This week, former ABC journalist Alex Sloan, will be in conversation with author Helen Ennis about Ennis’s latest book, Max Dupain: A Portrait, at the National Library of Australia. A highly-renowned Australian modernist photographer, Dupain (1911-1992) was born in Sydney, initially becoming interested in photography as a 13-year-old, later completing various studies and tertiary degrees and opening his own Sydney studio in 1934. Perhaps his best-known photograph “the sunbaker”, was taken of a friend in 1937 on NSW’s Culburra Beach, but it wasn’t until the 1970s for it to become more well known and the 1990s before being given the mantle of an iconic image of Australia. Dupain served with the Australian Airforce during World War II working on camouflage photography. Post war and on his return to photography, he worked mainly for the University of New South Wales and CSR Limited, but also attracted a wide spectrum of clients from various fields, and spent considerable time in pursuing his love of architecture and architectural photography. Details: 6pm, 28 November www.nla.gov.au
