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In and out of focus

Gael Newton looks at Australian photography, film and the sixties through the novel lens of Mark Strizic.

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Mark McManus as Will by Mark Strizic
Mark McManus as Will by Mark Strizic
Jeanie Drynan as Jacky by Mark Strizic
Jeanie Drynan as Jacky by Mark Strizic
Page from 2000 Weeks photobook
Page from 2000 Weeks photobook
Page from 2000 Weeks photobook
Page from 2000 Weeks photobook
Tim Burstall, film director, 1968 by Mark Strizic
Tim Burstall, film director, 1968 by Mark Strizic
Patrick Ryan, 1968 by Mark Strizic
Patrick Ryan, 1968 by Mark Strizic
Mark Strizic, 1968 by Clifton Pugh
Mark Strizic, 1968 by Clifton Pugh
Patrick Ryan, 1965 by Clifton Pugh
Patrick Ryan, 1965 by Clifton Pugh
A Portrait (Kate Hattam)
A Portrait (Kate Hattam), 1956 Clifton Pugh AO. © Shane Pugh
Kate Hattam, 1968 by Mark Strizic
Kate Hattam, 1968 by Mark Strizic
Matcham Skipper
Matcham Skipper, 1963 Mark Strizic. © Estate of Mark Strizic
Douglas Carnegie
Douglas Carnegie, 1968 Mark Strizic. © Estate of Mark Strizic
Sir Ian Potter
Sir Ian Potter, 1968 Mark Strizic. © Estate of Mark Strizic
Sir Macfarlane Burnet
Sir Macfarlane Burnet, 1968 Mark Strizic. © Estate of Mark Strizic
Mark Strizic’s Some Australian Personalities exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, 1968
Mark Strizic’s Some Australian Personalities exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria, 1968
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Mark Strizic's work crosses a broad spectrum of photographic fields including urban, industrial, commercial, and architectural photography. 
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