John Williams b. 1933

Also known as John Frank Williams
  • Artist (Photographer)
Williams was a self-taught photographer with an active career beginning in the 1960s. He travelled in Europe through the late 1960s returning to Australia in 1969. In 1974, he and his partner Ingeborg Tyssen (d.2002), Paul Cox and Rod McNicol established the Photographers Gallery, Melbourne. By 1976, he was head of photography at the Sydney College of Arts, retiring to Tasmania in 1988.
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Name
John Williams
Also known as John Frank Williams
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Tags:
photographer
Birth date
1933
Death date
30 July 2016
Death place
Hobart, Tasmania
Training
  • mechanical engineering/technical drawing, - Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW