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The Contemporary Camera Groupe Exhibition, Sydney 1938

The Photographers/ artists

The Contemporary Camera Groupe 1938 catalogue or list of photographs exhibited has yet to be sighted. 
This is the list so far - to be updated as more information is found.

 

Name

Background

Notes

Max Dupain
(1911–1992)

Younger modernist;
commercial photographer

Instigator; wrote manifesto

Olive Cotton
(1911–2003)

Younger modernist;
worked in Dupain’s studio

Only woman; 11 photographs

Laurence Le Guay
(1916–1990)

Younger modernist;
commercial photographer

Invited Nov 1938 by Dupain and Cotton

Damien Parer
(1912–1944)

Younger modernist;
later war cinematographer

No titles found yet

Russell Roberts

Younger professional;
advertising studio

Not mentioned in the SMH review; no titles recorded

Cecil Bostock
(1884–1939)

Pictorialist;
Sydney Camera Circle founder

Catalogue designer; 11 photographs

Harold Cazneaux
(1878–1953)

Pictorialist;
Sydney Camera Circle leader

Mostly landscapes

George J. Morris

Pictorialist;
Sydney Camera Circle

Bromoil transfers of European travels

William G. Buckle

Pictorialist

No titles recorded

Douglas Annand
(1903–1976)

Graphic designer / artist

Watercolours and oils; World’s Fair designs

A. E. Dodd

Graphic illustrator

Watercolours and oils

Louis Witts
(spelt “Witt” in SMH)

Graphic illustrator

No titles recorded

 



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