William Blackwood b. 1824

Also known as Olaf William Blackwood
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Despite also being a portrait painter, it was as a professional photographer that Blackwood received the most acclaim. In 1858 he took 11 imperial size, wet-plate photographs from the top of Government House and combined them to form a large-scale Panorama of Sydney Harbour, the first produced in the colony. It was rapturously received by the Sydney Morning Herald, described as "not merely faultle

Citations

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

  • Davies, Alan (1985), 'Fixed in Time’, Mitchell Library catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

  • Groom, B. & Wickman, W. (1982), 'Sydney — the 1850s, the Lost Collections’, Sydney, NSW.

  • Marriott, E.W. (1982), 'Thomas West of Barcom Glen’, Bowral, NSW.

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

  • (1989), 'Masterpieces of Australian Photography’, Josef Lebovic Gallery catalogue, Paddington, NSW, June.

  • (1859), Empire, 07-19.

  • Information sourced from Bruce, Candice.

  • Information sourced from Chapman, W.

  • Information sourced from Lennon, Jane.

Initial data sources

  • DAA with additions