Original Frank Hurley large silver tone Photograph of New Guinea, main street of Mailu Village.

1920 -1923. Original publicity photograph by James Francis (Frank) Hurley (1885-1962) the Australian photographer, filmmaker and writer known for his Antarctic photographs, including the destruction of Ernest Shackleton's ship 'Endurance'. Hurley undertook two long expeditions to the Torres Strait and New Guinea between 1920 and 1923. From this, he developed a successful anthropological film, 'Pearls and Savages' and the book by the same title. He documented the people, their rites, houses, villages, artifacts, and mountain scenes. Although reviews in Australia were strong (one critic called it "probably the most beautifully photographed pictorial of the kind that has ever been screened"), the film release in America resulted in a financial loss for Hurley, retitled "The Lost Tribe".

The b&w 8 x 10" Hurley print is stamped International Newsreel, 226 William Street New York City on the verso. Manuscript note in pencil, "New Guinea Island, Pacific" on verso. Very good condition. Item #23343

Price: $375.00

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