Ashbury Bright

  • Artist (Photographer)
Bright worked as a professional photographer from 1858 to 1868 in Victoria and Queensland. As well as producing carte-de-visite portraits in Melbourne, he photographed Aboriginal subjects and views while travelling in Queensland.

Citations

  • Davies, Alan & Stanbury, Peter (1985), 'The Mechanical Eye in Australia: Photography 1841-1900’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Barrie, S. (1988), 'Queenslanders behind the Camera’, Morningside, Qld., vol. 3.

  • Information sourced from Barrie, S.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870