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Frank Hurley

Antartica has played a significant part in Australia's history of heroric exploration. Today Antartica is read as wilderness that needs to be preserved.


Frank Hurley,The Crystal Canoe [c.1917]gelatin silver photograph; 26.2 x 35.2 cm,National Library

There are previous posts on Frank Hurley, the Australian photographer, here and here.

The above image, and is from In a New Light: Australian Photography 1930s-2000, which is drawn from the extensive holdings in the National Library of Australia's Pictures Collection.

Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at February 28, 2005 11:10 PM | TrackBack