Frank Hurley; A Photographer's Life

Viking an Imprint of Penguin Books, Camberwell, Victoria, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Frank Hurley – Photographer. introduction by author, end notes, notes on measurements, maps, extend and notes on illustrations, glossary, bibliography, notes on the Hurley visual archive, index and acknowledgements. Illustrated endpapers, being facsimile reproductions of notes by Frank Hurley. The text is illustrated with numerous examples of Frank Hurley's photography, a few coloured, and photographs of the man himself at work. Dark gray coloured boards with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper, showing Frank Hurley, at work, under the bowels of the ship Endurance in Antarctica in 1915. White, black and olive coloured titles to the front panel and olive and black coloured titles to the backstrip. The biography of the Australian photographer Frank Hurley. He is now most remembered for being photographer of the Mawson and Shackleton expeditions to Antarctica in the early part of the 20th century, but in his day he was a household name. He chronicled two world wars, many of the major events of the 20th century and captured a rapidly disappearing non--Western world. An enigmatic and contrary man, this book captures not only the photographer but the character. A hint of rubbing to the book corners. Minor rubbing to the dustwrapper edges. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. (9), 2-460 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Frank Hurley – Photographer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Photography. ISBN: 0670888958. ISBN/EAN: 9780670888955. Inventory No: 0113246. . 9780670888955