James Francis “Frank” Hurley OBE (15 October 1885 – 16 January 1962) was an Australian photographer and adventurer. He participated in a number of expeditions to Antarctica and served as an official photographer with Australian forces during both world wars.
His artistic style produced many memorable images. He also used staged scenes, composites and photographic manipulation.
Table of Contents
- 1 Early life
- 1.1 The Diaries of Frank Hurley 1912-1941 (Anthem Studies in Travel,New Perspectives on World Cinema)
- 1.2 South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
- 1.3 South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917
- 1.4 Frank Hurley: A Photographer's Life
- 1.5 i like honky tonks
- 1.6 South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
- 1.7 introducing frank hurley
- 1.8 South With 'Endurance
- 1.9 South, The Endurance Expedition (Patagonia, vol. 1)
- 1.10 Hurley Burley
Early life
Frank Hurley was the third of five children to parents Edward and Margaret Hurley and was raised in Glebe, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. He ran away from home at the age of 13 to work upon the Lithgow steel mill, returning house two years well ahead to chemical analysis at the local complex school and attend science lectures at the University of Sydney.
When he was 17 he bought his first camera, a 15-shilling Kodak Box Brownie which he paid for at the rate of a shilling per week. He taught himself photography and set himself taking place in the postcard business, where he gained a reputation for putting himself in hard times in order to produce stunning images, including placing himself in belly of an oncoming train to capture it on film.
Hurley married Antoinette Rosalind Leighton upon 11 April 1918. The couple had four children: identical twin daughters, Adelie (later a press photographer) and Toni, one son, Frank, and youngest daughter Yvonne.
Last update 2021-08-06