{"product_id":"frank-hurley-a-photographers-life","title":"Frank Hurley: A Photographer's Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e460 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor: Alasdair McGregor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Viking (an imprint of Penguin Books)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, dustjacket, sewn, majority black and white with a few colour images\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThis book is preowned and used (some scuff marks around the dustjacket) and signed by Alasdair McGregor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrank Hurley\u003c\/strong\u003e was once a household name in Australia. Now most famous for his photographs of the Mawson and Shackleton (\u003cem\u003eEndurance\u003c\/em\u003e) Antarctic expeditions, he was also a visual chronicler of many of the major events of the twentieth century and of a rapidly disappearing non-Western world. He was an official photographer in two world wars, a pioneering documentary-maker, participant in early feats of aviation and cinematographer on major Australian feature films of the 1930s, including \u003cem\u003eThe Squatter's Daughter \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Silence of Dean Maitland\u003c\/em\u003e. In his later years, he travelled the length and breadth of his country to produce illustrated books that eulogised Australia and its people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlasdair McGregor\u003c\/strong\u003e was a painter, photographer and one-time architect but also a celebrated author of monographs and books on the Australian landscape. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Kimberley: Horizons of Stone \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAustralia's Wild Islands \u003c\/em\u003eas well as \u003cem\u003eMawson's Huts: An Antarctic Expedition Journal\u003c\/em\u003e.  He was artist and photographer for three AAP Mawson's Huts Foundation expeditions to Antarctica. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43355967881290,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0266\/6371\/4890\/files\/2004FrankHurley-APhotographer_sLife.jpg?v=1778473272","url":"https:\/\/odana.com.au\/products\/frank-hurley-a-photographers-life","provider":"Odana Bloomfield","version":"1.0","type":"link"}