Max Dupain

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Maxwell Spencer Dupain AC was a renowned Australian modernist photographer. Dupain received his first camera as a gift in 1924, spurring his interest in photography He later joined the Photographic Society of NSW, and when he left school, he worked for Cecil Bostock in Sydney. By 1934 Max Dupain had struck out on his own and opened a studio in Bond Street, Sydney. In 1937, while on the south coast of New South Wales, he photographed the head and shoulders of a friend Harold Salvage lying on the sand at Cullburra Beach. The shot, entitled Sunbaker, became Dupain's most famous piece. However, it was not until the 1970s that the photograph received wide recognition. It was purchased in 1976 by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and has become an iconic national image. During the war Dupain served with the Royal Australian Air Force in both Darwin and Papua New Guinea helping to create camouflage