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Athol Shmith (1914-1990) was a professional photographer specialising in portraiture, branching into the fashion and advertising fields after 1936. He gained the reputation of being a leading social portrait photographer. In 1945 Shmith helped develop the Camera Graph continuous flow film or Photo Finish camera for horse racing. Shmith also helped to institute the photography collection at the ...
Athol Shmith AM (1914-1990) was a Melbourne-based fashion and portrait photographer. He began taking society portraits in his parents' living room in the late 1920s. By the end of the 1930s he had premises in Collins St and was photographing international stage and musical celebrities including Vivian Leigh, Noel Coward and Isaac Stern. As a fashion photographer with a simple, elegant style ...
7 de fev. de 2003 · Exhibition7 Feb 2003 – 21 Mar 2004. Athol Shmith, Vivian Leigh, 1948, purchased 1986. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as the middle-classes expanded in size and affluence, the mass circulation of portrait photographs of public figures and celebrities became an industry. Photographers with talent, technical aptitude, business sense ...
24 de abr. de 2024 · Les Gray (c.1970-5) Athol Shmith at work in studio series, gelatin silver photographs 12.7 × 10.5 cm (image) 13.3 × 11.0 cm. Department of Australian Photography, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by the Shmith Family, Governor, 1996. James McArdle (1975) Athol Shmith in class.
Louis Athol-Shmith was born in Melbourne and first thought of following a career as a musician. He had an amateur interest in photography and through doing publicity shots for a musical show in 1932, decided on a professional career in photography.
21 de out. de 2016 · October 21: Time to remember a great photographer and extraordinary photography educator; Athol Shmith who died on this day in 1990. I was lucky enough to be his student at Prahran College in Melbourne, Australia, and graduated with their Diploma of Art and Design forty years ago, so forgive me if this post involves a bit of…
Photographer. Melbourne Australia. 1950s Vintage. Australian Art. Modernist Photography. La Trobe Journal. Athol Shmith, 1914-1990, [Mary Baillieu and Sarah on the steps of 232 Kooyong Road, Toorak]. Gelatin Silver Photograph. Commissioned by Everard Baillieu ca. 1954.
