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October 27, 2011
Mark Strizic is renowned for his his collaboration with Robin Boyd on the book Living in Australia. His photographs are part of the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria and the Monash Gallery of Art.
Mark Strizic, Off Francis Street, Richmond Vic. 1961, gelatin silver photograph, sepia toned
In his photographs from the early 1950s Strizic represented Melbourne as a cosmopolitan centre bustling with sophisticated and urbane people. Strizic’s view of the city changed. The city centre is increasingly shown in as a place of business and commerce, with individuals negotiating the city streets with an air of isolation and loneliness.
Martk Strizic, untitled, (Girl and football) from the Children of the streets series (c. 1970), gelatin silver photograph
Strizic's pre-modernist Melbourne would be viewed with nostalgia today --ie. marvellous Melbourne---judging from the reaction to the work of Angus O'Callaghan.
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