07. Charles Mountford taking photographs from an aircraft |
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| Title : | 07. Charles Mountford taking photographs from an aircraft |
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| Source : | PRG 1218/34/2841 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1948 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 60 X 60 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Charles Mountford taking photographs from the blister of a catalina seaplane whilst flying over Arnhem Land, during the American- Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land Whilst en route to Groote Eylandt, the RAAF catalina crew handed Mountford a camera and requested that he take as many aerial photographs as he could of the landscape. Mountford commented in his journal for 5th April 1948 that there was no question of focus, or adjusting shutter speed and, despite the long-focus lens, he was surprised by the detail he was able to capture. |
| Related names : | Mountford, Charles P.(Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976 |
| Coverage year : | 1948 |
| Place : | Arnhem Land |
| Region : | Northern Territory |
| Further reading : | American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, (1948). Records of the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land, Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 1956-1964. Lamshed, Max, 'Monty' : the biography of C.P. Mountford, [Adelaide] : Rigby, 1972 May, Sally K. Collecting cultures : myth, politics, and collaboration in the 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition, Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, 2010 Mountford, Charles P., Manuscript diary, 'Expedition to Arnhem Land, 1948, Volume 1, Personal Journal', 1948, PRG 1218/17/12, page 143 |
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