Frank Hurley, A Photographer’s Life

Melbourne : Viking, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Signed by Author. Numerous black and white photographs. The story of a remarkable Australian photographer, now most famous for his photographs of the Mawson and Shackleton expeditions. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). 460 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Boards have slight shelf wear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; Photographers; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0670888958. ISBN/EAN: 9780670888955. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50454. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Very faint foxing on half-title page Edges very slightly spotted or marked Boards have slight shelf wear Note: this copy is signed by author and also by Hurley's two daughters

Photographer, filmmaker, writer, adventurer. Controversial, passionate, audacious. Frank Hurley was an extraordinary Australian, possibly most famous for his Antarctic photographs captured alongside expeditioners Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Ernest Shackleton.

From the early twentieth century until his death in 1962 Hurley created a stunning visual archive that chronicled the major events of the twentieth century, and Australia's achievements both home and overseas. This book and the Hurley Collection in the National Library of Australia make clear this outstanding contribution and the lengths to which the man would go in order to convey the gravity of events.

For Hurley, image-making and exploration went hand-in-hand and he sought out experiences as a pioneer documentary film-maker, official photographer in two world wars, early aviator, and adventure and story-seeker in both the natural environment and in rapidly disappearing non-western worlds.

B & W photos