Myer’s window, Bourke Street 1963

BATES, Alan

Registration number

1643409

Artist/maker

BATES, Alan

Printer

CPL Digital

Title

Myer’s window, Bourke Street

Production date

1963

Medium

paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

37 x 52 cm (framed)

Credit line

Donated by Alan Bates, 2010
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Alan Bates, 1963, Melbourne, Photography, Myer window, Bourke Street

Summary

Framed digital colour print from slide taken by Alan Bates in 1963, showing Myer’s Window, Bourke Street displaying ladies fashion of the time. The Bourke Street mall didn't open until 1983, twenty years later. This photograph was taken using a Voigtlander Vito B camera with Kodachrome transparency film. Click on the ‘Read associated essay’ link in the right hand menu to read a statement by the photographer.