John Ness b.

Also known as David Ness
  • Artist (Photographer)
Ness was a professional photographer and it is believed that he may be the architect 'David Ness' who had been taught photography by Walter Woodbury. His photographic studios moved from Bendigo in Victoria to Ipswich in Queensland then onto Rockhampton.

Citations

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

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

  • (1859), Bendigo Directory.

  • (26 November 1863), Queensland Times.

  • Butcher, M. (1981), 'List of Bendigo and Eaglehawk photographers’, (manuscript).

  • Information sourced from Cusack, Frank.

  • Information sourced from Uhl, Jean.

  • Information sourced from Barrie, S.

  • Information sourced from Thomson, J.

Initial data sources

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