447383
- TitleDavid Moore: 100 photographs [exhibition, 2006]
- Creator
- Call numberPXD 1001
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1942-1997 (printed 2005) - Type of material
- Reference code447383
- Issue CopyPartly Digitised
- Physical DescriptionPhotographs - various image sizes , paper 40.5 x 51 cm. , mount 52 x 65 cm. - 100 silver gelatin photoprints, mounted
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
David Moore (1927-2005) was Australia's most renowned and widely-travelled photojournalist. He began working as a professional photographer in the studio of Russell Roberts in 1947. In 1948 he moved to the Sydney studio of Max Dupain where he remained for three years, during which time the pair formed a close association which endured for decades. The subsequent seven years Moore spent working as a freelance photojournalist in London for publications including Life, Time, Fortune and the Observer, before returning to Australia in 1958.
In 1989 he was inducted into an Honorary Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography, while in 2002 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters at the University of New South Wales.
His photographs are held by major institutions in Australia and overseas, including the National Gallery of Australia, the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, and Le Bibliotheque nationale de France. The Art Gallery of NSW mounted a retrospective of his work in 1988. In 1993-94, the State Library of NSW exhibited Sydney Harbour - 50 years of photography, followed by David Moore: 100 photographs, in 2005. A major retrospective of his work curated by Gael Newton, The Spread of Time: The photography of David Moore, opened at the National Gallery of Australia two days after his death in 2005.
David chose the 100 photographs he would like to be remembered by, and chose to have them printed in black & white, even though some of the originals were in colour. He chose the person he wanted to print the negatives and the sales outlets, thereby bringing the wishes of the photographer to fruition, unlike other retrospective editions. -- Biographical notes from the Mitchell file (July 2006)
For a more detailed biography, see the exhibition catalog: David Moore : photographs. Sydney, N.S.W. : State Library of New South Wales, 2005 - Scope and Content1. Self-portrait, Corio, Victoria, 1942
2. Sydney Harbour Bridge 2, 1947
3. Erskine Street and AWA tower, ca. 1947
4. Funnel of Orion, 1947
5. Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney, 1947
6. Surry Hills boy 1, 1948
7. Surry Hills boy 2, 1948
8. Surry Hills street, 1948
9. Orcades departure, Pyrmont, ca. 1948
10. GPO corner, George Street, Sydney, ca. 1949
11. Redfern interior, 1949
12. Alexandria, Sydney, ca. 1949
13. Miners, Pacific Colliery, Hunter Valley, ca. 1949
14. Martin Place, Sydney, 1949
15. Martin Place 5.10 pm, Sydney, 1949
16. MLC Building, Martin Place, Sydney, ca. 1949
17. Himalaya and Fort Denison, 1950
18. Painting the Himalaya, Sydney, 1950
19. Cargo storage, Himalaya, Sydney, 1950
20. Himalaya at dusk, Sydney, 1950
21. Departure of the Himalaya, Sydney, 1950
22. Man in telephone booth, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1952
23. St Paul's Cathedral from Bankside, London, ca. 1952
24. George Johnston, Fleet Street, London, ca. 1952
25. Pimlico street, winter, London, ca. 1952
26. Battersea Fun Fair, London, ca. 1952
27. Fairground horses, UK, ca. 1953
28. Before the coronation, London, 1953
29. Waiting for the coronation, 1953
30. Coronation crowd, Trafalgar Square, London, 1953
31. Horse race, Epsom, UK, ca. 1953
32. Cycling, Herne Hill, UK, ca. 1953 (Call No.: 33. Diving suits, Menorca, Spain, 1954)
34. Christmas Day swim, The Serpentine, London, ca. 1955
35. Henry Moore, sculptor, Much Hadham, UK, ca. 1955
36. Bulganin and Khrushchev leaving Chequers, UK, 1956
37. Sir Anthony Eden, London, 1956
38. Sisters of Charity, Washington DC, 1956 [actually Daughters of Charity]
39. Baseball fans, Yankee Stadium, New York, 1956
40. On the Staten Island ferry, New York, 1956
41. John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State, Washington DC, 1956
42. Times Square, New York City, 1956
43. Judges at the Dublin Horse Show, 1956
44. Len Howard, naturalist, UK, 1957
45. Nuns at Lourdes Centenary, France, 1958
46. Manly ferry and Unilever building, Circular Quay, 1958
47. Lifesavers at Manly, 1959
48. Aboriginal couple, Finnis Springs Mission, South Australia, 1959
49. William Dobell, painter, Potts Point, Sydney, 1960
50. Bar, Betoota races, Queensland, 1961
51. Sun patterns within the Sydney Opera House, 1962
52. Pole vault, Commonwealth Games, Perth, 1962
53. Rush hour, Circular Quay, Sydney, 1962
54. Pitjantjatjara children 1, South Australia, 1963
55. Pitjantjatjara children with chair, South Australia, 1963
56. Billy tea, Mern Merna Station, South Australia, 1963
57. Outback children, South Australia, 1963
58. Bar billiards, Lancelin, Western Australia, 1963
59. Newcastle steelworks, New South Wales, 1963
60. Cray fisherman, Lancelin, Western Australia, 1963
61. Sydney Cricket Ground from the Hill, 1963
62. Sumo championship, Tokyo, Japan, 1963
63. Rolling Stones fans, Sydney, 1965
64. Sydney Opera House construction, 1965
65. Placing roof section, Sydney Opera House, 1965
66. Sydney Harbour from 16 000 feet, 1966
67. Contoured rice field, New South Wales, 1966
68. President Johnson and Prime Minister Holt at Canberra Airport, 1969
69. Migrants arriving in Sydney, 1966
70. Migrant woman, 1966
71. Sydney Opera House under construction, 1966
72. Sydney Opera House, 1967
73. Christo wraps the coastline, New South Wales, 1969
74. Fred Williams pulling an etching, Hawthorn, Victoria, 1969
75. The impossible tree 2, 1972
76. Snow fence, Wyoming, USA, 1973
77. Hotel room view, New York City, 1973
78. Up in New York 12, 1973
79. Landscape nude 1, 1973
80. Landscape nude 2, 1973
81. Underwater nudes 3, 1973
82. Underwater nudes 1, 1973
83. Pacific surf, Tallow Beach 2, New South Wales, 1973
84. Sheet series 2, 1974
85. Mannequin factory 2, Sydney, 1974
86. Mannequin factory 5, Sydney,1974
87. Lower Manhattan from New Jersey 3, 1974
88. Andre Kertesz, photographer, New York, 1975
89. Max Dupain, photographer, Sydney, 1976
90. Western Distributor forms 1, Sydney, 1979
91. Western Distributor forms 2, Sydney, 1979
92. Western Distributor forms 3, Sydney, 1979
93. Columbus Australia detail 1, 1979
94. Robert Klippel, sculptor, Birchgrove, Sydney, 1979
95. Harbour Bridge steelwork 2, Sydney, 1981
96. Lloyd Rees at 90, Northwood, Sydney, 1985
97. Sixth Avenue, New York City, 1986
98. Hunter River driftwood and slack water, 1988
99. Monaro landscape with lake, New South Wales, 1992
100. Glebe Island Bridge with full moon, 1997 - General note
Photographs displayed in exhibition `David Moore : 100 photographs' held at the State Library of New South Wales, 12 November 2005 to 5 March 2006.
You may navigate to an online exhibition of David Moore: 100 photographs from Exhibitions (Past Exhibitions 2006) on the Library website home page
No. ten of ten artist's proof editions, inscribed in pencil on the verso, printed by Sandy Barnard, 2005. A limited edition of 90 was printed at the same time for sale in the State Library of NSW Shop, Josef Lebovic Gallery (Sydney), Christine Abrahams Gallery (Melbourne) and by Lisa Jasprizza.
Each photograph titled, editioned, dated 2005 (printing date) on the verso, each blind embossed with circular chop "David Moore Estate Authorised Edition" and signed "L.Moore" in the lower right hand corner
The limited edition was printed on 40 x 51 cm. paper with a white border of 100 mm. When the State Library agreed to mount the exhibition, it was decided to print larger image sizes for the gallery spaces. The paper size remained the same but the borders were decreased to about 20 mm.
Digital order no:Album ID : 888289 - NameBritish Empire and Commonwealth Games (7th : 1962 : Perth)
Coronation (1953: Elizabeth II)
Dobell, William, Sir, 1899-1970
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959
Dupain, Max, 1911-1992
Eden, Anthony, Sir, 1897-1977
Himalaya (ocean liner)
Holt, Harold, 1908-1967
Howard, Len
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973.
Johnston, George, 1912-1970
Kertesz, Andrew
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986.
Orcades (ocean liner)
Rees, Lloyd, 1895-1988
Williams, Fred, 1927-1982 - Subject
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