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Hurley's Australia: Myth, Dream, Reality

John Thompson

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Description:Frank Hurley--photographer, filmmaker, adventurer--was an extraordinary Australian. From the early twentieth century until his death in 1962, he created a stunning visual archive that chronicles the nation's achievements both abroad and at home.Hurley's Australia showcases his impressive visual celebration of Australia in the period immediately after the Second World War. In his mission to capture Australia for Australians he travelled throughout the country photographing its vast landscape, its modern cities, its industrial strength and its agricultural riches. The vision he created captured the essence of a younger, more innocent nation.John Thompson introduces Hurley's Australian photographs. He presents them through the lens of the era of their creation and widespread circulation--the 1950s--suggesting that today their power lies in the intense clarity with which they depict the realities and the myths of that age.In a period in which an Australian future is being forged on the memory of the 1950s as a golden age, this collection is a timely reminder that the past is always part myth, part dream, part reality.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hurley's Australia: Myth, Dream, Reality. To get started finding Hurley's Australia: Myth, Dream, Reality, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Frank Hurley--photographer, filmmaker, adventurer--was an extraordinary Australian. From the early twentieth century until his death in 1962, he created a stunning visual archive that chronicles the nation's achievements both abroad and at home.Hurley's Australia showcases his impressive visual celebration of Australia in the period immediately after the Second World War. In his mission to capture Australia for Australians he travelled throughout the country photographing its vast landscape, its modern cities, its industrial strength and its agricultural riches. The vision he created captured the essence of a younger, more innocent nation.John Thompson introduces Hurley's Australian photographs. He presents them through the lens of the era of their creation and widespread circulation--the 1950s--suggesting that today their power lies in the intense clarity with which they depict the realities and the myths of that age.In a period in which an Australian future is being forged on the memory of the 1950s as a golden age, this collection is a timely reminder that the past is always part myth, part dream, part reality.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hurley's Australia: Myth, Dream, Reality. To get started finding Hurley's Australia: Myth, Dream, Reality, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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