Beaches
[Beachwear Fashion Shot III]
c1938. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 37.1 x 30.3cm. Minor scuffs to image and chips to edges, laid down on original backing. Provenance: Cotton estate. The model depicted is Phyl Riley. Variant image illustrated in two books by Helen Ennis on Olive Cotton, published by NLA, 1995, p27, and AGNSW, 2000..... More
Baby Scottie, Bronte Beach, NSW
1989/1995. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in pencil verso, 31 x 41.9cm. First published in SMH, January 1989, Qantas adopted this image for a world-wide campaign in 1999, using the slogan “The Spirit of Australia.”. More
The Boys And Their Boards, Manly, NSW
c1938/1998. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp verso, 20.6 x 16.3cm. This photograph was printed from an inter-neg for Leighton’s agent, Josef Lebovic Gallery in 1998. Similar images held in NLA. More
It Takes Two, Manly Beach
c1940/1998. Selenium toned silver gelatin photograph, “Ray Leighton” posthumous stamp verso, 15.8 x 24.1cm. This photograph was printed from an inter-neg in 1998 for Leighton’s agent, Josef Lebovic. Held in NLA. More
[Manly Surfing]
c1943/1998. Silver gelatin photograph, photographer’s stamp verso, 17.3 x 22.9cm. Minor stain to upper right margin, indentations to lower portion of image. This photograph was printed from an inter-neg for Leighton’s agent, Josef Lebovic Gallery in 1998. More
[Paddling Out, Manly]
c1940/1998. Selenium toned silver gelatin photograph, “Ray Leighton” posthumous stamp verso, 16.7 x 22.4cm. Minor stains to lower left margin. This photograph was printed from an inter-neg in 1998 for Leighton’s agent, Josef Lebovic. More
[Boys And Boards, Manly Life Saving Club]
c1940/1998. Selenium toned silver gelatin photograph, “Ray Leighton” posthumous stamp verso, 20.8 x 16.4cm. Minor soiling to lower left margin. This photograph was printed from an inter-neg in 1998 for Leighton’s agent, Josef Lebovic. Held in NLA. More
Surf Sirens, Manly Beach
c1940s/1998. Selenium toned silver gelatin photograph, “Ray Leighton” posthumous stamp verso, 20.4 x 17.1cm. Minor soiling to lower left margin. Image shows Pat Crum, Lillian Galvin, Pam Toyer, Pam Inch and (Lillian’s sister) Dorothy Galvin on hollow boards at Manly. This photograph was printed from an inter-neg in 1998 for..... More
[Surfing In Manly]
c1940/1998. Selenium toned silver gelatin photograph, “Ray Leighton” posthumous stamp verso, 21.7 x 17cm. This photograph was printed from an inter-neg in 1998 for Leighton’s agent, Josef Lebovic. More
Synchronised Surfing, Manly Beach [NSW]
c1940/1998. Selenium toned silver gelatin photograph, “Ray Leighton” posthumous stamp verso, 22.2 x 16.3cm. Minor retouching to image upper centre. This photograph was printed from an inter-neg in 1998 for Leighton’s agent, Josef Lebovic. Held in NLA. More
The Basin, Bondi Coast [NSW]
c1905. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama, titled with photographer’s line in negative lower left, 23.1 x 56.9cm. Silvering, laid down on original backing. Framed. Image shows the northern headland of Bondi Beach. Similar image held in NGA. More
Coogee Beach
c1910s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, panorama, titled with photographer’s line in negative lower left, 15.5 x 52.5cm. Slight silvering and stains to image centre. Original frame. View from the southern end of Coogee Beach, showing the aquarium, swimming baths [now the Coogee Pavilion] and the headland. More
Bronte Pool
1981/2002. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, dated and signed in ink verso, 50.8 x 75.3cm. Minor indentations to lower left corner. Held in NGA, with variant title Bronte Beach (No. 3) and date “1979.” This is an unusually large format, printed for an exhibition. More
Clovelly Beach, Sydney [NSW]
1981/2001. Selenium-toned silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink in lower margin, titled, dated and annotated “selenium toned” in ink verso, 23.2 x 35.1cm. Illustrated in Roger Scott: Off the Street, Chapter & Verse, 2001, p117. More
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Como [Hotel, Sutherland Shire, NSW]
c1900. Printout paper photograph, titled in pencil verso, 14.9 x 20.2cm. Minor discolouration to edges. Image shows Como Hotel in the background, and a party with a photographic camera in the foreground. More
Gerroa, Seven Mile Beach, NSW
c1933. Panorama made up of three vintage silver gelatin photographs, postcard format, 8.8 x 13.8cm (approx. each).Minor scuffs. Seven Mile Beach is located south of Gerringong in the Shoalhaven area of NSW. In 1933 this beach was used by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith as the runway for the first commercial..... More
[Domestic Animals, Sydney Harbour Area]
c1890s. Group of 11 albumen paper photographs, one numbered in negative, 7.4 x 10.3cm (approx. each). Minor foxing, slight discolouration, creases, tears, missing portions to edges. Subjects include cows and horses grazing, a woman feeding chickens, and dogs playing on Manly beach. More
[Sydney Harbour]
c1890s. Group of 13 albumen paper photographs, one numbered in negative, sizes from 6.3 x 9.9cm to 15.2 x 20.4cm. Foxing, discolouration, repaired slight tears or missing portions to edges. Includes images of Circular Quay, Manly, the North Shore, and ferries on Sydney Harbour. One image shows cattle on a...... More
[Walking Along The Manly Promenade]
c1970s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “341/20” in pencil with photographer’s stamp verso, 19.7 x 25.3cm. Developing marks to image centre right. Stamp includes address “35 Washington Ave., Dee Why West, NSW. Ph: 98-8187.”. More
[Seated Sun Bather]
c1950s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “box 4, neg. 19” in pencil verso, 24.8 x 19.4cm. Slight scuffing. More
Palm Beach
c1920s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated “No. 3”, titled, and photographer’s line “E.B. Studios, Sydney” in negative lower right to left, 17.5 x 86.2cm. Stains, foxing and slight silvering overall, crease to lower edge, repaired surface loss to right portion of image. Framed. Held in the National Library of Australia..... More
A Breaker [Bondi Beach]
c1911. Blue-toned carbon print, annotated “FAS 117” with title and photographer’s name in unknown hand in pencil, signed and dated by various hands in ink in “Douglas Mawson” estate stamp on backing verso, 44 x 59.2cm. Slight crazing and repairs to image, paper loss to edges, laid down on original..... More
Palm Beach, Broken Bay, Sydney
c1948. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil with title in negative below image, 57 x 75cm. Framed. More
Surf Shooters Catching A Wave, Bondi
c1929. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed and titled ink by Cazneaux and annotated “Coogee” in pencil in another hand with numeric stamp verso, 29.1 x 18.5cm. Slight creases with cracking to corners of image. Framed. Variant image, titled “Sydney Surfing”, is illustrated in Bullock (ed.), Harold Cazneaux: Artist in Photography..... More