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Australian Story
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Harold Cazneaux, Self-portrait, 1904 Harold Cazneaux, 1878-1953, was Australia’s leading Pictorialist photographer. He held the first solo exhibition of photography in Australia; sent his pictures overseas to competitions and was recognized as a pioneer of the pictorial movement. HAROLD CAZNEAUX
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Harold Cazneaux, Sunlight and Shade, 1910 The goal of Pictoralism was to elevate photography to the same status as painting. Photographers used strong com- positions, soft focus, atmospheric effects such as fog, mist and evening light, and a preference for the darker end of the photographic palette.
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Harold Cazneaux, Silver and Grey, c1908Harold Cazneaux, The Bent Tree, 1914,
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In 1916 with five friends, Casneaux founded the amateur Sydney Camera Circle. Opposed to slavish imitation of overseas trends, he argued for a break with the typical low-toned British print in favour of 'truly Australian sunshine effects'. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cazneaux-harold-pierce-5542 Harold Cazneaux, The Bent Tree, 1914,
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Harold Cazneaux, The Spirit of Endurance, 1937 Harold Cazneaux, The Bent Tree, 1914,
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Hans Heysen, Summer, 1909 Harold Cazneaux, The Spirit of Endurance, 1937
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Harold Cazneaux, Steam and Sunshine, Newcastle BHP 1934 Cazneaux was a professional photographer. In 1934 he was given a commission to photograph all of BHP’s industrial and mining installations across Australia.
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Harold Cazneaux, Steam and Sunshine, Newcastle BHP 1934 Harold Cazneaux, Pouring Steel, Newcastle BHP 1934
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Cazneaux was also a portrait photographer, working on commissions for high society figures and magazines. Harold Cazneaux, Pergola Portrait, Beryl Cazneaux, 1931
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Harold Cazneaux, Sun Portrait, Leslie Sugden, 1931 Harold Cazneaux, Pergola Portrait, Beryl Cazneaux, 1931
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Doris Zinkeison was a high society artist from Britain, visiting Australia in 1927. Cazneaux was commissioned to photograph her by The Home magazine. Harold Cazneaux, Doris Zinkeison, New Idea portrait with Leaf Background, 1927
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MAX DUPAIN Max Dupain is regarded as one of Australia's greatest photographers. He stressed simplicity and directness in his work, creating images of sharp focus, boldness and graphic composition. http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/max-dupain Olive Cotton, portrait of Max Dupain, 1939
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Dupain was also influenced by the Vitalism doctrine, which held that a transcendent 'vital force' exists within living organisms. In particular, he admired the writings of DH Lawrence. For Dupain, the beach (and the body) was the obvious setting to portray physical vitality. http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/max-dupain Max Dupain, The Sunbather, 1935
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Max Dupain, At Newport, 1952
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Max Dupain, Bondi 1939 Max Dupain, At Newport, 1952
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Charles Meere, Australian Beach Pattern, 1940
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Max Dupain, Dart 1937 In the 1930s Dupain was one of only a handful of Australias inspired by the new international photography. He absorbed the 'modern' ideas from Europe and America such as the work of Man Ray, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Walker Evans.
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Max Dupain, Dart 1937 Max Dupain, Jean with Wire Mesh, 1937
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Max Dupain, Impassioned Clay, 1939Max Dupain, Jean with Wire Mesh, 1937
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Max Dupain, Stair Rail, 1975 In later years, Dupain specialized in archi- tectural photography, recording the new architectural modernism by Harry Seidler and others.
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Max Dupain, Australia Square, 1968 Max Dupain, Stair Rail, 1975
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Athol Shmith, Self-portrait, 1984 ATHOL SHMITH Athol Shmith was a celebrated studio portrait and fashion photographer in Melbourne. He contributed to the promotion of international photography within Australia.
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Athol Shmith's commercial career produced photographs that embodied a world of grace, glamour and allure. Athol Shmith, Patricia Tuckwell 1952
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Athol Shmith, Fashion illustration, model Patricia Tuckwell 1949 Athol Shmith, Patricia Tuckwell 1952
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Athol Shmith, Fashion illustration, white ball dress, 1953 Athol Shmith, Fashion illustration, model Patricia Tuckwell 1949
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Athol Shmith, Fashion illustration, white ball dress, 1953 Athol Shmith, fashion illustration, model Ann Chapman, 1961
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MARK STRIZIC Mark Strizic immigrated from Croatia in 1950. He became a photographer and artist known for his architectural and industrial photography and his street photography of Melbourne. He was a portraitist of significant Australians, a fine art photographer and teacher. Clifton Pugh, portrait of Mark Strizic, 1968
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Mark Strizic, Flinders St Station 1956 MARK STRIZIC Mark Strizic immigrated from Croatia in 1950. He became a photographer and artist known for his architectural and industrial photography and his street photography of Melbourne. He was a portraitist of significant Australians, a fine art photographer and teacher.
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Mark Strizic, Flinders St Station 1956Mark Strizic, Flinders lane 1956
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Mark Strizic, Queensberry St. at Errol St. 1963
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Mark Strizic, Collins St. from Russell St. 1967
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Mark Strizic, Flinders Lane 1967
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Mark Strizic, Collins Street at McPherson's Building, 1963
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Wolfgang Sievers c1990 WOLFGANG SIEVERS Wolfgang Sievers (1913–2007) fled Nazi Germany to make a new home in Australia. Through his striking images of the post-war manufacturing boom, he would go on to become one of the country’s most eminent photographers.
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Wolfgang Sievers, Gears for Mining Industry, VIckers Ruwolt, Burnley, 1971 Sievers’ images celebrate the individuality of the worker and the excitement of the modern machine age. He documented the height of Australian industry, recording places such as factories, oil refineries and treatment plants—many of them long since gone. In these places, Sievers found unexpected beauty and virtue. http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2011/sep11/sievers.pdf
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Wolfgang Sievers, Gears for Mining Industry, VIckers Ruwolt, Burnley, 1971 Working out of darkness and illuminating the scene with my own few light sources gave me the dramatic effects I wanted, almost invariably by using strong side and weak front lighting, ideas quite unoriginal because they were stolen directly from Rembrandt.
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Wolfgang Sievers, VIckers Ruwolt Checking Crusher for Mining Industry, Burnley, 1971 Wolfgang Sievers, Gears for Mining Industry, VIckers Ruwolt, Burnley, 1971
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Wolfgang Sievers, Worker Grinding a Door Pattern at the Ford Motor Plant, Geelong 1952 Wolfgang Sievers, VIckers Ruwolt Checking Crusher for Mining Industry, Burnley, 1971
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Wolfgang Sievers, Worker Grinding a Door Pattern at the Ford Motor Plant, Geelong 1952 Sievers’ great theme was the individual’s creative involvement in industry, the dignity of skilled labor and the central role of technical knowledge in forging a civilised environment.
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Wolfgang Sievers, Worker Grinding a Door Pattern at the Ford Motor Plant, Geelong 1952 Wolfgang Sievers, Australian Paper Pulp Mills, Burnie, Tasmania, 1956
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Wolfgang Sievers, Sulphuric Acid Plant at Electrolytic Zinc, Risdon, Tasmania 1959
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Wolfgang Sievers, Between Two Buildings in William St, 1968 Wolfgang Sievers, Sulphuric Acid Plant at Electrolytic Zinc, Risdon, Tasmania 1959
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Wolfgang Sievers, Escalator Site Construction at Parliament Station, Melbourne, 1977 Wolfgang Sievers, Expansion Loop, Kodak Factory, Coburg, 1964
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Wolfgang Sievers, Shell's Nymhea Rig Drilling for Oil in Bass Strait 1983
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Wolfgang Sievers, Curtains of Fire’, Shell’s Drilling Rig, Bass Strait, 1983
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CAROL JERREMS Carol Jerrems was a charismatic Melbourne photographer of the 1970s. She graduated in photography at Prahran Tech in 1970. Her feminist-influenced portraits of actors, musicians and friends are amongst her best work. Carol Jerrems, Mirror with a memory: motel room, 1977
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Carol Jerrem, Judy Morris, Cascade, 1977
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Carol Jerrems, Lyn and the Buick, 1976
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Carol Jerrems, Carolyn, 1976
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Carol Jerrems, Vale Street proofsheet, 1975
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcTtMs3t9lE Carol Jerrems, Vale Street, 1975
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http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/girl-mirror-portrait-carol/clip3/ Carol Jerrems, Vale Street, 1975
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BILL HENSON Bill Henson is a contemporary art photographer based in Melbourne. He has an international reputation. “The use of chiaroscuro is common throughout his works, through underexposure and adjustment in printing. His photographs' use of soft focus is intended to give them a painterly atmosphere. The work is often presented as diptychs, triptychs and in other groupings, and the exhibitions are specifically curated by Henson to reflect a sense of musicality.” Dylan O'Donnell, portrait of Bill Henson, 2008
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Bill Henson, Untitled #3, 2008/2009
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Bill Henson, Untitled #16, 2009/10
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Bill Henson, Untitled #10, 2008/2009
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Bill Henson, Untitled #19, 2008/2009
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Bill Henson, Untitled #20, 2008/2009
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Bill Henson, Untitled #2, 2009/2010
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Bill Henson, Untitled 35, 2009/2010
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Bill Henson, Untitled #25, 2008/2009
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Pat Brassington is a contemporary Australian artist working in the fields of photography and digital arts. She studied printmaking and photography at the Tasmanian School of Art in the early 1980s and is Australia’s key surrealist working in photo media. Pat Brassington, Mouse Trap, 2005
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Pat Brassington, Pillow Talk, 2005
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Pat Brassington, Socket, 2006Pat Brassington, Pillow Talk, 2005
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Pat Brassington, Tell, 2006Pat Brassington, Socket, 2006
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Pat Brassington, Tell, 2006Pat Brassington, Forget your perfect offering, 2008
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