John Smith b. 12 December 1821

Also known as Professor John Smith
  • Artist (Photographer)
Amateur photographer and scientist, a professor at the University of Sydney, also active in a number of social issues such as water, tertiary education for women and public elementary education. His photographs consist of portraits, geological subjects, local views and the University, and unlike most studio portraits of the time, he attempted to relate his subjects to their environment.

Citations

  • Macmillan, D. (August 1959), 'Professor John Smith and the beginnings of photography in Australia’, Royal Australian Chemical Institute: Proceedings, .

  • Burke, K. (August 1959), 'Early photographic processes and the John Smith collection’, Royal Australian Chemical Institute: Proceedings, .

  • Macmillan, D. (December 1956), 'Professor John Smith’, Australasian Photo Review, .

  • Burke, K. (December 1956), 'John Smith’s photography’, Australasian Photo Review, .

  • Hoare, M.; & Radford, J.T. (1976), 'John Smith’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6 [Nairn, B. (ed.)], Melbourne Uninversity Press.

  • MacLeod, R. (ed.), (1988), 'University and Community in Nineteenth Century Sydney: Professor John Smith 1821-1885’, Sydney, NSW : Sydney University Monographs, no. 3.

  • Newton, G. (1988), 'Shades of Light’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Willis, A.-M. (1988), 'Picturing Australia: A History of Photography’, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

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