The Shadowcatchers: A History of Cinematography in Australia

ISBN-10: 0987225219
ISBN-13: 9780987225214
Category: 'The Nib" Waverley Library Award for Literature Nominations (2012)
Pages: 288
Language: English
Published: 2012
Author: Martha Ansara

Description

Contains photographs of working cinematographers from 1901 to the present, with historical text, biographies of Australian cinematographers & fascinating personal anecdotes from the film industry. Reveals little-known information about the role of cinematographers in Australian cinema, & challenges popular conceptions of our national film history.

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