JP Campbell : pictorialist photographer at home and at war / Alan James Harding. J.P. Campbell : pictorialist photographer at home and at war James Pinkerton Campbell : pictorialist photographer at home and at war

Collection type	Library
Author	Harding, Alan James.; Monash University. School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences.;
Call Number	F 927.7092 H263j
Document type	Monograph
Year	2010.
Pagination	[3], xiv, 386 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 30 cm.
Note	Summary: leaf iii. Principal supervisor: Dr. Karen Crinall. Includes 184 photographs, black and white or sepia. 1 p. of errata ahead of text. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Monash University, 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-386) James Pinkerton Campbell (1865-1935) was a landscape photographer, inaugural Commonwealth photographer, soldier photographer on Gallipoli, official war photographer in the Middle East and photographer for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. This thesis researches the life and photographic career of JP Campbell, to explore the photographs he took and the circumstances in which they were created. A committed pictorialist whose dedication to photography as art was often at odds with the requirement s of his record-seeking employers, Campbell's career was sometimes turbulent, his clashes with bureaucracy leading to dismissal. Research revealing Campbell's life and career contributes to discussion on how our photographic collections - the images that form part of our collective memory and national heritage - are constructed. Knowledge of Campbell and his work has been fragmented, with many of his photographs in libraries, archives and collections throughout Australia not attributed to him. Through loc ating and researching Campbell's photographs and career, this thesis provides an overview of his work. It links the photographer of misty Victorian valleys with the photographer capturing Northern Territory agricultural scenes, the signaller photographing stricken officers after the charge at the Nek on Gallipoli, the official photographer taking haunting images of the Australian Light Horse on the push to Damascus, and the photographer recording the steam-shrouded open cut coal mine at Yallourn. The thes is considers Campbell's legacy and his contribution to Australia's photographic history. Through researching a biography of JP Campbell, important themes in Australian history are also explored, including the role of photography in g

Abstract

1. Before photography -- 2. A passion for photography -- 3. Professional photographer -- 4. Commonwealth photographer -- 5. 'On active service with a camera' -- 6. On the road to Damascus -- 7. Yallourn -- 8. Conclusion.