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Frank Hurley


Born
in Glebe, NSW, Australia
October 15, 1885

Died
January 16, 1962

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Captain James Francis (Frank) Hurley (1885-1962) was an adventurer and photographer.

At the beginning of Hurley's career, the explorer Douglas Mawson "took a chance on the confident young man. And so did Kodak. Hurley, whose postcard business was suffering through a recession, was in debt to a local branch of Kodak. The Kodak manager provided photographic equipment, and Hurley went off on the Mawson expedition in 1911."(Kodak: Biography of Frank Hurley).

Before World War I, Hurley would make six trips to the Antarctic with early famed explorers creating some of the most renowned images of polar exploration and survival.

Lionel Greenstreet, First Officer of the Endurance, said of him: “Hurley is a warrior with his camera & would go anywhere or
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Australia: A Camera Study

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The Boy in a Trenchcoat

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Sydney, a camera study.

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