CreatorJohn WitzigTitleCountry soul v.II - 1969Date1969 (print 2018)MediumPhotographic print on archival rag paperDimensionsH. 67.5cm x W. 67.5cm x D. 3cmArtist StatementIf wandering around the coast was one of the dreams of Australian surfers in the 1960s, then living in a farmhouse in the country, eating brown rice and vegetables, was certainly another.
First published in Surf International in 1969 this picture epitomised (for me at least) that particular romantic vision.
My pictures are mostly of the friends I surfed and hung around with. Even if you worked for surfing magazines (as I did from the mid-1960s), paid trips were absolutely the exception. Your own world became your subject. [Additional statement found at https://www.theinertia.com/surf/titans-of-a-generation/?pid=13618]Accession Number063.2019Credit LineDonation by artist - John WitzigAccess AdviceFor research purposes only. No reproduction without permission of Yarrila Arts and Museum.
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Photograph of a family (man, woman and child) with hearth in the background and table laden with vegetables in the foreground.
Photographic print on archival rag paper, photographed 1969, reprinted 2018.
