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Surfer Rusty Miller, 2021

Francis Cloake

Living Memory Finalist

Surfer Rusty Miller, 2021

2020 was a tough year for Rusty, with cancer taking its toll on him. I took this photo of Rusty on his verandah at home in Byron Bay as he reflected on the changes he was seeing in the town, with the wave of migrants from Covid-affected cities. Rusty is the author of Turning Point: Surf Portraits and Stories, which captures Australia's counter-culture era of surfing in the early 1970s. Rusty is considered surfing royalty, and is featured in one of the most recognisable images in surfing: the poster for the classic 1972 movie Morning of the Earth.

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Living Memory
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Shirley, 2022 Francis Cloake
2023 Finalist
Amanda, 2022 Francis Cloake
2022 Finalist

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Living Memory

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2021

Previous exhibition, 2021

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
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