Talk: Frank Hurley – A Photograher's Life

Join us to hear Alasdair McGregor give us a talk on "Frank Hurley – A Photographer's Life".

Frank Hurley was once a household name in Australia. Now most famous for his photographs of the Mawson and Shackleton (Endurance) Antarctic expeditions, he was also a visual chronicler of many of the major events of the twentieth century and a rapidly disappearing non-Western world.

He was an official photographer in two world wars, a pioneering documentary-maker, participant in early feats of aviation, and cinematograher on major Australian films of the 1930s, including The Squatter’s Daughter and The Silence of Dean Maitland.

At the height of his fame he even knocked on Hollywood’s doors. In his later years, he travelled the length and breadth of his country to produce illustrated books that eulogised Australia and its people.