Elizabeth Mahony

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Sydney photographer who went from assisting other photographers to starting her own business, only to retire three years later when she got married.
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Annie May and Mina Moore
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photographer, was born in Edgecliff, Sydney in 1892 and was evidently the Miss Mahony who assisted *May Moore* in the May & Mina Moore Sydney studios in the early 1920s. According to the _Australian Woman's Mirror_ (6 January 1925), her main function seems to have been coaxing a smile from the young subjects while May operated the camera. By 1926 Elizabeth Mahony had set up on her own as a portrait photographer at Richmond House, 154 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, and was advertising: ¶

For a photograph of yourself - that is yourself - you must choose your photographer with extreme caution. Miss Elizabeth Mahony aims for and achieves perfect naturalness in all her work. ¶

Several of her photographs were published in _Home_ and _Society_ in the mid-1920s: 'Young Australians' (four child portraits) appeared in the July 1926 issue of _Society_ , two photos of young women appeared in September and a full page of her photographs in October. Her gelatin silver photograph of Tom Roberts is in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. ¶

Elizabeth Mahony married the painter John Banks (1883-1945) at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Phillip Street, Sydney, on 28 February 1928 and appears to have ceased working professionally after this.