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Hal Porter, Port Fairy, Victoria

1969 (printed 2000)
David Moore

from the series ‘From Face to Face’
gelatin silver photograph on paper (42.5 cm x 28.5 cm)
Hal Porter, Port Fairy, Victoria

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001
© Lisa, Michael, Matthew and Joshua Moore
http://davidmoorephotography.com.au/

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Artist and subject

David Moore (age 42 in 1969)

Hal Porter (age 58 in 1969)

Supported by

Tim Fairfax AC (54 portraits supported)

The Gordon Darling Foundation (36 portraits supported)

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http://davidmoorephotography.com.au/. 4. Aboriginal couple, Finniss Springs Mission, South Australia, 1959 (printed 2000) David Moore. © Lisa, Michael, Matthew and Joshua Moore
http://davidmoorephotography.com.au/.

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