Brian Bird collection of photographs and negatives, mostly taken for Vogue magazine, ca 1951-1987

fonds

ca. 1951-1987

Graphic Materials, Photographs

402463

Photographs - silver gelatin photoprints
Photographs - photonegatives - various
Photographs - proof sheets

Brian Bird was a commercial and public relations photographer who concentrated on photography of people. He photographed the social pages for Vogue magazine, using available light, from 1967 until around 1980.

Trained as a fashion and press photographer, Bird arrived in Australia from London in the early 1960s. It is thought that Bird photographed the Lincoln Café during the years 1948-1951 which suggests a possible earlier visit to Australia. He worked for Sydney fashion photographers Russell Roberts and Geoff Lee, as well as a short time on newspapers, before freelancing from the studios of Maurice O’Connell, Rob Slayter, Malcolm Homes and Ray Leighton.

From the mid 1970s, Bird had some success as an actor for the Rocks Players, New Theatre and the Eastern Suburbs Musical Society. He died in December 2001.

SERIES 01
'Best' photographs, selected by the photographer, taken for Vogue, 1964-1977 / by Brian Bird

SERIES 02
Film negatives and proof sheets for Vogue, 1964-1985 / by Brian Bird
Job nos 283-9018

SERIES 03
Photographic prints and cuttings for Vogue, 1964-1987 / by Brian Bird

SERIES 04
Theatre work, 1950-1981 / by Brian Bird

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