William Blackwood b. 1824

Also known as Olaf William Blackwood
  • Artist (Photographer),
  • Artist (Painter)
Despite also being a portrait painter, it was as a professional photographer that Blackwood received the most acclaim. In 1858 he took 11 imperial size, wet-plate photographs from the top of Government House and combined them to form a large-scale Panorama of Sydney Harbour, the first produced in the colony. It was rapturously received by the Sydney Morning Herald, described as "not merely faultle
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associate of
Edwin Dalton
Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Photographer), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Edmund Thomas Blacket
Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
associate of
Henry Goodes
1840
Artist (Photographer)
associate of
James Walker
Artist (Photographer)

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