Kenneth Dudley Hastings photographs and negatives, 1938-1986

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1938-1986

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Kenneth Dudley Hastings, surveyor and photographer, first started photography in 1938, as an amateur. He joined the Camera Club of Sydney about 1950 and was in B grade for a while, before moving up to A grade after winning several competitions, where he continued to do the same.
He had works published in APR Kodak Magazine, (Walter & Keast Burke, editors.)
Meetings of Camera Club of Sydney were held at History House and then at Scots Church Building, Margaret Street. Hastings was invited to join the “Camera Circle” after submitting work for judgement.
He was encouraged in this by Laurence Le Guay. Several of his works were submitted and published in Contemporary Photography and other publications. He submitted work to several exhibitions, local and overseas.

1945 Wollongong Exhibition
1945 Port Kembla Club
1948 11th Annual and 2nd Exhibition International Adelaide
1948 Tamworth Photographic Society 1st Exhibition
1948 “Forgotten Clay” in New Zealand
1949 Fourth Wollongong Salon “Forgotten Clay”
1950 Victorian International Salon
1950 4th Photo Club Cuba Salon Habana
1950 Seattle Photo Society (Dance Macabre)
1950 7th New Zealand International Salon Christchurch Photo Society
1950 11th North American International Photo Exhibition, sponsored by California State Fair
1950 Sierra Camera Club, Sacramento
1950 San Diego Country Fair, Bel Mar California June 30 to July
1951 International Salon, Camera Club, Port Colborne, Ontario
1951 Canada “Forgotten Clay”
1951 Manitoba Club, Winnipeg Canada.
1951 Exhibited by invitation Mysore Photo Society, Bangalore, India “Forgotten Clay”
1951 Melbourne Camera C “Forgotten Clay”
1966 Canberra Monaro Shopping Mall Photo Exhibition “Forgotten Clay” and “Paper Barks”
1968 Adelaide International Photography Festival of Arts “Paper Barks” and “Dance Macabre” received too

Ken Hastings became a Judge of Photography and visited several Clubs for some years.

1969 He retired from judging when he retired from Metropolitan Water Board, Sydney where he had risen from Survey Draughtsman to Chief Surveyor 1936 to 1969.
Ken was also a Member of the Photographic Panel for the National Trust and worked for them e.g. “Everglades” at Leura and other projects, to which they had sole rights of negatives and prints.
In recent years he joined the Warringah Camera Club, winning places in several Competitions.
1985 1st in A grade in Monochrome Prints (Trophy)
1986 1st in A grade in Monochrome Prints
1986 Brookvale Show 3rd place Black & White.
1986 1st place in Northern Zones “Top Shot” - Nature Prints received Trophy & 3 books

He was a regular contributor in Brookvale Show, winning ribbons, etc.

Biographical list compiled by Beryl Hastings, his wife

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Kenneth Dudley Hastings negatives, 1938-1986

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Kenneth Dudley Hastings photographs, 1938-1986

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Approval for reproduction required: Mrs Hastings to be notified of items used for publication
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Photographs by K.D. Hastings and references to him have been published in the following magazines:¶¶Contemporary photography, June-July 1950 “Flood’s aftermath” p.15 and “Eucalyptus group” p.24¶Contemporary photography, May-June 1948 mention in The Camera Club of Sydney “Landscape” competition “A” Grade 1st¶Contemporary photography, January-February 1949 “One summer morning” p.35 and “Animal antics” p.47¶Contemporary photography, January-February 1950 “Stormy weather”¶p.18¶Contemporary photography, March-April 1947 “Golden wake” p.29 and “Quiet harbour” p.47¶Contemporary photography, September-October 1947 “The departure”¶p. 52¶Contemporary photography, November-December 1947 “Drowsy afternoon” p.39¶Contemporary photography, May-June 1946 “York Lane” p.14 and “Thro’ the dunes” p.43¶Contemporary photography, January-February 1947, mention in article, “The miniature camera group” p.66¶A portfolio of Australian photography ed. by Laurence Le Guay “Tree frieze” no.51¶National photographic annual, 1951 “The companions” p.47¶The home annual, 16 October 1939 “The strangler vine” p.75¶The American Annual of Photography, vol.65, 1951 “The departure” p.122¶Contemporary photography, September-October 1948, mentioned in The Camera Club of Sydney notes p.57