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Encyclopedia > Frank Hurley
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Chateau Wood, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley


James Francis "Frank" Hurley (1885 - 1962) was an official photographer with the Australian Imperial Force during World War I.


Hurley travelled on a number of expedititions to the Antarctic including Douglas Mawson's 1911 expedition. He was a member of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition that set out in 1914 and was marooned until August 1916. In 1917, Hurley joined the AIF as an honorary captain and captured many stunning battlefield scenes during the Third Battle of Ypres. In keeping with his adventurous spirit, he took considerable risks to photograph his subjects. His period with the AIF ended in March 1918. Hurley also served as a war photographer during World War II.


External links

  • Guide to the papers of Frank Hurley (http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms883) held by the National LIbrary of Australia (diaries in series 1 have been digitised)
  • Frank Hurley negative collection (http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an11546686) digitised and held by the National Library of Australia

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Captain James Francis (Frank) Hurley, OBE (462 words)
James Francis Hurley was born at Glebe, Sydney, in 1885 and became interested in photography as a young man. He began his career with a Sydney postcard company at the age of 20 in 1905.
Hurley grew to regard photography as a medium that could be manipulated to achieve a desired effect and he began to follow the well-established practice of making composite prints by combining two or more negatives to make an image.
A self-described “showman”, Hurley had spent years producing popular attractions using the latest photographic and film techniques, and he was confident that he knew which images would engage the public’s imagination.
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