GQ_Australia_-_February_2017

32 GQ.COM.AU FEBRUARY 2017

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PHOTO SHARING APP INSTAGRAM WAS FORECAST TO HAVE

MADE $4.3bn LAST YEAR. MEANWHILE, ITS TEXT-BASED RIVAL

TWITTER LOST $143m IN THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 2016.

CULTURE

ANEWEXHIBITION

HOSTING WORK

BY THE WORLD’S

MOST CELEBRATED

CONTEMPORARY

PHOTOGRAPHERS

IS COMING TO

AUSTRALIA.

T

hesedays,everyonethinksthey’reaphotographer.

Whileit’seasierthanevertotakeaquickpic,chuck

onafilterandwaitforthelikestoaccumulate,it’salso

pleasing to know there’s still plenty of professionals

out there doing things the old-fashioned way.

Notthatthiswillcomeasnewstothegoodfolks

atMelbourne’sNationalGalleryofVictoria.They’recelebrating

thevisualmediumwithNGVFestivalofPhotography,whichissetto

feature some of the world’s biggest contemporary names. Spread

acrossseverallocations,ithighlightsanumberofimportantnew

acquisitionsoflocalandinternationalworks,fromGermanartist

ThomasDemandandItalianPaolaPivi,tocontroversialAussie

snapperBillHenson.There’llalsobeaseparateexhibitionof

portraitsbyrenownedAmericanWilliamEgglestonaswellas

pieces from Patrick Pound, Zoë Croggon and Ross Coulter.

While Eggleston’s requires tickets, the remaining festival can

be enjoyed free of charge.

NGVFestivalofPhotographyopensMarch10,with William Eggleston

Portraits opening March 17; ngv.vic.gov.au

PHOTO

READY

FROM TOP:

A SELECTION OF

WORKS SET TO

SHOW AT THE

NGV, INCLUDING

PHOTOGRAPHY

BY WILLIAM

EGGLESTON

AND PAOLA PIVI.

GettingAway With Murder,

Duncan McNab

Former investigator McNab was

amemberoftheNSWpoliceforcein

thelate’70sand’80s.Itwasduring

that time that as many as 80 men died

or disappeared around Sydney, during

a spate of vicious gay-hate crimes.

Thirty of them are still unsolved and

have haunted McNab ever since.

Following last October’s truly brilliant

SBS seriesDeep Waterthat was

inspired by the killings, this book shines

alightontheall-butforgottenvictims

of an especially ugly period in the city’s

history.$34.99; penguin.com.au

Nevertheless,AlecBaldwin

Currently best-known for nailing an

impression of President-elect

Donald Trump onSaturday Night Live,

Baldwin’s career has spanned some

threedecades.Fromearlywork

such asBeetlejuice(1988), through

to his award-winning turn as Jack

Donaghy in30 Rock(2006), he’s one

ofHollywood’smostsuccessfulactors.

Buthe’salsohadhisstruggles.

Afteranuglydivorceandbattles

with sobriety, Baldwin is still standing

• perhaps taller than ever.
  $24.99; harpercollins.com.au

Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy,

Nicholas Reynolds

A lot’s been written about Ernest

Hemingway. But this book focuses on

the untold story of the literary great’s

secret life, working as a spy during

WorldWarII.Thisfast-paced,thriller

of a biography follows how

Hemingway worked closely with both

American and Soviet forces, and how

hisexperiencesduringthewarshaped

his iconic workThe Old Man and the

Sea.$32.99; harpercollins.com.au