Girl kneeling on sand, 1952
Photographer
Max Dupain
(1911 - 1992)
Date1952
Object number00001257
NameSilver gelatin print
MediumPaper
DimensionsOverall: 400 x 405 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionGirl Kneeling on Sand,1952 by Max Dupain.HistoryDupain preferred black and white photography to capture the dazzling light and colour of the Australian seaside.
He was a leading figure of the modernist New Photography movement in the 1930s and pursued a life long fascination with extremes of light, perspective and its relationship to form.
"The sand is an endless challenge to invention: calligraphy, castles, channels, waterworks, tunnels. It can provide total
rest, or hours of business. One of the subtleties of Max Dupain's Girl Kneeling on the Sand is the movement
of the girl's hand, when everything else except the water is still." ('State of the Art', Number 8, April 1994).SignificanceCelebrated photographer Max Dupain turned his camera on the beach to create some of Australia's most enduring images of sunbathers, surf lifesavers and swimmers.
