Gallery

Heart of Gold Project 5. The 'All Australian Surf Lifesaver' series 2008 -by Tarryn Gill & Pilar Mata Dupont

The Heart of Gold Project 5: the 'All Australian Surf Lifesaver' series is a photographic series developed for the Contemporary Australian Art - Optimism exhibition showing at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane from November 14th 2008 - February 21st 2009. This series of work has also recently been acquired by Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art. Thank you to the following:
Paying Out The Line
Purchased 2008 with funds from Sally Pitkin through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation.
An Excellent Drill!
Purchased 2008 with funds from Cherrell Hirst through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation.
A Gladiator Class, Envied By All The Men, Adored By All The Women 2008
Purchased 2008 with funds from Elizabeth Jameson through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation.
As Certain As The Sun Would Rise Our Flags Would Fly
Purchased 2008 with funds from Amanda Bell through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation.
She Kept An Eye Out for Sharks
Purchased 2008 with funds from Andrew Clark and Sarah Tiffin through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation.

Thank you to our wonderful models Amanda, Gemma, Nicole, Maree and Rachael and also to Jillian Gill, Sheridan Gill, James Hensby, Alejandro Mata and Joy Richardson for helping during the shoot. Thank you, also, to Vaughn Hockey who helped with post-production.

A huge thank you to the Trigg Surf Life Saving Club and the following club members for the loan of their beautiful vintage equipment: Andrew Goss, Lindsay Bistrup, Justin Donnelly and Dean Morgan.