Australian Personalities

Some Australian Personalities is the first solo exhibition for a photographer at the National Gallery of Victoria. Eric Westbrook, then Director of the National Gallery of Victoria, wrote on Strizic’s ability to capture the essense of his sitters: ‘Behind his camera the artist has his own set of problems which are peculiar to the medium he employs. He accepts that he is the poet of the fleeting moment, but at the same time he must make an image which is built upon tonal appearance of the object presented to the lens and then penetrate beyond this to some permanent truth behind the moment… the photographer juggles with time and technique in an artificial atmosphere which only his inventiveness and strength of character, together with the co-operation of the sitter, can overcome.’

Sourced from: Some Australian Personalities exhibition catalogue. National Gallery of Victoria: 1968