For 50 years, Australian photographer David Moore (1927-2003) had been photographing the world. Born in 1927, Moore's career began at the studio of renowned photographer, Max Dupain, where his photographic work included industrial subjects, architecture, advertising set-ups, and concert artistes, as well as life in the streets of Sydney.

In 1951 David Moore left for London, and was the first Australian photo-journalist to work consistently for the international picture magazines during their grand era of the 1950s. For seven years he photographed on assignment in the U.K., Europe, Scandinavia, Africa and the U.S.A., and his work was published in such journals as The Observer, Time-Life, Look and The New York Times. He was one of only two Australian photographers included in the Family of Man exhibition in New York in 1955. From 1958 he travelled the world for his New York agency, Black Star, working for Time-Life Books, National Geographic and corporate industrial clients.

Since the 1970s he had been based in Sydney and his work reflected his views of Australia. His photographs are in many Australian collections including the Australian National Gallery, as well as the New York Museum of Modern Art, Le Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.

To celebrate his five decades of work, we are pleased to present a portfolio of 50 photographs covering the years 1947-1997.

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