April 2021
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Ma mère
1994
Gelatin silver print
Earlier in my life I believed that identity was always fluid, always in flux. These photographs reflect that belief.
Now as I get older, this belief has changed.
Identity is always steady – at a certain level – and that the old adage to know ones-self is still the greatest challenge. And that this knowledge brings a core that is consistent.
The fluidity of self-knowledge disappears when attention is sharpened.
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Marcus Bunyan 2021
I am scanning my negatives made during the years 1991-1997 to preserve them in the form of an online archive as a process of active memory, so that the images are not lost forever. These photographs were images of my life and imagination at the time of their making, the ideas I was thinking about and the people and things that surrounded me.
All images © Marcus Bunyan. Please click the photographs for a larger version of the image. Please remember these are straight scans of the prints, all full frame, no cropping !
Marcus
*PLEASE NOTE THIS POSTING CONTAINS ART PHOTOGRAPHS OF MALE NUDITY – IF YOU DO NOT LIKE PLEASE DO NOT LOOK, FAIR WARNING HAS BEEN GIVEN*
Photographs are available from this series for purchase. As a guide, a vintage 8″ x 10″ silver gelatin print costs $700 plus tracked and insured shipping. For more information please see my store web page.
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (Rembrandt thinking)
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
The conversation
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (Pope folded)
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (Pope unfolded)
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
The Angelus, New R, 1892
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Thy Kingdom Come
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Purity
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Whistler’s mother (looking out to sea)
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Holbein’s Happiness
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (Sweet heart with leaves)
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Windows at 63aa
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Urban abstraction (for Max)
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Between the breath and the silence
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Shame Fraser
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Port Melbourne to Port of Melbourne
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Out back
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (pear on black)
1994
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Pear I
1994
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Pear II
1994
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Abstract I
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Abstract II
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Nude in sunlight
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Abstract III
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Abstract IIII
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Abstract V
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Abstract VI
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Question mark
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Four lines and two trestles
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Four tyres
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (two cracks)
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (plank)
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (creature)
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (creature)
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (creature)
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (creature)
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (creatures)
1996
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled (creatures)
1996
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Roundel I
1996
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Roundel II
1996
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Roundel III
1996
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Roundel IIII
1996
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
The structure and fabric of existence 1
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Passionfruit²
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Passionfruit²
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
The structure and fabric of existence 2
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Williamstown 1
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Williamstown 2
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Williamstown 3
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Case Tractor – 1925 –
1996
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Fordson Tractor 1922
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Hart Parr
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
John Deere Tractor c. 1925
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Lanz Bulldog Tractor 1930
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
McCormick Deering Tractor c. 1928
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Fighter 1
1994-96
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Fighter 2
1994-96
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
“Boomerang Way” Tocumwal Wishing Well
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
“Boomerang Way” Tocumwal Wishing Well
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
“Boomerang Way” Tocumwal Wishing Well
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Australian landscape
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Australian landscape
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Australian landscape
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
A twist of the mind
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
A twist of the mind
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
A twist of the mind
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Australian landscape
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Australian landscape
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Australian landscape
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Australian landscape
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Untitled
1995
Gelatin silver print
Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Two men and a ute
1994-95
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Plume (X marks the spot)
1995
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Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958)
Lumbe, Blacksmith, Undertaker
1995
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