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Date: 1972

Museum: Penrith Regional Gallery - Home of the Lewers Bequest (Emu Plains, Australia)

Technique: Photograph

In the early 1970s David Porter was a contributing photographer for some of the most influential Australian Rock music and underground publications (Go-Set, Daily/Planet, Rolling Stone (Australian Edition), The Digger. Porter was based in Melbourne, his subject the zeitgeist of its Rock/Pop music, underground theatre, and Counterculture scenes, sometimes working as ‘David Porter’, sometimes ‘Jacques L’Affrique’, sometimes ‘Jack Africa’. In 1973 he left Melbourne, stopped working in commercial photography, and pursued a teaching career.RICK SPRINGFIELDMusician, actor. Member of Zoot (1969-71). Established a solo career with debut single ‘Speak to the Sky’ reaching the top 10 in Australia in 1972. After moving to the USA, he had a No. 1 Australian and US hit ‘Jessie’s Girl’ (1981), for which he received a Grammy Award. Springfield recorded two U.S. top 10 albums, ‘Working Class Dog’ (1981), ‘Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet’ (1982).Published: Ian Meldrum Talks to Rick Springfield. Go-Set, 18 December 1971 (p.3)

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