Art

Frank Hurley’s Antarctica by Helen Ennis

Item: Frank Hurley’s Antarctica
Author: Isobel Crombie

by Isobel Crombie •

November 2010, no. 326

National Library of Australia, $24.95 hb, 141 pp

Art

Frank Hurley’s Antarctica by Helen Ennis

by Isobel Crombie •

November 2010, no. 326

In the relatively small field of Australian photographic publishing, Frank Hurley has attracted more than his share of attention. The reasons are clear: in the contemporary world, bound by prohibitions, Hurley is a photographer–adventurer of heroic proportions.

Isobel Crombie

Isobel Crombie has worked as a Curator of Photography since 1979. She began her career at the National Gallery of Australia and, since 1988, has been Senior Curator, Photography, National Gallery of Victoria. She regularly curates exhibitions on the history of Australian and International photography and has published widely on aspects of the medium. Recent publications include, Body Culture: Max Dupain, Photography and Australian Culture, 1919-1939 (2004); Light Sensitive: Contemporary Australian Photography from the Loti Smorgon Fund (2006); Body Language: Contemporary Chinese Photography (2008); Re-view: 170 years of photography (2009); and Fred Kruger: Intimate Landscapes (2012).