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Ben Baker
Biography
Born in Adelaide and raised in Darwin, Ben Baker currently resides in New York City and works internationally.
1 portrait in the collection
William Baker Ashton
Biography
William Baker Ashton (1800-1854) was the first governor of Adelaide Gaol.
1 portrait in the collection
Dr Christopher Chapman
Biography
After almost 12 years, Dr Christopher Chapman departed as Senior Curator in 2019.
Christopher Morris
Biography
Christopher Morris studied photography at Griffith University in Brisbane in the mid 1990s, during which he photographed many of the leading names in contemporary music including U2, Oasis, Pearl Jam, The Sex Pistols and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
1 portrait in the collection
Christopher Brennan
Biography
Christopher Brennan (1870–1932), poet, was born to Irish parents in Sydney.
2 portraits in the collection
Don Bachardy
Biography
Don Bachardy (b. 1935) is a portraitist who chronicles literary, musical, artistic and film personalities associated with Los Angeles.
3 portraits in the collection
Ada May Plante
Biography
Ada May Plante (1875–1950), artist, was born in New Zealand and came to Melbourne with her family in 1888.
1 portrait in the collection
Bernie McGann
Biography
Bernie McGann (b.1938?), alto saxophonist, became the first Jazz musician to win the Australia Council $60,000 Don Banks Music Award (1998).
1 portrait in the collection
Elliott and Fry
Biography
Elliott & Fry, a photography studio and photographic film manufacturer, was founded in 1863 at 55-56 Baker Street, London by Joseph John Elliott and Clarence Edmund Fry.
2 portraits in the collection
Ernest Walter Histed
Biography
Ernest Walter Histed was born in Brighton, UK, but made his reputation as a photographer in Chicago and later in Pittsburgh.
1 portrait in the collection
John Pascoe Fawkner
Biography
John Pascoe Fawkner (1792-1869), sometimes called the 'Founder of Melbourne', was a pioneer and adventurer.
2 portraits in the collection
William Nicholas
Biography
William Nicholas was born near London and is believed to have trained with English printmaker A.M Huffam.
2 portraits in the collection
Shigeo Sawada
Biography
Shigeo Sawada (1890-1940) was the Managing Director of Okura and Co. Trading Ltd in Sydney from 1937 to his death.
1 portrait in the collection
Henry H. Glover
Biography
English lithographer and watercolourist Henry Heath Glover (c. 1810-1858) emigrated to South Australia in 1848 with his two sons - one of whom, Henry Heath Glover Junior (1828-1904) was also an illustrator and printmaker.
1 portrait in the collection
Bruce Dawe
Biography
Bruce Dawe AO (1930-2020), poet and teacher, was born in Fitzroy and worked as a labourer, clerk, sawmill hand, farmhand and postman before joining the RAAF in 1959.
1 portrait in the collection
Horace Keats
Biography
Horace Keats (1895-1945) came to Australia from his native England in 1915 as accompanist to vaudeville performer Nella Webb.
1 portrait in the collection