Description: New Sealed Rennie Ellis Decadent 1980-2000 Hardie Grant Books. London, United Kingdom. 2001. First edition. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. New and sealed. A fascinating snapshot of the wild, opulent, sometimes tacky and always decadent 1980s in Australia by a true original. Decadent: 1980-2000 is a photography book showcasing Rennie Ellis' (1940-2003) contribution to photography and social history. With an introduction by photographer and Rennie contemporary William Yang and an essay by photographer and art critic Robert McFarlane, Decadent highlights Ellis as one of Australia's most important chroniclers of the 1980s. The photographs, both color and black and white, are drawn from the Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive and the State Library of Victoria Rennie Ellis collection. Decadent explores the rise of the hedonism that we now associate with the 1980s. Ellis' boundary-pushing, racy and sometimes voyeuristic works capture a society that seems to be reveling in its abandonment of the politically charged 1970s documented in Decade. Following the release of Decade 1970-1980 in 2013, Decadent 1980-2000 is an equally eye opening, heart warming and unashamedly candid collection of photographs taken by Australian social photographer Rennie Ellis during the 1980s and 1990s. As with his work in the 1970s, Decadent captures all facets of Australian society with an honest, humorous and voyeuristic eye. Whether at the beach or in a nightclub, at a protest or at the Melbourne Cup, the subjects in Ellis’ photos are captured without awareness of the photographer’s presence. His images are a direct window into the fun, extroversion, freedom and hedonism that we now associate with the 1980s. In her forward, Manuela Furci, director of the Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive writes that in selecting images for Decadent from Ellis’ immensely vast catalogue of images, the book presents a body of work that “that reveals not only our nation at play, but also the fun-loving, non-judgmental spirit of Rennie, whose childlike curiosity led him to enter and expose these once-hidden realms…” The book solidifies Ellis as one of Australia’s most important chroniclers of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, from high society and celebrity to the seedy and sordid, with wonderful sprinklings of the ‘everyday’. The book confirms Rennie Ellis as one of Australia’s most daring, prolific and insightful social chroniclers whose photographs will continue to taunt, titillate and tickle our collective fantasies for years to come. New sealed copy. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
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Printing Year: 2001
3rd Level Category: Monographs
Origin: Australian
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Photography: Monographs
Binding: Hardcover
Subject: Art & Photography
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
