Contemporary Photographers Australia: David Moore

David Moore (6 April 1927 – 23 January 2003)^[1] was an Australian photojournalist, historian of Australian photography,^[2] and initiator of the Australian Centre for Photography.

Commentator Craig McGregor regarded Moore as amongst a few who had “made the crucial breakthrough in Australian photography”.^[42] Photographs by him were purchased, with those of David Beal, Helmut Gritscher, Lance Nelson and Richard Woldendorp in 1969 for the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne through the KODAK (Australasia) Pty Ltd Fund. In December a group show of these works was held, the first representation of photography at the new National Gallery of Victoria quarters in St Kilda Road.^[43] Moore’s 1966 photograph Migrants Arriving in Sydney, originating from a commission by National Geographic, is regarded as an iconic work of modern Australian photography.^[44][26]

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