Darwinites: Portrait Of A City
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Darwin, Australia's most remote and resilient capital city, has always attracted a unique breed of individual — and Darwinites: Portrait of a City captures their spirit with raw, unflinching intimacy. Through a compelling series of black-and-white photographic portraits, this work presents the faces and stories of the people who call Darwin home, chronicling the singular character of a frontier city shaped by tropical extremes, cultural diversity, and an indomitable community spirit forged in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy's devastation. Beyond its stunning visual record, the work argues that Darwin's identity is inseparable from its people — transient yet rooted, unconventional yet deeply communal. The stark, documentary-style photography illustrates a city that defies easy categorisation, sitting at the crossroads of Indigenous Australian culture, Southeast Asian influence, and the rugged individualism of the Top End. A portrait of place as much as of people, Darwinites leaves the reader wondering: what is it about this distant, sun-scorched city that draws people in and never quite lets them go?
Author: -
Format: Paperback
Published: 1981
Genre: Photography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Darwin, Australia's most remote and resilient capital city, has always attracted a unique breed of individual — and Darwinites: Portrait of a City captures their spirit with raw, unflinching intimacy. Through a compelling series of black-and-white photographic portraits, this work presents the faces and stories of the people who call Darwin home, chronicling the singular character of a frontier city shaped by tropical extremes, cultural diversity, and an indomitable community spirit forged in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy's devastation. Beyond its stunning visual record, the work argues that Darwin's identity is inseparable from its people — transient yet rooted, unconventional yet deeply communal. The stark, documentary-style photography illustrates a city that defies easy categorisation, sitting at the crossroads of Indigenous Australian culture, Southeast Asian influence, and the rugged individualism of the Top End. A portrait of place as much as of people, Darwinites leaves the reader wondering: what is it about this distant, sun-scorched city that draws people in and never quite lets them go?