THERE was a time Rex Dupain looked forward to his almost daily pilgrimages to Bondi Beach. The photographer spent nearly four years capturing the tribes and subcultures of Australia's most recognisable arc of sand and sea -- lovers and lifesavers, sunbathers and surfers, airborne skateboarders and preening muscle men -- for his 2007 Sydney exhibition, The Colour of Bondi. Hasselblad in hand, Dupain loved working on instinct, riding the current of a crowd, trying to spot something before it happened. As he succinctly puts it: "It's all about the moment."
In 2004, Dupain's unrehearsed beach photographs featured in Rex and Max Dupain's Sydney, at the Museum of Sydney. Rex Dupain is the son of celebrated 20th century photographer Max and this father-and-son exhibition attracted more than 27,000 visitors, making it one of the boutique museum's most successful shows. Read Full Article
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