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No Standing Only Dancing - Photographs by Rennie Ellis
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NGV Ian Potter Centre - October 08 - February 09 Oct 10, 2008 at 03:30
Undoubtedly one of the most important Australian society photographers of the last 30 years, the premature passing of Rennie Ellis in 2003 was a great loss to the Australian art community and popular culture in general. His documentation of a side of Australia that is rarely viewed by people living outside of this country was and still is incredibly important. Thankfully the Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive has been set up to collect and catalogue the more than 500,000 images the Ellis has shot since the late 60s with an incredible variety of work and a side to the photographer's vision that many may be unaware of.

Later this month through to early in the new year the Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia  will be displaying some of Ellis's works in an exhibition named No standing Only dancing: Photographs by Rennie Ellis. If you're in the area, it would be well wortth a visit. If not, along with the exhibition the gallery has published a 100 copies of a limited edition 140 page book which has been specially bound for the Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive and comes complete with an original Rennie Ellis photograph signed by his widow.


Pictured Above: (detail)
Rennie Ellis - Australia 1940–2003
Dino Ferrari, Toorak Road (1976)

Gelatin silver photograph - 12.6 x 18.9 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased NGV Foundation, 2006 © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive

Also pictured to the right of this post are some more images courtesy of the NGV and Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive


Posted By: Luke Lucas
Tags: Photography, Celebrities,  Exhibition, 80s, Documentary, 70s, 60s


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True Advanced Member
surreal reality... i'm going to melbourne to see this

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:32:24 PM

False Respect
So. Good.

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:35:23 PM

False Respect
so. so. good.

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:40:57 PM

True Respect
I prefer Rennie Ellis' vision of Australia to Baz Luhrmann's any day of the week.

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:43:04 PM

True Advanced Member
Yeah same but how much of Rennie Ellis vision could be sold as modern day Australia? Like Robbie McGhee the sharpie footballer having a smoke during quarter time of a grand final? I can't wait as he is one of my favorite photographers.

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:34:28 PM

True New Lounger
I wish I was a Sharpie. Double Denim and suspenders should make a comeback.

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:16:30 PM

True Senior Member
JOO TAK TOHLE DO CR NIKDY NEDORAZILO . . . :-)

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:33:22 AM

True New Lounger
thus proving that photography lies... again

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:22:29 AM


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