AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY –

• Accompanying a retrospective exhibition with the same title (Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, from 31 Oct. 2008-22 Feb. 2009), this book explores the life and work of the photographer Rennie Ellis from 1968 to 1993. The book features photographs primarily about people, nudes, the beach, major events and sport.

• First Edition.

  • 135 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 28 cm. #020326

    • Ellis, Rennie, 1940-2003 — Exhibitions
    • Photography, Artistic — Exhibitions

• Reynolds Mark Ellis (11 November 1940 – 19 August 2003) was an Australian social and social documentary photographer. He also worked, at various stages of his life, as an advertising copywriter, seaman, lecturer, television presenter and founder of Brummels Gallery of Photography, Australia’s first dedicated photography gallery, where he established both a photographic studio and an agency dedicated to his work, published 17 photographic books, and held numerous exhibitions in Australia and overseas.