Modernist and majestic: Gael Newton on the work of Ansel Adams and Max Dupain
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Join Gael Newton AM, former Senior Curator Photography National Gallery of Australia, as she discusses Ansel Adams and Max Dupain's shared but individual interpretations of 20th century modernist photography of the natural and built environment.
This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from one of Australia’s leading photography specialists and learn about the twentieth century’s most influential photographers through an expert lens.
Free event, bookings essential
Gael Newton Bio
Melbourne based photographic arts consultant and valuer Gael Newton AM, is the former Senior Curator Photography National Gallery of Australia. She first met Max Dupain in 1975 and remained in affectionate contact until his last years. In 1980 she mounted the Max Dupain retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales with associated monograph by David Ell Press.
As photography curator at the National Gallery of Australia, Newton studied Ansel Adams's 75 work The Museum Set portfolio which the Gallery had acquired and then exhibited in 1983. In 1999 she curated the NGA touring exhibition Natural Causes Landscape photographs by Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter. Gael has a particular interest in west coast USA photography as part of her survey of Asia Pacific photography Picture Paradise exhibited at the National Gallery of Australia in 2008.
Date
Thursday 13 August 2026 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC+10)
Location
Bayside Gallery
Corner Wilson and Carpenter Streets, Brighton Victoria 3186
Phone: (03) 9261 7111
Main image credit:
Banner image credit: Max Dupain, NSW Government Architect (architect), Stairwell Lindfield College, 1978, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of the photographer 1991, © The Estate of Max Dupain
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