AWM Collection Record: ART02804
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ID Number: | ART02804 |
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| Title: | Captain Frank Hurley | ||
| Maker: | Lambert, George | ||
| Object type: | Drawing | ||
| Place made: | Ottoman Empire: Palestine | ||
| Date made: | 1918 | ||
| Physical description: | pencil on paper | ||
| Measurements: | 31 cm x 23.4 cm | ||
| Summary: | Depicts a portrait of an officer, Captain James Francis `Frank' Hurley, photographer and author, was the official photographer to the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-13. During the First World War he was an official photographer to the Australian Imperial Force in 1917-18 and held the rank of Captain. He accompanied Ross and Keith Smith on the Australian lap of their flight from England and spent some years on film expeditions to New Guinea. In 1931 Cinesound Productions Limited was established in Sydney and Hurley was engaged as their chief cameraman. He worked as a war photographer again during the second world war. He published many photographic books on Australia. | ||
| Copyright: | AWM copyright | ||
| Related subject: | Portraits | ||
| Related unit: | 1st Australian Imperial Force | ||
| Related place: | Ottoman Empire: Palestine | ||
| Related conflict: | First World War, 1914-1918 |
Last-Modified: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:25:26 GMT
