Project Sydney assemblage of 10 gelatin silver photographs 20.6 x 66.0 cm overall composition
David Ellis, born 1956
Geeveston Poles, 1977 Tasmania 19.8x24.5 cm
Rennie Ellis, born 1940
My Son Joshua Learning to Swim, 1972 Melbourne 17.0 x 26.6 cm
Tattoo, 1976 Melbourne 26.3 x 17.6 cm
Gerrit Fokkema, born 1954
Christmas Day, Sydney, 1979 Sydney 24.2x17.6 cm
Jillian Gibb, born 1945
It was Saturday night that changed my life...,1978 Melbourne assemblage of 4 gelatin silver photographs 25.4 x 65.4 cm overall composition
Christine Godden, born 1947
George and John, 1972 Rochester, N.Y. 13.2x20.0 cm
Sunset series 1978-1980 Sydney each 35.0 x 45.8 cm 4 type C color photographs
Bridge Approach from Bradley's Flat
Bridge with Small Cloud
Orange Bridge, Sunset from Bradley's Flat
Green Sydney Sky from Home
Tim Handfield, born 1952
Screendoor Birds, 1978 Melbourne direct positive color photograph 24.6 x 16.4 cm
Main St. Babinda, 1981 Cairns, Queensland direct positive color photograph 34.1 x 50.8 cm
Ponch Hawkes, born 1946
Ethel and Margot from the series Our Mums and Us, 1978 Melbourne 17.6 x 12.7 cm
Bill Henson, born 1955
Untitled 1977
No. 3 (Nude Boy) 30.3 x 26.7 cm
No. 5 (Boy Lying on a Sofa) 26.6 x 30.3 cm
No. 9 (Nude Boy on a Sofa) 30.3 x 26.8 cm
No. 11 (Boy's Face) 30.3x26.3 cm
No. 12 (Nude Boy Lying on a Sofa) 30.3 x 26.7 cm
No. 13 (Boy Lying on a Sofa with His Hand to His Forehead) 30.3 x 26.6 cm
from a series of 16 photographs Melbourne printed 1978
Carol Jerrems, 1949-1980
Wendy Saddington, 1973 20.2 x 30.2 cm
Vale Street, 1975 20.2 x 30.3 cm
Mozart Street, 1975 20.2 x 30.3 cm
From School's Out, 1975 20.1 x 30.2 cm
Mark and Flappers, 1975 20.1 x 30.2 cm
Regent Street, 1975 20.1 x 30.2 cm
all images taken in Melbourne
Mark Johnson, born Australia 1946; Great Britain from 1986
Char Towers, 1978 CSR [Colonial Sugar Refinery] plant, Pyrmont.Sydney from the CSR Pyrmont Refinery Centenary 1978 Photography Project 50.6 x 40.8 cm
Merryle Johnson, born 1945
Untitled, 1976 (Nude Woman Underwater) 31.8x21.1 cm
Untitled, 1976 (Upper Torso and Head of a Woman Underwater) 31.8x21.1 cm Victoria edition 4/20
Ian Lobb, born 1948
Cape Patterson No. 6, 1975 Bunarong National Park, Gippsland, Victoria printed 1980 24.4 x 24.2 cm
Steven Lojewski, born England 1952; Canada from 1959; Australia from 1969
Bannister, Collins Street,1975 Melbourne 25.4 x 25.3 cm
Untitled, 1981 (Concrete Structure with Horse) Richmond, New South Wales 17.9 x 17.8 cm
Marion Marrison, (formerly Marion Hardman) born 1951
Untitled, 1978 (Twigs and Leaves) 23.4x23.2 cm
Untitled, 1978 (Twigs, Leaves and Tree Barks) 23.6x24.2 cm from her Bonnet Hill series 1975-79 Hobart, Tasmania
David Moore, born 1927
Sisters of Charity, Washington D.C., 1956 Washington 30.6 x 20.7cm
Western Distributor, Multiple 6, 1979 Sydney collage of gelatin silver prints 18.0x21.3 cm
Grant Mudford, born Australia 1944; Los Angeles from 1976
Mirror in Landscape I, 1973 Sydney 52.2x30.0 cm
Los Angeles, 1976 California 34.0 x 49.2 cm
Terminal Island, Long Beach, 1980 California 47.3 x 58.7cm
Ann Noon, born England 1950; Australia from 1965
Man in Green Swimming Costume, 1975 from her Pool Portraits series Bondi Beach, Sydney 38.0x25.2 cm
Philip Quirk, born 1948
The Ballroom Dancers, 1973 Melbourne 12.6x18.5 cm
Jon Rhodes, born 1947
John Tjakamarra, Kintore Ranges, Northern Territory, 1974 Kintore Ranges, Northern Territory 16.3x23.6 cm
Djarrakpi, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Territory, 1974 Blue Mud Bay, Northern Territory assemblage of 5 gelatin silver photographs 32.2 x 85.3 cm overall composition
Roger Scott, born 1944
Rocks Celebration, 1972 Sydney 23.8 x 36.0 cm
Easter Show, 1973 Sydney 23.9 x 36.2 cm
Ghost Train, 1975 Sydney 22.9 x 34.6 cm
Bronte Beach (No.l), 1979 Sydney 26.6 x 40.1 cm
Wesley Stacey, born 1941
A Mumbulla Creek (No. 6), 1978 South Coast, New South Wales 15.7 x 38.1 cm
Koori Mates in the Ti-trees, Green Cape, 1980 South Coast, New South Wales 16.5 x 40.6 cm
Coastal Casuarinas II, 1980 1980 South Coast, New South Wales type C color photograph 22.3x 55.4 cm
Mark Strizic, born Germany 1928; Croatia (former Yugoslavia) from 1934; Australia from 1950
Queensbury Street, North Melbourne, 1961 from his series Light,1955-64 1961 Melbourne 48.3 x 32.3 cm
Henry Talbot, born Germany 1920; Australia from 1940
Fashion Illustration, 1963 Hay, New South Wales printed c.1974 23.0x27.0 cm
Les Walkling, born 1953
Flypaper, 1980 Melbourne 19.1 x 24.3 cm
Greg Weight, born 1946
Rainy Day Three, 1975 Sydney 45.2 x 30.4 cm
Richard Woldendorp, born Holland 1927 Australia from 1951
Stirling Ranges, June '74 Albany Area, Western Australia
Links to pages for On The Edge:
Introduction page to the online publication
Australian Photographers and the Philip Morris Arts Grant, 1973- 1988.
The Soft Spread of Time: an essay about the photography and the photographers in the exhibition.
The Plates: Australian Photographers of the Seventies
Top of this page: Checklist for the exhibition
Biographies of the Artists: compiled by Anne O'Hehir
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