Photographs of Sydney details and transparencies and slides of Walls of China, Lake Mungo National Park, by Lawrence Collings

PXA 7895
SLIDES 418

fonds

probably 1980s

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9638557

43 photographic prints - gelatin silver - 10 x 15 cm or smaller
7 transparencies - colour - 8 x 6 cm
6 slides - colour - mount 5 x 5 cm

Lawrence Collings (1910-1993) studied art in Brisbane, Sydney and London in the 1930s and began studying photography at St Martins College of Art, London. Collings was as a photographer during World War I with the Royal Australian Air Force. He began documentary filmmaking from the 1950s, and also worked as an art director at George Patterson advertising agency, Sydney, 1955-1970.

Reference:
About Lawrence Collings. Art Gallery of NSW. Accessed 22 October 2024. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/278.1995/#about

By descent from Lawrence Collings to his wife Vi Collings

PHOTOGRAPHS
43 black and white photographs of Sydney details, including Centrepoint Tower (Sydney Tower), construction on Sydney foreshore and Governor Phillip Fountain, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, circa 1980s
Includes brochure proposing redevelopment of the Rocks Area, 'The Government of New South Wales, Australia, invites participation in Sydney's most extensive redevelopment scheme' / [Government of New South Wales], 1960

TRANSPARENCIES
7 colour AGFAChrome transparencies and 6 colour slides of Walls of China views, Lake Mungo National Park, New South Wales

This material is held in cold storage and requires 3 working days notice to retrieve. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian - Applies to SLIDES 418

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Lawrence Collings
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Lawrence Collings

Majority of slides captioned in ink