The Most Famous
PHOTOGRAPHERS from Australia
This page contains a list of the greatest Australian Photographers. The pantheon dataset contains 148 Photographers, 1 of which were born in Australia. This makes Australia the birth place of the 27th most number of Photographers behind Puerto Rico, and Mali.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Australian Photographers of all time. This list of famous Australian Photographers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Frank Hurley (1885 - 1962)
With an HPI of 53.64, Frank Hurley is the most famous Australian Photographer. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
James Francis "Frank" Hurley (15 October 1885 – 16 January 1962) was an Australian photographer, cinematographer of documentary films, and director of drama feature films. He participated in a number of expeditions to Antarctica and served as an official war photographer with Australian forces during both world wars. He was the official photographer for the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–14) led by Douglas Mawson, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–16 led by Ernest Shackleton, and BANZARE (1929–31), again led by Mawson. His artistic style produced many memorable images. He also used staged scenes, composites, and photographic manipulation.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Australian photographers born between 1885 and 1885. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Australian photographers include Frank Hurley.
