Item #CL179-102 Malcolm Fraser, Randwick Racecourse. Roger Scott, b.1944 Aust.
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Malcolm Fraser, Randwick Racecourse

1975/ 2002. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink in lower margin, 53.1 x 79.5cm. Crease to lower right corner of image.

Illustrated in Roger Scott: From the street, 2001, p109. One of only two large format photographs, printed on rolled silver gelatin paper. A smaller format (23.8 x 35.2cm) is available for $2,200.

In November 1975, two weeks after the dismissal of Gough Whitlam, Roger Scott was photographing a Liberal Party rally at Randwick Racecourse, which was attended by about 20,000 Liberal supporters. According to Scott, Malcolm Fraser was standing up on the flatbed of a semitrailer, “whipping the crowd into a frenzy.” Scott said he made his way onto the back of Fraser’s flatbed and began taking photos while Fraser was shouting comments like “A vote for Labor is a vote for the communists.” Scott, enraged, yelled out “Fraser, you’re a f---ing dope!” The Liberal leader spun around and pointed at Scott just as he took the photograph, capturing the moment.

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Item #CL179-102

Price (AUD): $9,900.00  other currencies

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