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Louis Athol Shmith AM (19 August 1914 – 21 October 1990) was an Australian studio portrait and fashion photographer and photography educator in his home city of Melbourne, Australia. He contributed to the promotion of international photography within Australia as much as to the fostering of Australian photography in the world scene.
30 de jul. de 2014 · PRECEDE: The 100th birthday of the late great Melbourne photographer Athol Shmith falls in August. Michael Shmith revisits his father’s memorable body of work.
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7 de feb. de 2003 · Athol Shmith was, like Karsh, urbane, charming and witty but possibly more madcap. Shmith was less concerned with the gravitas and moral exemplar of ‘greatness’ than with the imparting of elan, style and creative spirit.
13 de abr. de 2021 · Elegant and bold, Melbourne photographer Athol Shmith (1914–1990) worked in fashion, theatre and advertising on private commission for decades. He was undoubtedly versatile, and well known as a portraitist and wedding photographer. Yet fashion photography – for magazines, department stores and boutiques – was a speciality.
Athol Shmith (1914-1990) was a professional photographer specialising in portraiture, branching into the fashion and advertising fields after 1936. He gained the reputation of being a leading social portrait photographer. In 1945 Shmith helped develop the Camera Graph continuous flow film or Photo Finish camera for horse racing.
Athol Shmith. 1985. Michel Lawrence. type C photograph on paper ( frame: 45.2 cm x 52.2 cm, mount: 43.5 cm x 50.7 cm, sheet: 24.5 cm x 33.4 cm, image: 13.0 cm x 19.3 cm ) Athol Shmith AM (1914-1990) was a Melbourne-based fashion and portrait photographer. He began taking society portraits in his parents' living room in the late 1920s.
In Shmith’s highly skilled hands the undoubtedly beautiful Stewart is transformed into a vision of elegant sophistication. Using his skills with studio lighting, and the artistry of retouching,...
