Collection
David Moore
(Australia 06 Apr 1927–23 Jan 2003)
- Title
- Woolloomooloo Bay
- Year
- circa 1948
printed 1984 - Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- gelatin silver photograph
- Dimensions
-
30.2 x 30.4cm image; 50.5 x 40.3cm sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.c. verso, pencil "...c1948/...1984/ David Moore".
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1985
- Accession number
- 214.1986
- Copyright
- © Lisa, Karen, Michael and Matthew Moore
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
David Moore's career spanned the age of the picture magazines (for example: 'Life', 'Time', 'The Observer') through to major commissions such as the Sydney Opera House, CSR, and self initiated projects like 'To build a Bridge: Glebe Island'. The breadth and depth of his career means there is an extraordinary archive of material which describes and interprets the last 50 years of Australian life, the life of the region, and events in Britain and the United States. He was instrumental in advancing Australian photography throughout his career and in the early 1970s was active in setting up the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. From well-known images such as 'Migrants arriving in Sydney' to 'Redfern interior', Moore has documented events and conditions in Sydney, often casting his eyes towards the wharves of Sydney, as shown in 'Woolloomooloo Bay'.
- Bibliography (1)
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Natasha Bullock, Australian postwar photodocumentary 2004, Domain, 2004. no catalogue numbers
- Exhibition history (2)
-
Sydney at mid century:
- Christine Abrahams Gallery, Richmond 01 Jul 1985–25 Jul 1985
- Developed Image Gallery, Australia 01 Aug 1985–Sep 1985
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 26 Jan 1988–30 Jun 1988
Australian postwar photodocumentary, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Jun 2004–08 Aug 2004
