Gryphon 1957 - Adm.monash.edu.au

• OU R PHOTOGRAPH ERST. King, B. Broughton , D. McLean, J . N. Sm ith.The accompanying self-portrait showsup the worst features of the gentlemenresponsi ble for the portro iture in r h ismagazine. Goodness knows what they'resupposed to be doing. From their enjoymentit's obvious that they're not lookingat pictures they've token themselves.Probably comparing the vita l sta t ist icsof Gina Lolobrigida with Diana Dors .Oh well , let them have their youthfu l illusions. Actually Diona would make aperfect Juliet. She can't oct but she ca nlean over a balcony. That's the advantageof carrying the bulk of the ca rgoon the upper deck.Th e elderly gentleman on the left isTom King. He migrated from Sweden ona balsa wood raft and grounded at CoulfieldTech. He wore a fearsome forkedbeard for some time but eventuallybought an electric mower. Tom's a characteractor. When he sh ows any characterhe 's acting. Brian seems indecentlyinterested in that photo. We wonder whoit is. He reckons he's a gentleman justbecause he prefers blondes. Brian hasdone a pretty good co u rse here. He remindsus of Roy. Looks enough like himt o be h is brother.Trevor is our most enthusiastic photographer.He prefers his subjects overexposedbut under-developed. He 'sBrian's right hand man. There's nothingin the world that Brian wouldn't do forTrevor, and there's nothing in the worldthat Trevor wouldn't do for Brion . Theyspend their lives doing nothing for eochother.The bloke with the funny ex p ressio nis Don McLean. The camera has caughthim a s he always look s. Don is really abri ght gentleman who talks four g igglesto the sentence. When opportunityknocked he complained of the noi se .20Still he 'll get there. He really workshard. He doesn't wait for 'things to happen.He 's not ahead of the times. He 'snot even going in the some direction.Phil Smith has been with us a coupleof yea rs. It seems longer. He is sittingtight waiting for things to happen. Theonl y thing that comes to him who waitsis whiskers. Phil 's progress through thecourse is painstakingly s low. You kn owwho gets the po ins .You notice that none of the photographersare women. They're averse t odeveloping. After all , 50 per cent of theworld are women, but they always seema novelty. What a pity these boys couldnot rope in a frivolous woman. Youknow, a frivolours woman makes lifemighty interesting to a man while he 'ssearching for a sensible on e. Theseadolsecent boys of ours are not interestedin girls. Mind you adolescence is afunny time. It's not a period. It's a como.