David Moore
1959
Lifesavers at Manly
[100 Photographs, pl. 047]

Gelatin silver print
David Moore Estate
© Courtesy of the David Moore Estate
 
On his return to Australia, Moore was represented by the Black Star agency in New York. They wrote to him in 1958, suggesting subjects: Australia has not until now been discovered for USA readers; there may be hundreds of interesting subjects: people, vacation life, industry and agriculture, traffic, modern architecture in big cities, education, fashion, a day of a working girl or housewife, and so on à send us prints of everything you shoot à
Alan Davies, The State Library of NSW
 
This photograph was included in the David Moore 100 Photographs series that toured the State Library of NSW (titled David Moore 100 photographs) in late 2005. The exhibition then travelled to Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, in 2006, changing its title to David Moore A Vision, 1927-2003; and then to Bendigo Art Gallery (2006), Shepparton Art Gallery (2006), Albury Regional Art Gallery (2007), Gold Coast City Art Gallery (2007), Wollongong City Gallery (2007), Mildura Arts Centre (2008), and finally to LaTrobe Regional Gallery (2008). A Limited Edition of the series was also produced.
 
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