John Tanner’s 1960 Tamarama Beach photo sourced from National Library of Australia nla.pic-vn4587550
Tanner’s unnerving photo of surfers in the boiling shorebreak at Tamarama, Sydney, has a surreal, almost studio-lit quality. The camera is too close, the boards seem unweildy, there’s too much momentum and the thrilling scene is set for disaster.
The two riders are Bronte surfers “Carpet head” on left and Jim Renton. I am fairly sure that the photograph was taken on the shore break at Bronte Beach rather than Tamarama.
Michael Macrae
23 Jan 22 at 9:04 pm
Thanks for the info!
garycrockett
24 Jan 22 at 1:08 am