Ann Judith Fletcher b. 30 June 1886

Also known as Judith Ann Paszek
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Photographer)
One of the first female portrait photographers to establish a name in Sydney, Fletcher had her own studio on George Street in the city where she photographed Sydney socialites and fellow artists including Arthur Streeton. Fletcher was a close associate of photographer Frank Bell.

Citations

  • Hall, Barbara and Mather, Jenni (1986), 'Australian Women Photographers 1840-1960’, Richmond, Vic.

  • Isaacs, Jennifer (1987), 'The Gentle Arts’, Willoughby, NSW.

  • Lees, Stephen (1986), 'The Photographs of Frank Bell: Manly 1900 to 1922’, Manly Art Gallery catalogue, Manly, NSW.

  • O’Sullivan, Margaret (1997), 'Australian Women Filmmakers, Cartoonists, and Photographers in the 1930s, the contexts in which they worked and the cultural themes they depicted, PhD thesis’, Department of History, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW (unpublished).

  • (1916), Art in Australia, [Volume 1].

  • (1909), Australasian Photo-Review, July 22.

  • (1920), Home, February.

  • (1922), Society, April 01.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, June (née Fletcher).

  • (1918), Art in Australia, [Volume 4].

  • (1918), Art in Australia, [Volume 5].

  • Information sourced from Hyles, Claudia.

See also

  • 'Ad for Judith Fletcher's studio, Art in Australia 1916 or 1918, showing Judith Fletcher in her studio', unconfirmed.
  • 'Heritage: Section 5, plate 198'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions