DRYSDALE : Photographer

AUSTRALIAN ART PHOTOGRAPY Aboriginal –

Includes photographs of Aborigines; rock engravings at Gallery Hill, east of Port Hedland, WA; quarry at Lions Head, Innamincka, SA.

Lady Drysdale’s gift of photographs to the National Gallery of Victoria reveals an unknown aspect of Russell Drysdale and is a major addition to the NGV photographic collection. B/w and colour photographs of family, artists, and characters. Photos from his extensive travel around Australia 1950s outback landscapes. Wide scope of subjects featured with detailed text.

• 215 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. #110126 (Over standard size)

• First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:

  • Photography – Ethnographic
  • Art – Rock engraving
  • Sites – Quarries – Stone
  • Art – Rock art – Engraving
  • Gallery Hill (WA East Pilbara SF50-08)
  • Innamincka (NE SA SG54-14)
  • Port Hedland (WA East Pilbara SF50-04)

  Subject:

  • Drysdale, Russell, Sir, 1912-1981
  • Photography, Artistic
  • Photographers — Australia — Biography