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RUTH HOLLICK
1883-1977
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Portrait of Ruth Hollick; possibly taken by Dorothy Izard.
A digitally cleaned up version of the original downloaded from State Library of Victoria's collection of Ruth Hollick photographs |
Ruth Miriam Hollick was a prominent professional Australian photographer during the 1920s and 1930s.
She
operated successful professional studios in Melbourne in partnership with Dorothy Izard (also a photographer) with a popular profile in society portraiture and fashion photography. During this period Ruth Hollick was successful with photographic and advertising commissions for magazines such as The Home, Table Talk, the Bulletin, The Lone Hand and the Australian magazine.
Below are links to selections of Ruth Hollick's photography. This is a cross section from her commerical work on portraiture of children and well known people, her work for magazines, some view photography, and some from her travels (she loved to drive around the country).
Further below are essays and other online resources including links to online institutional collections of Ruth Hollick's photography.
Plates:
A sample of Ruth Hollick's photography, people, places, and personal
A selection of Ruth's more formal portraits
A selection of Ruth's travels - to New South Wales, to New Zealand, and to the UK
A selection of Ruth's work for magazines plus photos of her 1928 exhibition in her studio - see commercial
Essays & linked resources:
Ruth Hollick and portrait photography between the wars Gael Newton and Karen Jacubec:
published online in Photoria - Australian Women behind the Lens/Ruth Hollick
published as one of Gael's online papers
Gael Newton's entry on Ruth Hollick in Shades of Light (1988)
Gael Newton's entry on Ruth Hollick in Silver and Grey (1980)
Essay in State Library of Victoria News 2004 - 2005, by Olga Tsara Librarian, Pictures Collection
2016 essay by Anne Maxwell for The Australian Women's Register
Entry in Dictionary of Australian Biography
2021 article by James McCardle on photographer Pegg Clarke - friend of Ruth Hollick
Photoria's listing for Dorothy Izard (1882-1971)
Now we know you are there: 19th to mid-20th century professional women photographers in the Pictures Collection
Article by Susan Long in La Trobe Journal 108 (2023)
Collections:
State Library of Victoria catalogues: - Picture Catalogue: use the 'search' for 1,206 of Ruth's photographs
National Gallery of Victoria 41 works
National Gallery of Australia: use the 'search - 65 results - 27 with images (the others are text listed only)
Link to information on Dorothy Izard
Main photo-web contents page
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