One of the most popular photographs in the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection, Sunbaker by Australian photographer Max Dupain, had humble beginnings. Dupain captured the image of a friend sunbathing after a swim whilst on a camping trip in the 1930s. It was not published until over a decade later and through a series of exhibitions became that icon of the Australian coastal lifestyle that it is today.

A2 size poster print
Paper size: 59.4 x 42 cm
Image size: 36 x 32 cm
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Max Dupain (Australia 1911-1992) Sunbaker 1937, printed in 1970s Gelatin silver photograph, 37.9 x 42.8 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased 1976 Poster © Art Gallery of New South Wales