Author: SMITH, JULIAN. Title: Fifty Masterpieces Of Photography. Containing some of the last and finest works of this internationally-famous master. With a foreword by Russell Grimwade.
Description: First Edition; Folio; pp. 50 (Loose photographic plates), 8 (descriptive pamphlet with tipped-in coloured plate); original cloth-backed illustrated portfolio with mounted photographic portrait, ribbon ties, together with the original shipping box with metal clasp, fine copy. Fitzroy; McLaren & Co.; 1948. Julian Smith (1873-1947), respected surgeon, pioneering photographer in Australia and inventor of medical instruments. Photography had always been his hobby but it had been restrained by the cares and worries of an exacting surgical practice. Later in his career he took up indoor photography that could be carried out after normal practice hours, and he quickly gained fame for his unique portrait photography.
Keywords: Australian art photography Julian Smith
Price: AUD 300.00 = appr. US$ 207.56 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 106618