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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.
- 21 October 1990 (aged 76)
- Louis Athol Shmith, 19 August 1914, Melbourne, Australia
- Photography
- Michael Shmith
30 de jul. de 2014 · Patricia Shmith at the beach 1950s Credit: Estate of Athol Shmith. I wish he were here to celebrate, but Athol made his exit from this world more than two decades ago, at the age of 77.
- Michael Shmith
7 de feb. de 2003 · Louis Athol Shmith. The only Australian in the Karsh collection is a portrait of expatriate Sister Kenny, who developed treatment regimes for poliomyelitis. Karsh had most likely never heard of his contemporary in Melbourne, Louis Athol Shmith, who was something of a legendary character in his home city.
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.
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,...
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.
online in 2012. Louis Athol Shmith (1914-1990), photographer, was born on 19 August 1914 at St Kilda, Melbourne, youngest of three children of Harry Wolf Shmith, manufacturing chemist, and his wife Genetta, née Epstein, both born in England.
