Francis Reiss - Whitehorse Photography

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Francis Reiss (born 1927) is an Australian photographer, born to Danish parents in Hamburg, Germany. He is best known for his work for Picture Post and Life magazines.


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Early life

Reiss was born in 1927 in Hamburg, Germany to Danish parents. He began taking photos as a child. The family moved to the United Kingdom in 1936. There he attended Oundle School, and began taking photos.


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Professional career

Reiss began working for Picture Post magazine in the UK at the age of 17, the youngest staff photographer employed by them. Picture Post published over 60 picture stories by him.

In 1947, Reiss sailed for New York and immediately started working extensively for LIFE magazine.

In 1950, realising he had gone stale Reiss quit photography, and entered the wool trade.

Not until 1993, ten years after migrating to Australia and receiving a chance commission from James Mollison did he return to photography.


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Collections

His works are held in a number of collections:

  • State Library of Victoria
  • National Library of Australia
  • National Portrait Gallery (Australia)
  • Jewish Museum of Australia
  • National Gallery of Victoria
  • Monash Gallery of Art
  • Mitchell Library (Australia)
  • Heide Museum of Modern Art
  • City of Whitehorse art collection

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Exhibitions

His work has been exhibited at a number of galleries in Australia, including one-man shows at:

  • Bendigo Art Gallery
  • Monash Gallery of Art
  • Whitehorse Art Space

and in group exhibitions at:

  • Barbican Centre

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Publications

His work has appeared in the following publications:

  • Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology
  • Overland magazine
  • Bystander magazine

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