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On
the cover this month
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Simon
O'Dwyer (b.1969)
Superman injection [between c.1996 and c.2004]
b&w. photograph; 27.9 x 43.2 cm
In: Simon O'Dwyer collection of photographs
Pictures Collection, nla.pic-vn3085560
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This
portait by Simon O'Dwyer is one of some 50 of his photographs viewable
online from the Library’s collection. They principally portray the
Victorian bushfires in January 2003, but other subjects include
protests at the World Economic Forum in Melbourne 2000, skindivers,
windmills, and this image of a child being innoculated. The photographer
describes the scenario:
'Assigned
to photograph the annual immunisation week, I arrived at a preschool
full of nervous parents waiting with their children for a shot .
I had photographed a dozen children when this little boy wearing
a thick jumper arrived and sat down. The doctor was unable to get
the sleeve high enough for the procedure, so his mother removed
the garment to reveal a t-shirt with the hand made word of Superman.
As the needle pricked his skin his face grimaced in pain creating
a beautiful moment.'
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