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Bare

Degrees of undress

Bare: Degrees of undress celebrates the candid, contrived, natural, sexy, ironic, beautiful, and fascinating in Australian portraiture that shows a bit of skin. 

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Selected images

Dame Edna Everage
Dame Edna Everage, 1982 (printed 2002) Lewis Morley. © Lewis Morley Archive LLC
Hetti
Hetti, 1990 (printed 2013) Michael Riley. © Michael Riley/Copyright Agency, 2024
Billy Slater
Billy Slater, 2005 Julian Kingma. © Julian Kingma
Professor Germaine Greer
Professor Germaine Greer, 1999 Polly Borland. © Polly Borland
Dave Graney and Clare Moore
Dave Graney and Clare Moore, 1996 Bleddyn Butcher. © Bleddyn Butcher
Bleddyn@Tenderprey.com
Waiting for Zipporah (Christine Anu)
Waiting for Zipporah (Christine Anu), 2002 Elizabeth Barden. © Elizabeth Barden
Dan Sultan
Dan Sultan, 2011 Martin Philbey. © Martin Philbey
Telphia
Telphia, 1990 (printed 2013) Michael Riley. © Michael Riley/Copyright Agency, 2024
David Walsh
David Walsh, 2010 Andres Serrano. © Andres Serrano
Maria
Maria, 1986 (printed 2013) Michael Riley. © Michael Riley/Copyright Agency, 2024
Linda and Binni
Linda and Binni, 1984 (printed 2013) Michael Riley. © Michael Riley/Copyright Agency, 2024
Stephen and Russell Page
Stephen and Russell Page, 1993 (printed 2011) Robert Rosen. © Robert Rosen
Jeff Fenech and trainer, John Lewis
Jeff Fenech and trainer, John Lewis, 1986 Graham McCarter. © Graham McCarter
Desert Island
Desert Island, 1967 Eric Thake. © Estate of Eric Thake
Creator versus character - Chris Lilley
Creator versus character - Chris Lilley, 2009 John Tsiavis. © John Tsiavis
Chips Rafferty
Chips Rafferty, c. 1967-1969 (printed 2010) Jozef Vissel. © Jozef Vissel
Simon Tedeschi unplugged
Simon Tedeschi unplugged, 2002 Cherry Hood. © Cherry Hood/Copyright Agency, 2024
Bon Scott & Angus Young, Atlanta, Georgia
Bon Scott & Angus Young, Atlanta, Georgia, 1978 (printed 2010) Rennie Ellis. © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive
www.RennieEllis.com.au
The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain)
The photographer's shadow (Olive Cotton and Max Dupain), c. 1935 (printed 1999) Olive Cotton
12 Untitled Self Portraits (Set 3)
12 Untitled Self Portraits (Set 3), 1990 Mike Parr, John Loane. © Mike Parr
Untitled #21/09 (after Ricci, 1700; featuring Matthew Mitcham)
Untitled #21/09 (after Ricci, 1700; featuring Matthew Mitcham), 2009 Ross Watson. © Ross Watson
Dichotomia, Barry Otto
Dichotomia, Barry Otto, 2008 Peter Brew-Bevan. © Peter Brew-Bevan
Robert Drewe (in the swell)
Robert Drewe (in the swell), 2006 Nicholas Harding. © Nicholas Harding
Heath Ledger, Prague
Heath Ledger, Prague, 2000 (printed 2009) Bruce Weber. © Bruce Weber
Nat in Hawaii
Nat in Hawaii, 1967 John Witzig. © John Witzig
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