test candid camera australian photography s s was a group retrospective exhibition of social documentary photography held at the art gallery of south australia from may to august art gallery of south australia exhibitions candid camera website candid camera had its roots in six photographers a groundbreaking exhibition held in sydney in may which concentrated on what was still a relatively new development in australian photography and featured the work of max dupain david potts axel poignant gordon andrews kerry dundas and hal missingham robinson julie candid camera australian photography s s art gallery of south australia exhibition catalogmcdonald patrick the way we were the advertiser may adelaidenow websitenewton gael shades of light photography and australia collins australia isbn the work of the first three of these artists is also represented in candid camera six photographers an artist initiated show that featured images at a time when exhibitions of personal photographic work were rare was regarded as sufficiently influential for the art gallery of new south wales to commemorate it with a show of the same name featuring the same six photographers more than years after it had first been presented newton gael shades of light photography and australia collins australia isbn newton gael silver and grey fifty years of australian photography angus robertson isbn art gallery of new south wales exhibitions archive agnsw websiteallen christopher decisive moments the australian february the australian website this second version of six photographers featured images many of them shown in and concentrated on works from the same period the late forties through to the mid fifties candid camera while about half the size of the sydney exhibition covered a significantly wider range of artists and looks not just at the foundations of australian social documentary photography but at the era that curator julie robinson clearly regards as its golden age the fifties sixties and seventies in line with the statements issued by the six photographers group candid camera featured images which appear unposed spontaneous or with their subjects captured unaware though the majority of the photos in the exhibition more than in total were taken in australia images by australian photographers working overseas were also included allen christopher unguarded moments the australian july the australian websiteemmett patrick candid camera abc television interview originally broadcast on stateline may abc website subjects included youth subcultures newly arrived migrants nuns a number of prime ministers though not all were in office at the time of the photo musicians such as bon scott of ac dc and ordinary people in everyday settings at work at the beach and at bus stops photographers represented in candid camera included max dupain david moore jeff carter max pam robert mcfarlane mervyn bishop rennie ellis carol jerrems and roger scott and a number of others of those named all have work held in the permanent collection of national gallery of australia mervyn bishop is the only aboriginal australian to have been included and though his work has primarily been in new south wales robert mcfarlane was the only photographer to be born in south australia in this last regard candid camera was very different to century in focus an earlier large scale photographic survey curated by robinson which dealt only with images taken in south australia robinson