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surfing photographs

SYDNEY:
5 April - 7 May 2006

John Witzig contributed his first piece to Surfing World in 1963, went on to edit Surf International, founded Tracks in 1970 with Albe Falzon and David Elfick, Sea Notes in 1977, and contributed to American surfing magazines through the period. This is a collection of some of Australia's most pivotal surfing photographs of the 1960s and 70s, defining John Witzig's talent through a nostalgic trip of vintage imagery.

 

John Witzig Biography
John Witzig Fresh Mullet and Other Fantasies

 

Bob McTavish,
Noosa nose ride

Bob McTavish with  '48 Series Holden,
Noosa

Bob McTavish with  '48 Series Holden,
Noosa

Wayne Lynch at Margaret River

Bob McTavish at Main Beach, Noosa

Midget Farrelly at Palm Beach

Nat and the Girls with Judy Trim's Buick

Nat Young,
Honolua Bay, Maui

Nat Young at
Ti Tree, Noosa

Rodney Sumpter at Wategos

Wayne Lynch,
Whale Beach

The Headless McTavish,
Point Cartwright

Wayne Lynch, Margaret River afternoon A wave at Matakana Island, NZ Country Soul

Bob McTavish, Honolua Bay, Maui

Nat Young, bottom turn, Honolua Bay