Old Timers: Stories About The Good Old Days

Author: David Darcy

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  • : $35.00 AUD
  • : 9781743365748
  • : Murdoch Books
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  • : September 2015
  • : 260mm X 210mm
  • : Australia
  • : 14.99
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  • : March 2023
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Barcode 9781743365748
9781743365748

Description

In his years of travelling the length and breadth of Australia, David Darcy has met many an old timer with a story to share - childhood memories of a very different Australia, and stories from a lifestyle that is fast disappearing as Australia changes and takes its place in the modern world...Here David Darcy is on the road again, traversing the continent in search of a good yarn and an interesting face. Through candid portraits and poignant, intimate conversations with men and women from all walks of Australian life, he captures recollections of childhood memories, a life lived on the land, in the cities, on the shores of this great dry continent - stories from a disappearing world...

Author description

David Darcy has become one of Australia's leading author-photographers, with a succession of best-selling photographic books to his credit, which include Australian Mongrel, Every Man and His Dog, A Girl's Best Friend and four other photographic titles. He has been capturing unique portraits of dogs in Australia and abroad for the past 15 years. His latest collection of animal photography, Kiwi Dogs, will be published in September 2015. Born in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, David developed a keen interest in photography from an early age...