Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits

Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits introduces us to Alan Adler (1932 - 2024).

Adler, while little known, was likely the most photographed man in Australia and is also the oldest and longest serving photobooth technician in the world.

For over 50 years, Adler maintained a suite of photobooths across Melbourne/Narrm, most notably, the site near Flinders Street Station.

As part of his business, Adler would undertake weekly services of his photobooths, a process that produced a strip of photographs to check focus, flash and print quality, leading to an archive of thousands of photographs.

These self-portraits are the only surviving record of Adler's impact and his role servicing these photobooths.

Since the 1970s, Adler's photobooths have contributed to the photography of over a million people.

Auto Photo: A Life in Portraits will feature Alan Adler's extensive archive, alongside additional works by and drawn from the collections of Metro Auto Photo (Christopher Sutherland & Jessie Norman), Katherine Griffiths, and Patrick Pound.

Free Entry

A Centre for Contemporary Photography Exhibition curated by Catlin Langford and Metro Auto Photo

Image: Alan Adler, Photobooth portraits, gelatin silver prints © Alan Adler/Metro Auto Photo.

Gallery Talk: Saturday 2 May 11am to noon
Register online or call 03 9784 1060
Speakers: Curator Catlin Langford with Christopher Sutherland and Jessie Norman (Metro Auto Photo)






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 Corner Davey Street and Young Street Frankston Victoria 3199 Map



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