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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.
Frank Hurley's artistic legacy from a career spanning nearly 60 years places him among the greatest Australian photographers of the twentieth century. His images of Papua from the 1920s are a significant archive of the country's history.
Frank Hurley's artistic legacy from a career spanning nearly 60 years places him among the greatest Australian photographers of the twentieth century. His images of Papua from the 1920s are a significant archive of the country's history.
Frank Hurley is an icon of Australian documentary photography and Antarctic exploration. In 1911, Hurley began his Antarctic career by persuading Douglas Mawson to employ him as official photographer on the 1911–14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE).
Feb 25, 2019 · Reading about Frank Hurley, one of the most famous photographers of the twentieth century, is always a bit of a thrill. His life was like something out of a H. Rider Haggard novel – full of expeditions to far off places, swashbuckling adventures, and the might of the British Empire.
James Francis (Frank) Hurley (1885-1962), adventurer, photographer and film maker, was born on 15 October 1885 at Glebe, Sydney, second son of Edward Harrison Hurley, Lancashire-born printer and trade union official, and his wife Margaret Agnes, née Bouffier, of German descent.
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Frank Hurley (1885-1962) was the Endurance Expedition's official photographer. He saved many fragile photographic negatives from the water, which documented the expedition, under the most extreme circumstances.
