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{{Infobox artist|name = Michel Lawrence|image =<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Portrait photograph of Michel Lawrence.jpg|thumb]] -->|caption =Writer, photographer and documentary director Michel Lawrence|birth_name =|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|10|16|}}|birth_place = [[Kings Cross, New South Wales]], [[Australia]]|death_date =|death_place =|nationality = [[Australia]]n|movement =|awards =|patrons =|imagesize =|field = [[Photography]]|training =|works =}} |
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'''Michel Lawrence''' (born 1948) is an [[Australian]] writer,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> portrait photographer<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /> and documentary director.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url = http://theconversation.com/who-gets-to-write-the-script-for-our-multicultural-future-24566|title = Who gets to write the script for our multicultural future? |
'''Michel Lawrence''' (born 1948) is an [[Australians|Australian]] writer,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> advertising creative director,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1200w-AFR-JWT-IMG_7658.jpg|title=JWT gets creative with shake-up|last=Burbury|first=Rochelle|date=22 August 2000|work=The Australian Financial Review|access-date=17 March 2016|via=Shack West}}</ref> portrait photographer<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=National Portrait Gallery of Australia|url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/michel-lawrence-1948|access-date=24 January 2016|website=People, Michel Lawrence, b1948|publisher=National Portrait Gallery}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> and documentary director.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url = http://theconversation.com/who-gets-to-write-the-script-for-our-multicultural-future-24566|title = Who gets to write the script for our multicultural future?|date = 19 March 2014|work = The Conversation|access-date = 24 January 2016}}</ref> He also produced two photographic books, ''Framed: Photographs of Australian Artists''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/The-Oz-Framed-review.jpg|title=More things of heaven and earth...|last=Lynn|first=Elwyn|date=14 December 1991|work=The Weekend Australian|access-date=17 March 2016|via=Shack West}}</ref> and ''All of Us'',<ref name=":6" /> documenting the multicultural makeup of Australia. |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Lawrence matriculated from [[Camberwell Grammar School]] in Melbourne and enrolled at [[La Trobe University]] in its first year, becoming the foundation editor of the student newspaper [[Rabelais Student Media|Rabelais]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.upstart.net.au/2009/09/10/avocados-testicles-facebook/|title = Avocados, Testicles and Facebook; What do they have in Common?|date = 10 September 2009|access-date = 27 January 2016|website = upstart|publisher = Upstart Magazine|last = Fritsch|first = Ashley}}</ref> |
Lawrence matriculated from [[Camberwell Grammar School]] in Melbourne and enrolled at [[La Trobe University]] in its first year, becoming the foundation editor of the student newspaper ''[[Rabelais Student Media|Rabelais]]''.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.upstart.net.au/2009/09/10/avocados-testicles-facebook/|title = Avocados, Testicles and Facebook; What do they have in Common?|date = 10 September 2009|access-date = 27 January 2016|website = upstart|publisher = Upstart Magazine|last = Fritsch|first = Ashley|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160201093738/http://www.upstart.net.au/2009/09/10/avocados-testicles-facebook/|archive-date = 1 February 2016|df = dmy-all}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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On leaving university, Lawrence began work as a journalist at the national daily newspaper, ''[[The Australian]]''.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.nbsproductions.com.au/?page_id=10883|title = Meet our team! |
On leaving university, Lawrence began work as a journalist at the national daily newspaper, ''[[The Australian]]''.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.nbsproductions.com.au/?page_id=10883|title = Meet our team!|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = NBS Productions|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302080305/http://www.nbsproductions.com.au/?page_id=10883|archive-date = 2 March 2016|df = dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1-Australian-Clyde-Holding.pdf|title = Beer for the winner, Scotch for the loser|last = Lawrence|first = Michel|date = 21 May 1973|work = The Australian|access-date = 10 February 2016|via = Shack West}}</ref> At [[News Corp Australia|News Ltd]], Lawrence worked for the Sunday Australian and [[The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney)|The Sunday Telegraph]] as a political columnist covering both state and federal politics.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2-Sunday-Tele-MerryGoRound.jpg|title = On The Political Merry-Go-Round|last = Lawrence|first = Michel|date = 13 May 1973|work = The Sunday Telegraph|access-date = 10 February 2016|via = Shack West}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/3-Sunday-Tele-election-forecast.pdf|title = Young voters may hold key in bayside suburb|last = Lawrence|first = Michel|date = 6 May 1973|work = The Sunday Telegraph|access-date = 10 February 2016|via = Shack West}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/4-Sunday-Telegraph-ML-front-page.pdf|title = Massive Win For Liberals|last = Lawrence|first = Michel|date = 20 May 1973|work = The Sunday Telegraph|access-date = 10 February 2016|via = Shack West}}</ref> After leaving The Australian in 1976, he founded and edited Australia's first skateboard magazine, [http://www.vicskatehistory.com/#!1975-the-craze/c13j0 Slicks].<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Slicks-Cover-1.jpg|title = Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine|last = Lawrence|first = Michel|date = 1976|journal = Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine|volume = 1|access-date = 2 February 2016|publisher = Slicks Publishing|issue = 1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Slicks-Editorial-page.jpg|title = Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine|last = Lawrence|first = Michel|date = 1976|journal = Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine|volume = 1|access-date = 2 February 2016|publisher = Slicks Publishing|issue = 1}}</ref> |
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Lawrence was recruited to manage Australian electric folk group, [[The Bushwackers (band)|The Bushwackers]],<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/6-WIP-interview-with-ML-in-SF-jacket.jpg|title = Third down and goal.|last = Oshlack|first = Ian|date = 1 May 1987|work = Work in Progress|access-date = 10 February 2016|via = Shack West}}</ref> departing in 1976 with the band for an extended 18-month tour of Europe including England, Scotland and Wales, and recording their album ''Murrumbidgee''<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://london.virginradio.ca/Music/Album.aspx?id=491341|title = ALBUM REVIEW|date = 1994|access-date = 1 February 2016|website = Virgin Radio |
Lawrence was recruited to manage Australian electric folk group, [[The Bushwackers (band)|The Bushwackers]],<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/6-WIP-interview-with-ML-in-SF-jacket.jpg|title = Third down and goal.|last = Oshlack|first = Ian|date = 1 May 1987|work = Work in Progress|access-date = 10 February 2016|via = Shack West}}</ref> departing in 1976 with the band for an extended 18-month tour of Europe including England, Scotland and Wales, and recording their album ''Murrumbidgee''<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://london.virginradio.ca/Music/Album.aspx?id=491341|title = ALBUM REVIEW|date = 1994|access-date = 1 February 2016|website = Virgin Radio|last = Sleger|first = Dave}}</ref> at Morgan's Studios, London.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://australianfolk.blogspot.com.au/2009/03/bushwackers-band-murrumbidgee-lp-1977.html|title = The Bushwackers Band "Murrumbidgee" LP 1977|date = 30 March 2009|access-date = 1 February 2016|website = Australian Folk Music and Australian Folk Singers and Musicians}}</ref> |
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Returning to Australia in 1978, Lawrence founded the design studio Swell Productions which became the advertising agency Burrows Doble Lawrence, with Art Director Bill Burrows and agency Account Director Ed Doble. The agency was sold to [[D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles]]<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/5-BT-BDL-to-Masius.jpg|title = Masius incorporates Burrows Doble trio |
Returning to Australia in 1978, Lawrence founded the design studio Swell Productions which became the advertising agency Burrows Doble Lawrence, with Art Director Bill Burrows and agency Account Director Ed Doble. The agency was sold to [[D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles]]<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/5-BT-BDL-to-Masius.jpg|title = Masius incorporates Burrows Doble trio|date = 15 August 1986|work = B&T Magazine|access-date = 10 February 2016|via = Shack West}}</ref> and Lawrence was headhunted to the Australian retail agency Mattingly and Partners as its Executive Creative Director.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/8-Mattingly-Board.pdf|title = David Mattingly, salesman extraordinaire|last = Phillips|first = Mark|date = 18 November 1988|work = Ad News|access-date = 10 February 2016|via = Shack West}}</ref> During this period he was also President of the Melbourne Art Directors’ Club.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/7-BT-interview-with-ML.pdf|title = Michel Lawrence: Lawrence of Suburbia|last = Miller|first = Mark|date = 30 June 1989|work = B&T Magazine|access-date = 10 February 2016|via = Shack West}}</ref> |
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In 1990, Lawrence was appointed Executive Creative Director of the multi-national agency [[J. Walter Thompson]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://old.melbournepressclub.com/about/history/chapter-six|title = Chapter Six: Lazarus rises|date |
In 1990, Lawrence was appointed Executive Creative Director of the multi-national agency [[J. Walter Thompson]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://old.melbournepressclub.com/about/history/chapter-six|title = Chapter Six: Lazarus rises|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = Melbourne Press Club}}</ref> eventually being appointed Managing Director of the Melbourne Office in 1998 and then Australian Chairman a year later.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.adnews.com.au/89009F2A-FC58-4C81-A5753CB01E26E651|title = Chopper works in the US|last = Schou-Clarke|first = Jane|date = 16 March 2001|work = AdNews|access-date = 27 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.adnews.com.au/784648A2-FACC-41BC-943ABE060AA3D163|title = AGENCY PEOPLE MOVES|date = 20 December 2002|work = AdNews|access-date = 27 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.adnews.com.au/26D8BEBB-472B-4B66-B0D0EC2281B801CD|title = Is Ansett's $20m campaign working?|date = 5 November 2001|work = AdNews|access-date = 27 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/9-JWT-ML-Chairman.jpg|title = JWT gets creative with shake-up|last = Burbury|first = Rochelle|date = 22 August 2000|work = The Australian Financial Review|access-date = 10 February 2016|via = Shack West}}</ref> |
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In 2001 while chairman of JWT, Lawrence was asked about the collapse of Australian airline [[Ansett Australia|Ansett]], in the midst of a pitch for the |
In 2001 while chairman of JWT, Lawrence was asked about the collapse of Australian airline [[Ansett Australia|Ansett]], in the midst of a pitch for the airline's business. Lawrence told [http://www.adnews.com.au/ AdNews], "marketing and advertising were never the problems, and neither was ever going to solve deep-seated difficulties [at Ansett]."<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.adnews.com.au/06878AA7-587F-4863-973160098CB2D416|title = The pitch we didn't have to have|last = Schou-Clarke|first = Jane|date = 14 September 2001|work = AdNews|access-date = 27 January 2016}}</ref> |
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During a period of 10 years, Lawrence embarked on a personal project to photograph one hundred of |
During a period of 10 years, Lawrence embarked on a personal project to photograph one hundred of Australia's most important postwar modernists including [[Sidney Nolan]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ironoutlaw.com/art/|title = Art|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = IronOutlaw.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.heide.com.au/sites/default/files/UnmaskedSidney-Nolan-and-Ned-Kelly-19501.pdf|title = Education Kit - Unmasked: Sidney Nolan and Ned Kelly 1950 – 1990|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = Heide Museum of Modern Art}}</ref> [[Lloyd Rees]],<ref name=":3" /> [[Arthur Boyd]],<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.abc.net.au/rn/legacy/programs/artstalk/stories/s119943.htm|title = Framing the Arts|date = 6 February 2000|work = Arts Talk|access-date = 24 January 2016|via = ABC Radio National}}</ref> [[Donald Friend]],<ref>{{Cite book|title = Donald Friend, 1915-1989: Retrospective|last = Pearce|first = Barry|publisher = Art Gallery of New South Wales|year = 1990|isbn = 0730569292|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/4.-Donald-Friend.jpg}}</ref> [[Sam Fullbrook]],<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/sam-fullbrook-delicate-beauty/|title = SAM FULLBROOK: DELICATE BEAUTY|date = 3 June 2014|work = QAGOMA|access-date = 2 February 2016|via = Queensland Art Gallery}}</ref> [[Jeffrey Smart]],<ref>{{Cite book|title = Master of Stillness: Jeffrey Smart|last = Pearce|first = Barry|publisher = Wakefield Press|year = 2015|isbn = 9781743053393|location = Australia|pages = 4, 5|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/7.-Jeffrey-Smart.jpg}}</ref> [[Elwyn Lynn]],<ref>{{Cite book|title = Elwyn Lynn : metaphor + texture|last = Pinson|first = Peter|publisher = Craftsman House|year = 2002|isbn = 1877004170|location = St Leonards, N.S.W.|pages = 155|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/6.-Elwyn-Lynn.jpg}}</ref> [[David Larwill]]<ref>{{Cite book|title = Larwill, David, 1956-|last = McGregor|first = Ken|publisher = Craftsman House|year = 1997|isbn = 9057037815|location = North Ryde, N.S.W.|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/8.-Larwill.jpg}}</ref> and [http://www.johnwolseley.net/ John Wolseley].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1.-John-Wolseley.jpg|title = Brush With Nature|date = 18 May 1991|access-date = 2 February 2016|publisher = Good Weekend magazine|last = Hawley|first = Janet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Encounters with Australian Artistry|last = Hawley|first = Janet|publisher = University of Queensland Press|year = 1993|isbn = 0702225614|pages = 136|url = http://shackwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2.-Wolseley-book.jpg}}</ref> This became an exhibition at Australian Galleries Melbourne and Sydney in 1996. Two years later the exhibition was published as the book, ''Framed: Photographs of Australian Artists'', published by Hardie Grant.<ref>http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/542161 'National Library of Australia catalogue' {{ISBN|1-86-498017-6}}</ref> The book's cover portrait of Lloyd Rees had previously been a cover of the ''Sydney Morning Herald''/''Age'' magazine "Good Weekend", illustrating [http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/gw-classics/lloyd-rees-the-final-interview-20140902-10bd9n.html an article on the artist by Janet Hawley]<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/artists-in-conversation-reveal-secrets-of-success-in-interviews-with-janet-hawley/story-fn9n8gph-1226531451028|title = Artists in Conversation reveal secrets of success in interviews with Janet Hawley|last = Anderson|first = Patricia|date = 8 December 2012|access-date = 1 February 2016|via = The Australian}}</ref> winning her a [[Walkley Awards|Walkley Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.penguin.com.au/contributors/8879/janet-hawley|title = Janet Hawley (AUTHOR)|date = 2016|access-date = 1 February 2016|website = Penguin Books Australia|publisher = Penguin Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/480600?c=people|title = Hawley, Janet|access-date = 1 February 2016|website = Trove|publisher = National Library of Australia}}</ref> Hawley also contributed the introduction to the book ''Framed''.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://library.pmi.net.au/resultbyField.jsp?term=Hawley%2C+Janet%2C+1944-&field=author|title = Victorian History Library|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = Prahran Mechanics' Institute}}</ref> |
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Lawrence's second book, ''All of Us'' includes photographs of people born in 200 other countries, but who were now living in Australia.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url = http://www.readings.com.au/system/uploads/assets/0000/0901/Readings_Monthly__Feb_08.pdf|title = Readings Monthly|date = February 2008|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = Readings - Books, Music, Film - Melbourne's Own Since 1969|archive-date = 12 January 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170112201224/http://www.readings.com.au/system/uploads/assets/0000/0901/Readings_Monthly__Feb_08.pdf|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite web | url=http://www.photoreview.com.au/stories/profiles/michel-lawrence-all-for-one | title=Michel Lawrence: All for one | date=17 February 2012 }}</ref> The project was inspired by the [[2005 Cronulla riots]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.photoreview.com.au/stories/profiles/michel-lawrence-all-for-one|title = Michel Lawrence: All for one|access-date=24 January 2016|website = Photo Review|last = Margaret|first = Brown}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.multicultural.vic.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88:the-middle-east&catid=32&Itemid=90|title = The Middle East|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = Victorian Multicultural Commission|last = Beanland|first = Glenn}}</ref> ''All of Us'' was published by Scribe Books<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.tpav.org.au/_documents/Journals/2008/Mar/6289579a-9ddc-4758-90e5-b2973e7f9452/All_of_Us.pdf|title = All of Us|date = March 2008|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = The Police Association Victoria}}</ref> and the portraits exhibited at [[Federation Square]], Melbourne<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s2146992.htm|title = Capturing the faces that make up the nation|date = 25 January 2008|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = The 7.30 Report|publisher = ABC|last = Tay|first = Huey Fern}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/about-us/|title = First Fleet Fellowship Victoria: About|access-date = 24 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/publ/distribut/EdTimes/educationtimesvol16issue2.pdf|title = Education Times|last = Van Der Riet|first = Tessa|date = 21 February 2008|access-date = 24 January 2016|via = Department of Education and Early Childhood Development}}</ref> and later in a tour of Indian cities.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/indian-aussies-photo-expo-inaugurated-at-mall/article4806041.ece|title = 'Indian Aussies' photo expo inaugurated at mall|date = 12 June 2013|work = The Hindu|access-date = 24 January 2016}}</ref> The 'All of Us' project was launched at Federation Square by the Victorian Premier, [[John Brumby]] for Australia Day 2008<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/exhibition-reveals-migrant-stories/2008/01/25/1201157673232.html |title=Exhibition reveals migrant stories |date=26 January 2008 |publisher=The Age }}</ref> and was funded by Federal and State governments along with private benefactors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.embassy.gov.au/ndli/pa4209.html |title=Australian Foreign Minister to inaugurate photography exhibition in Delhi |publisher=Australian High Commission, New Delhi }}</ref> |
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A subsequent project, 'Indian Aussies' was commissioned by the Australian [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.billburrowsdesign.com.au/2010/11/indian-aussies-website/|title = Indian Aussies Website |
A subsequent project, 'Indian Aussies' was commissioned by the Australian [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.billburrowsdesign.com.au/2010/11/indian-aussies-website/|title = Indian Aussies Website|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = Bill Burrows Design|last = Burrows|first = Bill|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160130131544/http://www.billburrowsdesign.com.au/2010/11/indian-aussies-website/|archive-date = 30 January 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref> and has been touring India after its launch in New Delhi in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.embassy.gov.au/ndli/pa7410.html |title=Indian Aussies exhibition launched |publisher=Australian High Commission, New Delhi }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url = http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNPUN36318|title = Glimpses of Aussie Indians|date = 16 February 2011|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = dna syndication|last = Divya|first = Mangwani}}</ref> |
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== Cinematography == |
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Lawrence’s photographs are held in numerous private and public collections, including The [[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)|National Portrait Gallery]] in Canberra,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url = http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/michel-lawrence-1948|title = National Portrait Gallery of Australia|date = |access-date = 24 January 2016|website = People, Michel Lawrence, b1948|publisher = National Portrait Gallery|last = |first = }}</ref> The [[National Library of Australia|National Library]] in Canberra,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8433788?q&versionId=43928026|title = 1998, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Framed : photographs of Australian artists / by Michel Lawrence|date = 1998|access-date = 1 February 2016|website = Trove|publisher = National Library of Australia|last = |first = }}</ref> The [[Queensland Art Gallery]] (QAGOMA),<ref>http://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/sam-fullbrook-delicate-beauty/</ref> The Museum of Modern Art at Heide,<ref name=":2" /> Melbourne University and a number of regional galleries across Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.castlemainegallery.com/gallery/|title = Explore our Collections|date = |access-date = 24 January 2016|website = Castlemaine Art Gallery|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.peterburke.com.au/peter-burke-exhibitions/|title = Peter Burke - Exhibitions|date = |access-date = 24 January 2016|website = |publisher = |last = Peter|first = Burke}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://collection.lismoregallery.org/artwork/detail/1068|title = Artwork Detail|date = June 2006|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = Lismore Regional Gallery|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> Lawrence’s collection of photographs of Australian musicians, actors and performers is in the permanent collection of the Melbourne Performing Arts Museum.<ref>http://collections.artscentremelbourne.com.au/paminter/imu.php?request=browse&irn=2988</ref> |
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⚫ | In 2012, Lawrence's production company Miro Films<ref>http://mirofilms.tv</ref> began producing the television arts program ''InsideArt'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://insideart.tv/ |title=InsideArt - Australia's artist-centric, video-showcase of contemporary visual arts |access-date=24 January 2016 |archive-date=4 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204052140/http://insideart.tv/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.aev.vic.edu.au/images/stories/Program_Abstracts_-_Creative_Futures1.pdf|title = Creative Futures: Visual Arts, AusVELS & the Australian Curriculum|access-date = 24 January 2016|website = Art Education Victoria}}</ref> which has run four seasons across Australian public broadcasters in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. In 2014, InsideArt was voted Most Outstanding Australian Arts Program across the public broadcasting network at the [[Antenna Awards]]. |
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⚫ | In 2012, Lawrence's production company Miro Films<ref>http://mirofilms.tv</ref> began producing the television arts program ''InsideArt'',<ref>http://insideart.tv</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.aev.vic.edu.au/images/stories/Program_Abstracts_-_Creative_Futures1.pdf|title = Creative Futures: Visual Arts, AusVELS & the Australian Curriculum |
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== Collections == |
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* The [[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)|National Portrait Gallery]] in Canberra,<ref name=":3" /> |
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* The [[National Library of Australia|National Library]] in Canberra,<ref>{{Cite web|date=1998|title=1998, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Framed : photographs of Australian artists / by Michel Lawrence|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8433788?q&versionId=43928026|access-date=1 February 2016|website=Trove|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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* The [[Queensland Art Gallery]] (QAGOMA),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/sam-fullbrook-delicate-beauty/ | title=Sam Fullbrook: Delicate Beauty | date=3 June 2014 }}</ref> |
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* The Museum of Modern Art at Heide,<ref name=":2" /> |
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* Melbourne University |
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* [[Castlemaine Art Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Michel Lawrence|url=https://collection.castlemainegallery.com/persons/693/michel-lawrence|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Castlemaine Art Museum Collection Online|language=en}}</ref> |
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* Lismore Art Gallery<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 2006|title=Artwork Detail|url=http://collection.lismoregallery.org/artwork/detail/1068|access-date=24 January 2016|website=Lismore Regional Gallery}}</ref> |
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Michel Lawrence | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Known for | Photography |
Michel Lawrence (born 1948) is an Australian writer,[1][2] advertising creative director,[3] portrait photographer[4][5] and documentary director.[2] He also produced two photographic books, Framed: Photographs of Australian Artists[6] and All of Us,[7] documenting the multicultural makeup of Australia.
Early life and education
[edit]Lawrence matriculated from Camberwell Grammar School in Melbourne and enrolled at La Trobe University in its first year, becoming the foundation editor of the student newspaper Rabelais.[4][8]
Career
[edit]On leaving university, Lawrence began work as a journalist at the national daily newspaper, The Australian.[4][9][10] At News Ltd, Lawrence worked for the Sunday Australian and The Sunday Telegraph as a political columnist covering both state and federal politics.[11][12][13] After leaving The Australian in 1976, he founded and edited Australia's first skateboard magazine, Slicks.[14][15]
Lawrence was recruited to manage Australian electric folk group, The Bushwackers,[9][16] departing in 1976 with the band for an extended 18-month tour of Europe including England, Scotland and Wales, and recording their album Murrumbidgee[17] at Morgan's Studios, London.[18]
Returning to Australia in 1978, Lawrence founded the design studio Swell Productions which became the advertising agency Burrows Doble Lawrence, with Art Director Bill Burrows and agency Account Director Ed Doble. The agency was sold to D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles[19] and Lawrence was headhunted to the Australian retail agency Mattingly and Partners as its Executive Creative Director.[20] During this period he was also President of the Melbourne Art Directors’ Club.[21]
In 1990, Lawrence was appointed Executive Creative Director of the multi-national agency J. Walter Thompson,[22] eventually being appointed Managing Director of the Melbourne Office in 1998 and then Australian Chairman a year later.[23][24][25][26]
In 2001 while chairman of JWT, Lawrence was asked about the collapse of Australian airline Ansett, in the midst of a pitch for the airline's business. Lawrence told AdNews, "marketing and advertising were never the problems, and neither was ever going to solve deep-seated difficulties [at Ansett]."[27]
During a period of 10 years, Lawrence embarked on a personal project to photograph one hundred of Australia's most important postwar modernists including Sidney Nolan,[28][29] Lloyd Rees,[4] Arthur Boyd,[30] Donald Friend,[31] Sam Fullbrook,[32] Jeffrey Smart,[33] Elwyn Lynn,[34] David Larwill[35] and John Wolseley.[36][37] This became an exhibition at Australian Galleries Melbourne and Sydney in 1996. Two years later the exhibition was published as the book, Framed: Photographs of Australian Artists, published by Hardie Grant.[38] The book's cover portrait of Lloyd Rees had previously been a cover of the Sydney Morning Herald/Age magazine "Good Weekend", illustrating an article on the artist by Janet Hawley[39] winning her a Walkley Award.[40][41] Hawley also contributed the introduction to the book Framed.[42]
Lawrence's second book, All of Us includes photographs of people born in 200 other countries, but who were now living in Australia.[1][7] The project was inspired by the 2005 Cronulla riots.[43][44] All of Us was published by Scribe Books[1][45] and the portraits exhibited at Federation Square, Melbourne[46][47][48] and later in a tour of Indian cities.[49] The 'All of Us' project was launched at Federation Square by the Victorian Premier, John Brumby for Australia Day 2008[5] and was funded by Federal and State governments along with private benefactors.[50]
A subsequent project, 'Indian Aussies' was commissioned by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs[51] and has been touring India after its launch in New Delhi in 2013.[52][53]
Cinematography
[edit]In 2012, Lawrence's production company Miro Films[54] began producing the television arts program InsideArt,[55][56] which has run four seasons across Australian public broadcasters in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. In 2014, InsideArt was voted Most Outstanding Australian Arts Program across the public broadcasting network at the Antenna Awards.
Collections
[edit]- The National Portrait Gallery in Canberra,[4]
- The National Library in Canberra,[57]
- The Queensland Art Gallery (QAGOMA),[58]
- The Museum of Modern Art at Heide,[53]
- Melbourne University
- Castlemaine Art Museum[59]
- Lismore Art Gallery[60]
- Performing Arts Museum, Melbourne[61]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Readings Monthly" (PDF). Readings - Books, Music, Film - Melbourne's Own Since 1969. February 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Who gets to write the script for our multicultural future?". The Conversation. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ Burbury, Rochelle (22 August 2000). "JWT gets creative with shake-up". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via Shack West.
- ^ a b c d e "National Portrait Gallery of Australia". People, Michel Lawrence, b1948. National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Exhibition reveals migrant stories". The Age. 26 January 2008.
- ^ Lynn, Elwyn (14 December 1991). "More things of heaven and earth..." The Weekend Australian. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via Shack West.
- ^ a b "Michel Lawrence: All for one". 17 February 2012.
- ^ Fritsch, Ashley (10 September 2009). "Avocados, Testicles and Facebook; What do they have in Common?". upstart. Upstart Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Meet our team!". NBS Productions. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ Lawrence, Michel (21 May 1973). "Beer for the winner, Scotch for the loser" (PDF). The Australian. Retrieved 10 February 2016 – via Shack West.
- ^ Lawrence, Michel (13 May 1973). "On The Political Merry-Go-Round". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 10 February 2016 – via Shack West.
- ^ Lawrence, Michel (6 May 1973). "Young voters may hold key in bayside suburb" (PDF). The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 10 February 2016 – via Shack West.
- ^ Lawrence, Michel (20 May 1973). "Massive Win For Liberals" (PDF). The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 10 February 2016 – via Shack West.
- ^ Lawrence, Michel (1976). "Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine". Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine. 1 (1). Slicks Publishing. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ Lawrence, Michel (1976). "Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine". Slicks: The Australian Skateboard Magazine. 1 (1). Slicks Publishing. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ Oshlack, Ian (1 May 1987). "Third down and goal". Work in Progress. Retrieved 10 February 2016 – via Shack West.
- ^ Sleger, Dave (1994). "ALBUM REVIEW". Virgin Radio. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "The Bushwackers Band "Murrumbidgee" LP 1977". Australian Folk Music and Australian Folk Singers and Musicians. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Masius incorporates Burrows Doble trio". B&T Magazine. 15 August 1986. Retrieved 10 February 2016 – via Shack West.
- ^ Phillips, Mark (18 November 1988). "David Mattingly, salesman extraordinaire" (PDF). Ad News. Retrieved 10 February 2016 – via Shack West.
- ^ Miller, Mark (30 June 1989). "Michel Lawrence: Lawrence of Suburbia" (PDF). B&T Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2016 – via Shack West.
- ^ "Chapter Six: Lazarus rises". Melbourne Press Club. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ Schou-Clarke, Jane (16 March 2001). "Chopper works in the US". AdNews. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "AGENCY PEOPLE MOVES". AdNews. 20 December 2002. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Is Ansett's $20m campaign working?". AdNews. 5 November 2001. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ Burbury, Rochelle (22 August 2000). "JWT gets creative with shake-up". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 10 February 2016 – via Shack West.
- ^ Schou-Clarke, Jane (14 September 2001). "The pitch we didn't have to have". AdNews. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Art". IronOutlaw.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Education Kit - Unmasked: Sidney Nolan and Ned Kelly 1950 – 1990" (PDF). Heide Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Framing the Arts". Arts Talk. 6 February 2000. Retrieved 24 January 2016 – via ABC Radio National.
- ^ Pearce, Barry (1990). Donald Friend, 1915-1989: Retrospective. Art Gallery of New South Wales. ISBN 0730569292.
- ^ "SAM FULLBROOK: DELICATE BEAUTY". QAGOMA. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2016 – via Queensland Art Gallery.
- ^ Pearce, Barry (2015). Master of Stillness: Jeffrey Smart. Australia: Wakefield Press. pp. 4, 5. ISBN 9781743053393.
- ^ Pinson, Peter (2002). Elwyn Lynn : metaphor + texture. St Leonards, N.S.W.: Craftsman House. p. 155. ISBN 1877004170.
- ^ McGregor, Ken (1997). Larwill, David, 1956-. North Ryde, N.S.W.: Craftsman House. ISBN 9057037815.
- ^ Hawley, Janet (18 May 1991). "Brush With Nature". Good Weekend magazine. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ Hawley, Janet (1993). Encounters with Australian Artistry. University of Queensland Press. p. 136. ISBN 0702225614.
- ^ http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/542161 'National Library of Australia catalogue' ISBN 1-86-498017-6
- ^ Anderson, Patricia (8 December 2012). "Artists in Conversation reveal secrets of success in interviews with Janet Hawley". Retrieved 1 February 2016 – via The Australian.
- ^ "Janet Hawley (AUTHOR)". Penguin Books Australia. Penguin Books. 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Hawley, Janet". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Victorian History Library". Prahran Mechanics' Institute. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ Margaret, Brown. "Michel Lawrence: All for one". Photo Review. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ Beanland, Glenn. "The Middle East". Victorian Multicultural Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "All of Us" (PDF). The Police Association Victoria. March 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ Tay, Huey Fern (25 January 2008). "Capturing the faces that make up the nation". The 7.30 Report. ABC. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "First Fleet Fellowship Victoria: About". Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ Van Der Riet, Tessa (21 February 2008). "Education Times" (PDF). Retrieved 24 January 2016 – via Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
- ^ "'Indian Aussies' photo expo inaugurated at mall". The Hindu. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Australian Foreign Minister to inaugurate photography exhibition in Delhi". Australian High Commission, New Delhi.
- ^ Burrows, Bill. "Indian Aussies Website". Bill Burrows Design. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Indian Aussies exhibition launched". Australian High Commission, New Delhi.
- ^ a b Divya, Mangwani (16 February 2011). "Glimpses of Aussie Indians". dna syndication. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ http://mirofilms.tv
- ^ "InsideArt - Australia's artist-centric, video-showcase of contemporary visual arts". Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Creative Futures: Visual Arts, AusVELS & the Australian Curriculum" (PDF). Art Education Victoria. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "1998, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Framed : photographs of Australian artists / by Michel Lawrence". Trove. National Library of Australia. 1998. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Sam Fullbrook: Delicate Beauty". 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Michel Lawrence". Castlemaine Art Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Artwork Detail". Lismore Regional Gallery. June 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ http://collections.artscentremelbourne.com.au/paminter/imu.php?request=browse&irn=2988