PHOTOGRAPHER PROFILES...

Photography throughout history took all sorts of shapes and forms, from war photography to music photography to photographing different cultures - no matter its focus it all makes up a large part of our history.

Frank Hurley

Australian-born and raised photographer Frank Hurley, was an avid adventurer and pioneer photographer during the 20th century [Shackelton, 2022] He would go anywhere and do anything to get the perfect photograph, the risk was always worth taking Hurley is most known for his iconic photos from multiple Antarctica expeditions - one where he was forced to smash over 400 glass plates from the 600 he rescued when the ship went down. Hurley also snapped shots in the jungles of New Guinea and on the front line of the European battlefields where he was appointed official Australian photographer during both world wars Hurley was also known for his composite images. He argued his intentions behind this were purely to communicate and represent the reality and scale of the horror and suffering experienced on the Western Front [Darcy Moore, 2011].